Stopping registry error popup messages
Turn off Error Reporting Service
If you just installed Windows XP home and you're starting to receive registry error popup messages, this page will offer a few methods for stopping those little annoying gray error windows. Don't worry about the number of registry error messages you've received so far, just close them out or ignore them.
The little error messages that show up after a new Windows XP home installation are a part of the Windows XP Error Reporting service. The service reports computer and program errors to Microsoft so that Microsoft can better fix problems that arise in Windows XP.
There are two ways to stop the registry error popup messages from popping up on your computer. The first and best method would be to update your Windows XP installation. The second method involves disabling the Error Reporting service and is for XP users who don't wish to report computer and program errors to Microsoft.
Stopping registry error popups by disabling Error Reporting
- Click on the Start button in the lower left part of your desktop.
- Click on the Control Panel button.
- Find the "Administrative Tools" icon and click on that.
- Once inside the "Administrative Tools" folder, find and click on the "Services" icon.
- Once inside the "Services" folder go ahead and maximize the window by clicking on the little square thats in the top right corner of the "Services" window.
- Now with a full-screen "Services" window on your creative desktop scroll down until you get to the service called "Error Reporting".
- Right-hand click on that services and choose "Properties".
- The next window that opens should say "Error Reporting Properties" at the top. In this window notice how the "Startup Type" is set to "automatic" by default.
- You are going to want to change that to "disabled" right now.
- Next look for the button that says "STOP" and click that.
- Now this is important. You have to click the "APPLY" button for the changes to stick. Once that's done you can close out all your open windows.
It's best to restart your computer now. When you return into windows you will be happy that all those stupid little registry error pop up windows have vanished and even happier now that you can get some work done.
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Stopping registry error popup messages in Windows XP