Enable error reporting

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To enable error reporting

1. Open System in Control Panel.

2. On the Advanced tab, click Error Reporting.

3. Click Enable error reporting, and then select one or more of the following check boxes:

   Check box	Description
   Windows operating system	Enables administrators to report operating system errors to Microsoft over the Internet. When an operating system error occurs, the computer displays a Stop error, and all computer operations stop. The error reporting dialog box is displayed when you restart the computer and log on as an administrator.
   Unplanned computer shutdowns	Enables administrators to report computer shutdown errors to Microsoft over the Internet.
   Programs	Enables any user to report program errors to Microsoft over the Internet unless Force queue mode for program errors is set. To specify programs for which to report errors, click Choose Programs, and then select one or more of the following options: All programs to include all programs in error reporting. All programs in this list to specify the programs for which to report errors. Select one or more of the following options: Programs from Microsoft to report errors in Microsoft programs. Windows components to report errors in Windows components. Click Add to select individual programs for error reporting. Type the program's executable name, such as winword.exe for Microsoft Word. If you do not know the program's executable name, click Browse, locate the folder that contains the program, and then double-click the file that has the extension .exe, or that lists the file type as executables.
   Force queue mode for program errors	Reports program errors in queued mode. The queued mode displays the last ten errors the next time the administrator logs on to the computer. Each error is displayed in its own window so the administrator can choose the errors to report to Microsoft over the Internet.

Notes

• To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure. As a security best practice, consider using Run as to perform this procedure.

• To open System, click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click System.

• To open System from a command line as an administrator, type:

  runas /user: computername \Administrator "rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL sysdm.cpl"

• You must have an Internet connection to report problems to Microsoft. For more information, click Related Topics.

• If your organization has configured Group Policy, you can set the error reporting policy settings using the Group Policy Object Editor snap-in.

• If your organization has configured Group Policy and you want to use Corporate Error Reporting, you must use the Group Policy Object Editor snap-in to enable the Report Errors policy setting and configure the Corporate upload file path to the local file server where the Corporate Error Reporting tool is installed. When errors occur, they are automatically redirected to this file server.

  You can download the Corporate Error Reporting tool from the Office XP Resource Kit Web site.

Information about functional differences

• Your server might function differently based on the version and edition of the operating system that is installed, your account permissions, and your menu settings. For more information, see Viewing Help on the Web.

See Also

Concepts

System and program error reporting overview
Disable error reporting
Exclude programs from error reporting
Remove a program from the error reporting list
Send an error report to Microsoft
System Properties Overview - Control Panel
Group Policy (pre-GPMC)