Windows Registry Guide: Error Report Settings

Title: Error Report Settings
What is this: When error occurs, Windows operating system may attempt to send debugging information to Microsoft for analysis, you can change its settings here
Valid for: Windows XP
Registry Keys:
System Key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting
Changes:
Create or modify existing DWORD values to "1" to enable or "0" to disable
DoReport - Enable error reporting
ShowUI - Show user interface
IncludeKernelFaults - Include kernel errors in report
IncludeMicrosoftApps - Include Microsoft applications in report
IncludeWindowsApps - Include Windows components in report

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For more information on Windows Registry, please check the following link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Registry

Warnings
This guide is for educational purpose only

Author is not reponsible for any damages/changes to your hardware/software

Careless registry editing can cause irreversible damage. Thus, performing backups of the registry before editing it is highly recommended by Microsoft and many industry experts

How to use these tricks
Click start button & click run
type "Regedit" in run box & press OK
Registry editor will show up in windows eplorer fashion
left section will show location of regitry entries
right section will show contents of current registry entry
system keys represents changes for all users
user key represents changes for user only

Advice
Always use system restore before doing changes to your syetm so that if you do something wrong you can alwasy revert back your computer to its previous state

Click Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> System restore

Select Create a restore point to backup at current state
If you want to revert to previous state select restore my computer to an earlier time

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