By Michael | Last Updated
In this article, our topic is how to disable Windows Error Reporting in Windows 10. Do you know what Windows Error Reporting is? In fact, Windows Error Reporting helps to collect information about hardware and software issues from the user's computer and report the information to Microsoft. It will check for any available solution and give it to users. It is designed to help ensure your computer works optimally. Although error reporting is enabled in all versions of Windows by default, you can also choose to turn off Windows Error Reporting if you want. Taking the version of Windows 10 as an example, this article will show you how to disable Windows Error Reporting Service in Windows 10.
First of all, you can go to Control Panel > System and Security > Security and Maintenance > Maintenance to check the status of your Windows Error Reporting. As you can see, under the section of Maintenance, the status of "Report problems" is "On" by default.
Now you can turn off error reporting in Windows 10 according to the below methods.
Step 1: Turn on Registry Editor in your Windows 10 computer and then locate to the following address:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting.
Step 2: Right-click the Windows Error Reporting key in the left side and click New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.
Step 3: Right-click the new DWORD value and rename it to Disabled. Then double click it, set its value data to 1 and click OK to save changes. Then the Windows Error Reporting will be disabled successfully.
Now you can come back to Control Panel to check the status of the feature of Windows Error Reporting. You will notice that the status of Report problems is changed from On to Off.
Step 1: Access to Group Policy in your computer.
Step 2: Browse to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Error Reporting in the Local Group Policy Editor.
Step 3: On the right panel of the interface, find the option of Disable Windows Error Reporting under Settings and then double click it.
Step 4: Select the choice of Enabled and then click Apply > OK to save changes. Then the feature of Windows Error Reporting will be turned off in your computer.
Step 1: Open the Run window by pressing the Windows key + R key together. Type services.msc in the blank and press Enter to open the Services window.
Step 2: In the Name column of the Services window, look for Windows Error Reporting Service and double click it to open its properties.
Step 3: In the General tab, change its Startup type to Disabled and click Apply >OK to keep the modifications. Then you can exit the Services window. Now Windows Error Reporting should have been disabled successfully.
Step 1: Free download iSunshare System Genius on your computer, a software which can help you turn off Windows Error Reporting as well as other Windows services conveniently.
Step 2: Launch it and go to the function of System Service. On the interface of System Service, browse to the name of Windows Error Reporting Service, and then click the Disable button to turn off Windows Error Reporting Service in your computer.
Step 3: If you want to restart the feature of Windows Error Reporting Service in your computer, click the Enable button in order to turn on the feature again.
By the way, the software of iSunshare System Genius is compatible with almost all Windows versions. It can be also used to disable Windows Error Reporting in Windows 7 or Windows 8.
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