Dr. Watson

[CopperCowboy]

I am having a issue with Dr. Watson debugger popping up in XP and freezing my system. I go to Task manager and stop the process, and I can use Computer again, but it will invariably pop up again later. Any ideas on how to correct the problem?

 

[Rik]

Have you virus and spware scanned recently? If so, with what software?

 

[Peddant]

Dr Watson doesn`t cause crashes,it just offers to help determine the

cause of a crash that has just occured.It`s useless.You can disable it.

Possible causes of a crash -

1.A device driver.

2.Spyware,

3.A faulty right click menu extension.

4.The presence of .AVI video files on your system.

First thing I would suggest is to got to msconfig/Startup and uncheck everthing

except Firewall/AV.

Check the running processes in the Task Manager,see if there are any likely suspects.

 

[CopperCowboy]

I use AVG anti virus and Xsoft spy for spyware. Recent scans with both show no infections or hazards. I will check my task manager processes next time it pops up. Thank you
Will advise when it happens again.

 

[CopperCowboy]

Systemdoes not crash just stops until I stop Dr. Watson. Popped up today, but no .avi extensions

 

[Peddant]

You can disable Dr Watson like THIS

Did try looking in msconfig start up ?

Sometimes things like printer drivers or other hardware drivers can cause occasional freezes like that.

You need to use other anti-spyware programs besides X-soft and AVG(anti virus),to fully check your system.

Ewido,Spyware blaster,Trend micro,and Kaspersky`s online scans,

 

[Tmagic650]

Dr. Watson IS quite useless :unch:

 

[CopperCowboy]

I disabled Dr. Watson following the link you, Peddant, Posted. I will advise of my progress. Thank You again

 

[CopperCowboy]

Three days and no trouble.Thanks alot