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To Disable Dr. Watson

To disable Dr. Watson, open the registry editor and delete the AeDebug key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion. This will prevent Dr. Watson from running when applications error. The document also notes that Dr. Watson logs can be viewed by running drwtsn32 from the Run box and that clearing the logs will show if any new ones appear after rebooting.

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To Disable Dr. Watson

To disable Dr. Watson, open the registry editor and delete the AeDebug key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion. This will prevent Dr. Watson from running when applications error. The document also notes that Dr. Watson logs can be viewed by running drwtsn32 from the Run box and that clearing the logs will show if any new ones appear after rebooting.

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To disable Dr.

Watson
Click Start, click Run, type regedit.exe in the Open box, and then click OK.
Locate and click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug
NOTE: Steps three and four are optional, but they necessary if you want to restore
the default use of Dr. Watson.
Click the AeDebug key, and then click Export Registry File on the Registry menu.
Enter a name and location for the saved registry file, and then click Save.
Delete the AeDebug key.
Registry entries for debugger programs are located in the AeDebug key in Windows.
The Dr. Watson program is installed by default in Windows, and is configured to
run when an application error occurs (with a data value of 1 for the Auto value).
The default values are:
Value Name = Auto
Type = String (REG_SZ)
Data Value = 1 or 0. (Default is 1)

Value Name = Debugger


Type = String (REG_SZ)
Data Value = drwtsn32 -p %ld -e %ld -g

222222222222222
Take a look at the Dr Watson logs. Enter drwtsn32 in the Start Menu Run
box. You can clear all the logs then see if new ones appear when you
reboot

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