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TechSpot Blog: Disable Windows automatic check for solutions after a program crashes
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Introduced in Windows Vista, the infamous “Windows is checking for a solution…” message that appears right after a program crashes is downright annoying.
I’m running Windows 7 now and this behavior has not changed. Admittedly, while running the Windows 7 betas this was rather useful as Microsoft kept up to date information on programs that suffered from compatibility problems and hinted at potential fixes (kudos for that). But now it just gets in the way after Firefox or other well-known program crashes, I just click on Cancel immediately after getting prompted.
Back in the Vista days I had disabled this message and now I’m getting it again after a fresh reinstall of 7, so I thought this time I would document how to turn it off. It’s actually very easy.
Continue reading on the TechSpot Blog.
I’m running Windows 7 now and this behavior has not changed. Admittedly, while running the Windows 7 betas this was rather useful as Microsoft kept up to date information on programs that suffered from compatibility problems and hinted at potential fixes (kudos for that). But now it just gets in the way after Firefox or other well-known program crashes, I just click on Cancel immediately after getting prompted.
Back in the Vista days I had disabled this message and now I’m getting it again after a fresh reinstall of 7, so I thought this time I would document how to turn it off. It’s actually very easy.
Continue reading on the TechSpot Blog.
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User Comments (13)
Post a comment| Puiu on November 22, 2009 4:24 AM | I never got a solution from this. ^_^ I'm just going to turn it off when i come back home. (posting while dressing) |
| ET3D on November 22, 2009 5:45 AM | Thanks for the tip. |
| JudaZ on November 22, 2009 7:08 AM | Funny, 9 out of 10 times microsoft gives me a solution. ...
.not with firefox...but no wonder ..and that keeps crashing
always anyways. ... seems the best solution would be to
remove firefox...that is remove the cause...not the
symptoms like windows problem solving. |
| JudaZ on November 22, 2009 7:12 AM | ..in the case with Internet explorer stopped working .. or
for that mather firefox crashes .. its usually a plugin that
is the culprit. A lot of times ive found actually Adobe
Flash is to blame. ...but otherwise some plugin. still say, remove the problem...not the symptom .. or the feature that lets you knowe about the problem..... .if you see a problem, isnt it better to try and solve it, than like this article does...tell people how to close their eyes to stop seeing the mess. |
| red1776 on November 22, 2009 9:00 AM | I have never had this feature actually come back with a solution. |
| red1776 on November 22, 2009 10:33 AM | JudaZ said: I think so JudaZ, but the 'solution' window
will pop up for other things than just browser crashes, in
my case, it has never provided a useful fix for anything. i
shut it off because I don't need it to tell me that
something crashed....and then provide zero useful
information...in the case with Internet explorer stopped working .. or for that mather firefox crashes .. its usually a plugin that is the culprit. A lot of times ive found actually Adobe Flash is to blame. ...but otherwise some plugin. still say, remove the problem...not the symptom .. or the feature that lets you knowe about the problem..... .if you see a problem, isnt it better to try and solve it, than like this article does...tell people how to close their eyes to stop seeing the mess. |
| Kibaruk on November 22, 2009 11:14 AM | Me neither, I mean... it does give me the "you should get
the up-to-date program" which I have, so I don't really get
the usefulness. The most funny thing of it all, is when I installed microsoft sql 2005 server, told me to update which I did, and later on the screen would pop again and again. |
| BLUEBIRDJOHN on November 22, 2009 6:27 PM | I came across a programme by accident which scanned my computer and showed up one of my firefox add ons (dictionary/spell checker) as a possible risk of crashes. After removing it i've yet to have another crash with firefox. Don't want to remove firefox, much prefer it. |
| red1776 on November 22, 2009 9:46 PM | I have heard that as well Blue, not only with FF but with Opera's version as well, dont know the answer but hopefully someone at TS can get you the answer to that. |
| Puiu on November 23, 2009 3:55 AM | @blue @red - Can you tell me the name of the program? |
| BLUEBIRDJOHN on November 23, 2009 4:23 AM | I'll try and find it later. It was on my desktop which i'm having terrible problems with at the moment. Doing a reinstall at the moment hope i've saved the programmes correctly!!! |
| BLUEBIRDJOHN on November 23, 2009 4:57 AM | Have just found it on one of my backup disks. It's called
'Advanced Task Manager' version 5 is a free trial version.
Available on C Net
Downloads. [link] |
| lupinnktp on November 25, 2009 7:00 AM | holyshit, this is good  no more nag by that. and hey, why
don't Microsoft remove it? are they really still working to
resolve those things, honestly?
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