What good is Dr. Watson in WIn2K?

[de8212]

I randomly get errors in a newsreader program. I found the log file in Dr. Watson's program. How in the world do I interpret what it is saying? Is there a better program I could download to help see what is going on with this prog?
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[tristramshandy]

HUH!-Good god, y'all-Absolutely nothin! It ain't nothin' but a heart-breaker, payin' only to the undertaker.

Records detailed system error information. Very good app for servers. If you have a handle on your system errors, then you can disable it.

 

[de8212]

yeah, I figured it's not worth a darn.
Well, what program works well with telling me why the program crashes and burns?
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[ddiccico]

you disable Dr. Watson in the registry.

in HKLM\software\microsoft\windowsNT\currentVerson delete the aedebug tree.

now dr. watson won't launch when apps crash

 

[CrackRabbit]

thx for the tip, now i can keep the doctor from trying to debug unreal tournament and ultima online when they crash


Thx,
CrackRabbit

 

[ddiccico]

when it launches, dr. watson seems to take up as much memory as the app the crashed - sucks if UT is using 60+ MB RAM.