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How can I disable Dr. Watson?

A. Dr. Watson can be disabled using the registry editor:

  1. Start the registry editor (regedit.exe)
  2. Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug
  3. Click on AeDebug and click Del

Alternativly just set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug\AUTO to 0

To re-enable Dr. Watson type drwtsn32 -i


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