How to Disable Internet Explorer Error Reporting

To disable Internet Explorer Error Reporting, use one of the following methods, depending 
on your computer. 

Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP
Click Start, and then click Control Panel (or point to Settings, and then click Control 
Panel). Double-click System (or click Switch to Classic View, and then double-click 
System). Click the Advanced tab, and then click Error Reporting.
Click Disable error reporting to disable both user and kernel-mode error reporting, 
or click to clear the Programs check box. Click OK, and then click OK.

NOTE: Administrators can disable error reporting in Windows XP Professional by setting 
Report Errors to Disabled in Group Policy Editor (Gpedit.msc) in the Computer Configuration\Administrative 
Templates\System\Error Reporting folder. 

Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 or 6 for Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows 
Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4, Windows 2000

WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that 
may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that 
you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry 
Editor at your own risk.

In Registry Editor (Regedit.exe), create a DWORD value called IEWatsonEnabled and 
set it to 0 in the following registry key: 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

Internet Explorer 5.0 - 5.5 SP1 (All Operating Systems)

To disable Internet Explorer Error Reporting, use the following steps: 
Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. Double-click Add/Remove 
Programs. In the list of installed programs, click Internet Explorer Error Reporting, 
and then click Add/Remove (in Windows 98, Windows Me, or Windows NT 4.0) or Remove 
(in Windows 2000). Click OK.

NOTE: Administrators can also redirect Internet Explorer Error Reporting crashes 
to an internal server with Internet Explorer 6. For additional information about 
redirecting Internet Explorer Error Reporting crashes to an internal server with 
Internet Explorer 6, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft 
Knowledge Base: 
310116 How to Disable or Redirect Internet Explorer Error Reporting 







On Thursday, February 6, 2003 at 9:54 am, LAT wrote:
>I had this problem. I followed the windows error report and it told me it was a 
problem 
>with McAffee. I uninstalled it and it works fine now. 

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