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Anyone know of a way to disable that message from appearing again? I know it has nothing to do with error reporting service and machine debug manager because both services was disabled long time ago.
Using winxp pro sp1.
Full Version: Debug message
Every time any programs crashed (usually IE6), a message pops up asking me if I want to terminate it or to debug it. This message began appearing after I installed office 2003. Before office 2003 install, whenever a program crashed, the crashed program just exits and no message pops up.
Using winxp pro sp1.
Using winxp pro sp1.
by any chance did you install some kind of MS visual studio kit along with office....
in which case go into add/remove program, select Office and change... and look around for anything associated w/ visual studio. uninstall it, you probably don't need it. most people dont.
in which case go into add/remove program, select Office and change... and look around for anything associated w/ visual studio. uninstall it, you probably don't need it. most people dont.
Disable the 'Machine Debug Manager' service.
yeh that would be a far more efficient way of doing it, lol
Found the registry entries that issues that message from a help file on Dr. Watson, a error debugger program on xp.
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Therefore, I set the Auto entry to 1 and hopefully, I will no longer get that debug message when a program crashed.
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The system looks in Registry Editor under the key \WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug for the entries named Debugger and Auto. The value for the Debugger entry specifies the command for the debugger that will be used to analyze program errors. If the value for the Debugger entry is found, the system checks to see if the value for the Auto entry is set to zero or one.
If the value for the Auto entry is set to zero, the system generates a message box that notifies you that a program error has occurred. If the value for the Debugger entry specifies the command for a valid debugger, the message box will display two buttons: OK and Cancel. If you click OK, the program is terminated. If you click Cancel, the specified debugger is started. If the value for the Debugger entry is empty, the message box will display only OK, and no debugger will start.
If the value for the Auto entry is set to one and the value for the Debugger entry specifies the command for a valid debugger, the system automatically starts the debugger and does not generate a message box.
If the value for the Auto entry is set to zero, the system generates a message box that notifies you that a program error has occurred. If the value for the Debugger entry specifies the command for a valid debugger, the message box will display two buttons: OK and Cancel. If you click OK, the program is terminated. If you click Cancel, the specified debugger is started. If the value for the Debugger entry is empty, the message box will display only OK, and no debugger will start.
If the value for the Auto entry is set to one and the value for the Debugger entry specifies the command for a valid debugger, the system automatically starts the debugger and does not generate a message box.
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Therefore, I set the Auto entry to 1 and hopefully, I will no longer get that debug message when a program crashed.
You couldve just gone into Control panel > admin tools > services and disabled the service 
To Bart:
Wrong. That debug message has nothing to do with Error Reporting Service or Machine Debug Manager. Both services were disabled long time ago.
Setting the Auto entry to 1 did get rid of the debug message when IE6 and any programs crashed. Before setting that 1 value, I checked Dr. Watson, and cleared the error logs.
Since setting the Auto registry entry to 1, I have not had any message box pop up asking me to debug or terminate an application when the app. crashed. When I checked Dr. Watson's application error logs, it has recorded IE as having crashed 5 times.
SO setting the Auto registry entry to 1 works perfectly
Wrong. That debug message has nothing to do with Error Reporting Service or Machine Debug Manager. Both services were disabled long time ago.
Setting the Auto entry to 1 did get rid of the debug message when IE6 and any programs crashed. Before setting that 1 value, I checked Dr. Watson, and cleared the error logs.
Since setting the Auto registry entry to 1, I have not had any message box pop up asking me to debug or terminate an application when the app. crashed. When I checked Dr. Watson's application error logs, it has recorded IE as having crashed 5 times.
SO setting the Auto registry entry to 1 works perfectly
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