Guest WDMaples Posted August 11, 2007 Posted August 11, 2007 I restarted my computer yesterday and an error box came up notifying me of an error (I don't even remember what it was) with Windows. I clicked to send the report to Microsoft. Later on I started to do a backup to my Iomega drive and saw that the amount of data on my C: was monstrous. I have a 220 GB drive on a pretty new computer and only had used about 17 GB. It was showing I had 182 GB used. I opened defrag and it showed a tremendously long red line indicating massive fragmented files. I began looking for the culprit and found the log file for Dr. Watson was 166 GB. I have no idea what the error was, but it wrote a massive amount into the log file. What do I do? There's no way to read the log file because it is too large to open. There is no technician that will download a file that large, not to mention how long it would take, so should I be worried? Can I just clear out the log file? Possibly deleting it and creating another text file with the same name. -- Thanks -- Doug
Guest Ray Shafranski Posted August 11, 2007 Posted August 11, 2007 Re: Dr. Watson log file, big problems "WDMaples" <WDMaples57@BellSouth.net> wrote in message news:84B16A4C-5A83-42E4-A767-3FC91CDA0F17@microsoft.com... > > I restarted my computer yesterday and an error box came up notifying me of > an error (I don't even remember what it was) with Windows. I clicked to > send > the report to Microsoft. > > Later on I started to do a backup to my Iomega drive and saw that the > amount > of data on my C: was monstrous. I have a 220 GB drive on a pretty new > computer and only had used about 17 GB. It was showing I had 182 GB used. > I > opened defrag and it showed a tremendously long red line indicating > massive > fragmented files. > > I began looking for the culprit and found the log file for Dr. Watson was > 166 GB. I have no idea what the error was, but it wrote a massive amount > into the log file. > > What do I do? There's no way to read the log file because it is too large > to open. There is no technician that will download a file that large, not > to > mention how long it would take, so should I be worried? Can I just clear > out > the log file? Possibly deleting it and creating another text file with > the > same name. > > -- > Thanks -- Doug Get all the viruses out of your system.
Guest WDMaples Posted August 11, 2007 Posted August 11, 2007 Re: Dr. Watson log file, big problems "Ray Shafranski" wrote: > Get all the viruses out of your system. > I did that. -- Doug
Guest Mistoffolees Posted August 11, 2007 Posted August 11, 2007 Re: Dr. Watson log file, big problems WDMaples wrote: > "Ray Shafranski" wrote: > >>Get all the viruses out of your system. >> > > I did that. > > -- Doug Open Dr. Watson log. Due to its size, one might have to use Wordpad. The top block should indicate the most recent application crash. What is it? Delete Dr. Watson log but check for it whenever an error box appears. Also, the error(s) should be reported into Event Viewer. The problem is pointing to an aberrant or out-of-control application that keeps on re- loading itself.
Guest WDMaples Posted August 11, 2007 Posted August 11, 2007 Re: Dr. Watson log file, big problems I am unable to open the.log file with WordPad, possibly because it is too large. However, the error says: An unknown error occurred while trying to open an unnamed file. Also, what is the Event Viewer? Every time an error occurs I click the button to send the report. The more I thought about it, I had been having trouble with Panda Platinum Internet Security. I had to uninstall it after I restarted yesterday. I would bet that is the problem. However, I still want to open the .log file. Thanks for the help, Doug -- Thanks -- Doug "Mistoffolees" wrote: > > WDMaples wrote: > > > "Ray Shafranski" wrote: > > > >>Get all the viruses out of your system. > >> > > > > I did that. > > > > -- Doug > > Open Dr. Watson log. Due to its size, one might have to use Wordpad. The > top block should indicate the most recent application crash. What is it? > Delete Dr. Watson log but check for it whenever an error box appears. > Also, the error(s) should be reported into Event Viewer. The problem is > pointing to an aberrant or out-of-control application that keeps on re- > loading itself. >
Guest GHalleck Posted August 11, 2007 Posted August 11, 2007 Re: Dr. Watson log file, big problems WDMaples wrote: > I am unable to open the.log file with WordPad, possibly because it is too > large. However, the error says: An unknown error occurred while trying to > open an unnamed file. > > Also, what is the Event Viewer? Every time an error occurs I click the > button to send the report. > > The more I thought about it, I had been having trouble with Panda Platinum > Internet Security. I had to uninstall it after I restarted yesterday. I > would bet that is the problem. However, I still want to open the .log file. > > Thanks for the help, > Doug > Open Control Panel. Double-click on Administrative Tools. Event Viewer should appear in the next box. Double-click on it. Dr. Watson error reports are usually written up in the Applications window.
Guest WDMaples Posted August 11, 2007 Posted August 11, 2007 Re: Dr. Watson log file, big problems Thanks for the information on Event Viewer. I went down the list and there were a massive amount of entries at the same time on Thursday where Panda Platinum Internet Security was evidently hanging up constantly trying to upgrade. At least that's what I can get from it. There were a few errors at the time of the error on Friday, but they were not Dr. Watson. I'm not sure how to analyze these entries. However, I will delete the log file and have deleted Panda. -- Thanks -- Doug
Guest WDMaples Posted August 11, 2007 Posted August 11, 2007 Re: Dr. Watson log file, big problems Thanks for the information on Event Viewer. I went down the list and there were a massive amount of entries at the same time on Thursday where Panda Platinum Internet Security was evidently hanging up constantly trying to upgrade. At least that's what I can get from it. There were a few errors at the time of the error on Friday, but they were not Dr. Watson. I'm not sure how to analyze these entries. However, I will delete the log file and have deleted Panda. -- Thanks -- Doug
Guest Kayman Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 Re: Dr. Watson log file, big problems "WDMaples" <WDMaples57@BellSouth.net> wrote in message news:84B16A4C-5A83-42E4-A767-3FC91CDA0F17@microsoft.com... > > What do I do? > Delete it! Dr. Watson can be a major PITA and the 'average' user can come by without having this application in use. Disable Dr. Watson dump file creation. This is a program error debugger that gathers all kinds of information about your computer when a user error or user-mode fault occurs within a program. To stop creation of these files, follow this procedure: Go to start, then run, then type in ‘regedit.exe’ and hit ‘Enter’ Browse to the following location in the left pane: HKEY_LOCAL-MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug Left click on the value ‘Auto’ on the right pane, and change the value from ‘1’ to ‘0’ Close the registry editor. To delete the dump files created by Dr Watson on earlier occasions, you will have to delete them manually with this procedure: Open Windows explorer, Browse to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Dr Watson and delete files named User.dmp and Drwtsn32log. Get youself a decent AV application: Avira AntiVir® PersonalEdition Classic is one of the better ones. http://www.free-av.com/antivirus/allinonen.html Use Crap Cleaner http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/ If Windows Defender is utilized go to Applications, under Utilities uncheck "Windows Defender" And do yourself a favor and remove all maleware from your pc. Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL -- http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp To use this utility, perform the following... Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS } Choose; Unzip Choose; Close Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS } NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files. C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS} This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode. This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site. The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC. You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode. When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help file. http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm Additional Instructions: http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm
Guest WDMaples Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 Re: Dr. Watson log file, big problems Excellent advice. Thank you for the help. -- Thanks -- Doug "Kayman" wrote: > "WDMaples" <WDMaples57@BellSouth.net> wrote in message > news:84B16A4C-5A83-42E4-A767-3FC91CDA0F17@microsoft.com... > > > > What do I do? > > > Delete it! > > Dr. Watson can be a major PITA and the 'average' user can come by without > having this application in use. > Disable Dr. Watson dump file creation. > This is a program error debugger that gathers all kinds of information about > your computer when a user error or user-mode fault occurs within a program. > To stop creation of these files, follow this procedure: > > Go to start, then run, then type in ‘regedit.exe’ and hit ‘Enter’ > Browse to the following location in the left pane: > HKEY_LOCAL-MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug > Left click on the value ‘Auto’ on the right pane, and change the value from > ‘1’ to ‘0’ Close the registry editor. > To delete the dump files created by Dr Watson on earlier occasions, you will > have to delete them manually with this procedure: Open Windows explorer, > Browse to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Dr > Watson and delete files named User.dmp and Drwtsn32log. > > Get youself a decent AV application: > Avira AntiVir® PersonalEdition Classic is one of the better ones. > http://www.free-av.com/antivirus/allinonen.html > > Use Crap Cleaner > http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/ > If Windows Defender is utilized go to Applications, under Utilities uncheck > "Windows Defender" > > And do yourself a favor and remove all maleware from your pc. > > Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL -- > http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp > > To use this utility, perform the following... > Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS } > Choose; Unzip > Choose; Close > > Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT > { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS } > > NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go > through your > FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files. > > C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS} > This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in > Normal Mode. > This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web > site. > The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot > the PC. > > You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or > you can > download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have > downloaded the files > needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe > Mode [F8 key > during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to > run in Safe > Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal > Mode. > > When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more > comprehensive PDF help > file. http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm > > Additional Instructions: > http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm > > >
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