Re: DrWatson

From: drive55 (drive55_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/24/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 08:51:09 -0800

I knew about DrWatson, but why does clicking the Postmortem box freeze the
computer and require restart ?

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

> Dr. Watson is drwtsn32.exe is DrWatson Postmortem Debugger. That is its
> only function.
>
> If a program error occurs, Dr. Watson will start automatically.
>
> Dr. Watson is a program error debugger that detects and diagnoses program
> errors and creates User.dmp and DrWtsn32.log files to contain the diagnostic
> data.
>
> Dr. Watson overview
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/drwatson_overview.mspx
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:017ED785-DB09-4341-A53E-B1080C86D7D0@microsoft.com,
> drive55 <drive55@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> > Is DrWatson Postmortem Debugger a legitimate function of DrWatson?
> > Twice this has appeared in a box immediately following a Microsoft
> > error report. When the privacy policy link or the cancel button was
> > clicked, the computer(WindowsXP/SP2) froze and I was forced to shut
> > down and restart. Is anyone knowledgeable regarding this?
>
>