Dump Report- DUMPREP.EXE

A new feature was introduced with Windows XP and 2003 that detects when your machine had serious problems offers to send the collected error data to Microsoft's Support server. This file may also appear as either DUMPREP 0 -K and DUMPREP 0 -U.

This program is added to your Startup programs and the next time you reboot you'll be asked if you'd like to report the problem to Microsoft. Nobody knows what Microsoft does with this information. It's possible if they receive enough error reports caused by a particular program they'll contact the vendor and suggest they update their program to work better under Windows XP.

It's not a bad idea if they use the data effectively but you're under no obligation to send information about your system.

This message replaces the old Windows "blue screen" and if you're seeing it often you may have a program which is behaving badly under Windows XP/2003. This entry will be removed automatically the next time you reboot.

Some sources suggest that turning error reporting off will result in fewer crashes, particularly in crashes that involve Internet Explorer. If you'd like to give this a try, go to Control Panel and select the "System" icon (classic view). Click the Advanced tab, and then clicking on [Error Reporting]. Click the radio button next to "Disable Error Reporting". Leave "but notify me when critical errors occur" checked.

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