Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322756 How to back up and restore the registry in Windows
It
may be useful to disable Internet Explorer Error Reporting so that when
Internet Explorer crashes, the default operating system error handler is called
instead. It may also be useful to redirect the crashes so instead of
establishing a connection to Microsoft, they connect to an internal server to
report crashes. To redirect Internet Explorer Error Reporting to report crashes
to an internal server, use the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Common\DWFileTreeRoot
The value is a String, and should be in the following form:
"\\server name\share name"
�Each user needs write access to the share or it will not work.
To disable Internet Explorer Error Reporting so that the default operating system error handler is shown if a crash occurs, set the following registry key:�
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
IEWatsonEnabled = (DWORD) 0
DWNeverUpload = (DWORD) 1
DWNoExternalURL = (DWORD) 1
DWNoFileCollection = (DWORD) 1
DWNoSecondLevelCollection = (DWORD) 1
A value of 0 disables Internet Explorer Error Reporting, and a
value of 1 enables it (removing the key also enables Internet Explorer Error
Reporting).
If you do change Internet Explorer Error Reporting to
report to an internal server, you should refer to the Office XP Resource Kit
and the documentation for the "Corporate Error Reporting Tool" to view and
diagnose which crashes should be reported to Microsoft to find a possible fix.
Note Internet Explorer Error Reporting (IEER) does not
work in Windows XP or later versions. Windows Error Reporting (WER) is used instead. If
WER is disabled and Internet Explorer encounters a fault, no notification is displayed.