"This message replaces the old Windows "blue screen" and if you're seeing it often you may have a program which is behaving badly under Windows XP." Thisone is completely new to me. Does this system have SP3 installed or something else we're not yet aware of? Peace, G "The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 6:36 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Computer Problems following upgrade > Keeping you posted! Win Patrol popped up this morning to tell me a new > program wanted to be added to my Startup programs. I checked the plus > information and this is what it said: > Dump Report- DUMPREP.EXE > A new feature was introduced with Windows XP that detects when your > machine > had serious problems offers to send the collected error data to > Microsoft's > Support server. This file may also appear as either DUMPREP 0 -K and > DUMPREP > 0 -U. > > This program is added to your Startup programs and the next time you > reboot > you'll be asked if you'd like to report the problem to Microsoft. Nobody > knows what Microsoft does with this information. It's possible if they > receive enough error reports caused by a particular program they'll > contact > the vendor and suggest they update their program to work better under > Windows XP. > > It's not a bad idea if they use the data effectively but you're under no > obligation to send information about your system. > > This message replaces the old Windows "blue screen" and if you're seeing > it > often you may have a program which is behaving badly under Windows XP. > This > entry will be removed automatically the next time you reboot. > > > > a.. Safe > > a.. Safe to remove > > Microsoft.com > > Copyright © 1997-2005 BillP Studios > All Rights Reserved. > > I did not allow it to be added but consider it another indicator that > something is seriously amiss with my system. My tech is to get back to me > next week. That is o.k. if I don't totally crash in the meantime. Do you > have any advise for me during this waiting time? Should I be shutting > down > at night and not leave it on 24-7 as I have been prone to do? Can I > assume > you do not need the mainboard information since we are going to deal with > it > locally? --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------