Reporting Errors to Microsoft
When a program or Windows itself terminates abnormally, a new XP feature lets you report the error to Microsoft over the internet (Figure 6.16 ). If enough people report the same error, then (one assumes) Microsoft will fix the bug or at least post a Knowledge Base article. Microsoft swears that only technical information is sent for purely technical purposesnot for marketing or license compliance. You can fine-tune error reporting or turn it off.
Figure 6.16. A "Please tell Microsoft" dialog box appears after a program crashes or after you reboot following a Windows "blue screen of death" system error. Click Send Error Report to transmit the error details to Microsoft; otherwise, click Don't Send. Sometimes, as shown here, you can have Windows try to recover your unsaved work.

1. Choose Start > Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance > System > Advanced tab > Error Reporting (Figure 6.17 ).
Figure 6.17. You can choose to report only Windows system errors, only program errors, or both (or neither). Click Choose Programs if you want to report errors for some programs but not others.
