DrWatson

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?

"drive55" wrote in message
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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?

I get it all the time. I use task manager to remove its process. Only then
will the desktop reboot.

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/d..._overview.mspx

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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drive55 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?

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/d..._overview.mspx

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In ,
drive55 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?

drive55 wrote:
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?


I have noticed twice in the last month a severe reduction in hard disk
space. On investigation I have found ,on both occasions, a 10gb
Drwatson.log file. Is this a bug with a fix?

Locoman

drwtsn32.log should be here

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Dr Watson\

If you have a lot of program errors, drwtsn32.log will get huge, if Append
To Existing Log File is selected.

Either delete the drwtsn32.log or open it and delete the contents.

Dr. Watson HELP...
Start | Run | Paste this in the box:

C:\WINDOWS\Help\drwtsn32.chm

Click OK.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Locoman hunted and pecked:
drive55 wrote:
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?


I have noticed twice in the last month a severe reduction in hard disk
space. On investigation I have found ,on both occasions, a 10gb
Drwatson.log file. Is this a bug with a fix?

Locoman

Wesley Vogel wrote:
drwtsn32.log should be here

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Dr Watson\

If you have a lot of program errors, drwtsn32.log will get huge, if Append
To Existing Log File is selected.

Either delete the drwtsn32.log or open it and delete the contents.

Dr. Watson HELP...
Start | Run | Paste this in the box:

C:\WINDOWS\Help\drwtsn32.chm

Click OK.

Thanks Wes

At the time of the creation of these files nothing in particular had
happened. The file doesn't grow to 10gb, it starts at 10gb.I've tried to
open and view(before I saw the size).Word did not like this file,
couldn't open it and hang the system. Nowadays, if I see the file, I delete.

Locoman

Locoman,

My hard drive is only 10GB. I's delete it also. :-)

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Locoman hunted and pecked:
Wesley Vogel wrote:
drwtsn32.log should be here

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Dr
Watson\

If you have a lot of program errors, drwtsn32.log will get huge, if
Append To Existing Log File is selected.

Either delete the drwtsn32.log or open it and delete the contents.

Dr. Watson HELP...
Start | Run | Paste this in the box:

C:\WINDOWS\Help\drwtsn32.chm

Click OK.

Thanks Wes

At the time of the creation of these files nothing in particular had
happened. The file doesn't grow to 10gb, it starts at 10gb.I've tried
to open and view(before I saw the size).Word did not like this file,
couldn't open it and hang the system. Nowadays, if I see the file, I
delete.

Locoman