Damn "Dumprep.exe"

Suddenly your machine bogs down right at that critical moment, you reach for your Louisville slugger to give your PC a piece of your mind but you pause. A further examination of your machine finds a new application running in the background tying up your precious resources.

The dreaded Dumprep.exe, what is Dumprep.exe? Well if you use Windows XP its a Microsoft tool called “Windows Error Dump Reporting”. Basically if some file crashes on your system Windows “phones home” via Dumprep.exe and sends a error report back to the mothership where it will deleted and never looked at. The funny thing is that the dumprep.exe isn’t the most reliable program ever and can make a already bad situation worse. So let’s get rid of the narky ET.

Disable Dumprep.exe on Windows XP:
1. Right click on “My Computer” choose “Properties” from that menu.
2. Click on “Advanced tab”.
3. Click the “Error Reporting” button.
4. Check the “Disable error reporting” box.

You may choose to uncheck the the box below it, “But notify me when an error occurs” if you want.