This warning won't go away

[Jim Rae]

This Serious Error message appears on my screen every time I boot up.
There seems to be no way to get rid of it. I have been poking at it for about a month now... And I give up - I don't know what to do.
I think it would be a simple fix if only I had the Internet on that computer, but I don't.

[Jim Rae]

If I click on it I can see what the message is, and one more click will show me the details.

[Jim Rae]

What I was wondering is... Is there a way to copy this Error Report off my WinXP computer (with no internet) , and transfer it across to my WinME computer (which has a modem) and send that up ?
Then the next thing I have to worry about is - if they sent a FIX back down, would it automatically start trying to "fix" my WinME computer , thinking that it was the one that "sent in" the error ???
Or would the Fix come down as an .exe file..... which I could transfer back over to my WinXP computer and run it ?

[Dr.Dan]

I wouldn't worry about sending that error to MS.... it's just a bug reporting system... they don't respond to it nor send you any fix...

I don't know why you'd see that error every time you start up... you should only see it once after you have a problem, and that's it :vxd:

[54spliff]

Winkey+pause, advanced, error reporting.


http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/kevster1346/errepo.jpg

[Jim Rae]

Okay DrDan,
I won't bother sending the report.
And in any case I don't see how.

[Jim Rae]

Hello 54spliff,
Hmmm , that Error Reporting screen looks like it might be what I'm looking for.
How do I get that box to come up ?
Do have to download a freeware application, or what ?

[Nuke]

Press your Windows Key + Pause or right click on My Computer and select Properties, then go to the Advanced Tab and choose Error Reporting.

[tsehou]

Hello 54spliff,
Hmmm , that Error Reporting screen looks like it might be what I'm looking for.
How do I get that box to come up ?
Do have to download a freeware application, or what ?

Spiff gave you the instructions. When you are in windows, press the windows key and the pause button together. A system properties dialog will pop up and then select the advanced tab. Click the Error Reporting button. Then you will see the screenshot Spliff gave you.

[Jim Rae]

Oh yes Nuke.
You're right I missed that.
Okay I am going to try it right now.

[Jim Rae]

Okay I have made the change and switched off... but when I switched it back on again the warning came back up again.
Although this time it is a bit smaller because now it has omitted the part about sending it to Microsoft...
Here's a picture of the new warning

[andyman]

If you get this at boot,
your going to have to troubleshoot your shut down
download CCleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp) to clean the temps first though.
XP Shutdown (http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=troubleshoot+xp+shut+down&spell=1)

[Jim Rae]

Hello Andyman,
Thank you for responding... As I recall, you have helped me before, on more than one occasion.
Anyways , - I downloaded that CCleaner program down onto a floppy disk in my A-Drive (it was only 451k)
Then I put it into my WinXP computer and run it.
Frankly , I didn't have much faith or expectations from it... Because it just ran for a few seconds and stopped, and didn't seem to have done anything.
However , after I switched the computer off, and turned it back on again, I am happy to report that the annoying warning message has finally gone.
I'm not sure what it actually did... But it fixed the problem and that's the main thing.
Thanks Andyman.

[andyman]

:)