Re: what is "dumprep 0 -k" in start-up?

John John wrote:

It's used to collect information when there are errors/crashes or bugs
and then it asks you if you want to send the information to Microsoft.
It's not a necessary program, you can disable it if you want.

John

your name wrote:

Under startup tab in msconfig I see dumprep 0 -k
Googled with no luck.
specific command line looks like this...
%systemroot%/system32/dumprep 0 -k

location is
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

The OP can disable it, but a better solution would be to find out what
is failing and fix the problem. Since he didn't tell us anything about
the machine, I can only suggest the usual general troubleshooting:

A. The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time
things worked and the time they didn't?

B. The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the
malware/virus status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what
programs (and versions) did you use to determine this?

Be sure the computer is clean:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

C. Look in Event Viewer for clues:
Start>Run>eventvwr.msc [enter]

D. If the machine is virus/malware-free, do clean-boot troubleshooting
to see what program or process is failing.

Clean boot in Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353

Clean-boot advanced troubleshooting in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

Malke
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