Re: "secret" program errors

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

From: Gerry Cornell (gcjc_at_tenretnitb.com)
Date: 02/06/05 

Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 22:47:44 -0000

How often are you running full anti-virus and anti-spyware scans with up
to date definitions?

What programmes are you using? 

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"crunkoncamera" <crunkoncamera@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in 
message news:2BE59067-3541-4AD1-8A9B-F831B470A085@microsoft.com...
> I've been using winxp for 2 years or so, and this problem never seems 
> to go
> away. When a program has an error and closes, windows will usually 
> give you
> that error message with a red stop sign and then the error reporting 
> dialog
> box. But sometimes, it decides to close the program without any 
> further
> notice, the program closes and there is no error message or error 
> reporting
> message. This happens usually with AOL instant messenger, but also 
> with some
> other programs. Is there some way I can make windows stop trying to 
> deceive
> me and thinking maybe the program was never started? This version of 
> windows
> also seems to not like system restore, as it has never let me create 
> or use
> restore points

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