Sending error reports

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Hi,
I have been trying to find the URL to get the status of errors that
I have been sending to Microsoft. Can anyone help me with the URL.
thanks.


Dan (Still going in circles)
 
I may be wrong, but I do not believe that such a website exists. The
information Microsoft receives is used by programming groups at Microsoft.
The data is used for quality control and will not be used for tracking
individual users or installations for any marketing purpose.
 
If you want to know more about an Error Report you can post copies here.

Make an exact note of the precise text of any error message. Minor
discrepancies can
make it harder to search for information about the error message.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools, Event
Viewer.
When researching the meaning of the error, information regarding Event ID,
Source
and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&Product=winxp

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you should
double click
for further information and you can copy using copy and paste.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double click
on the
error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button resembling
two
pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now start your
message
(email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This will paste the
info from the
Event Viewer Error Report complete with links into the message. Make sure
this is
the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer.

Links giving some information about specific Error Reports are:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/support/ee.asp

http://www.eventid.net/search.asp

These links, however, do not contain information about each and every Error
Report.

In Event Viewer there is no facility to print Error Reports. A workaround is
copy and
paste the Error Report into an email, send it to yourself and print off the
copy in your
Inbox or your Sent Items folder.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Michael is correct.

The information from the error reports is collated in a massive database
that is used to identify the primary issues that need to be addressed (using
a formula comprised of frequency and severity).

When you follow the links through the event viewer, it directs you to any
articles that pertain to known issues with viable solutions.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
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