what is "dumprep 0 -k" in start-up?

[your name]

Under startup tab in msconfig I see dumprep 0 -k
Googled with no luck.
specific command line looks like this...
%systemroot%/system32/dumprep 0 -k

location is
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Anyone know what this is?
Thanks

 

[Alan Edwards]

I had more luck when I googled.
It is a part of the Windows error reporting tool.
See here if it causes you any problems:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899870/en-us


....Alan

 

[John John]

It's used to collect information when there are errors/crashes or bugs
and then it asks you if you want to send the information to Microsoft.
It's not a necessary program, you can disable it if you want.

John

 

[Malke]

It's used to collect information when there are errors/crashes or bugs
and then it asks you if you want to send the information to Microsoft.
It's not a necessary program, you can disable it if you want.

John

The OP can disable it, but a better solution would be to find out what
is failing and fix the problem. Since he didn't tell us anything about
the machine, I can only suggest the usual general troubleshooting:

A. The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time
things worked and the time they didn't?

B. The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the
malware/virus status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what
programs (and versions) did you use to determine this?

Be sure the computer is clean:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

C. Look in Event Viewer for clues:
Start>Run>eventvwr.msc [enter]

D. If the machine is virus/malware-free, do clean-boot troubleshooting
to see what program or process is failing.

Clean boot in Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353

Clean-boot advanced troubleshooting in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

Malke

 

[John John]

John John wrote:




The OP can disable it, but a better solution would be to find out what
is failing and fix the problem. Since he didn't tell us anything about
the machine, I can only suggest the usual general troubleshooting:

I don't see him saying that he has problems with it, he only asked what
it was. Even if you turn off dummprep you will still get other error
messages or memory dump when errors occur, you just won't get dumprep
error logging or the prompt asking to send the dump error log to Microsoft.

John

 

[Wesley Vogel]

dumprep 0 -k

KernalFaultCheck:
%systemroot%\\system32\\dumprep 0 -k

-k is a kernel fault check
-u is a user fault check
-s appears to be ShutdownEventCheck

Dumprep.exe = Windows Error Reporting Dump Reporting Tool

[[The Dumprep.exe tool is a non-essential system process that is installed
for third-party use. ]]

You can disable this....
Right click My Computer | Properties | Advanced tab | Under Startup and
Recovery | Settings button | Under System Failure | UNCheck: Write an
event to the system log | Under Write debugging information | Select (None)
| Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK

Write an event to the system log = dumprep 0 -k
[[Specifies whether Windows will write event information to the system log
when the system stops unexpectedly.
You must be logged on as a member of the Administrators group to set
recovery options.]]

Write debugging information:
[[Specifies what type of information Windows should record when the system
stops unexpectedly, and the name of the file that holds this information.]]

Dump file:
[[Provides a space for you to type the name of a log file that Windows can
use to write the contents of system memory when the system stops
unexpectedly.
You must be logged on as a member of the Administrators group to set
recovery options.]] %systemroot%\MEMORY.DMP is the default.

If you have other, serious problems, then dumprep 0-k is automatically
enabled.

If you have Error Reporting enabled, this entry may show up for the first
time after your PC has experienced a Windows XP dump crash, or an Office
XP or Internet Explorer 6 crash where you were prompted about sending the
crash results to Microsoft.

To disable Error Reporting....
Right click My Computer | Properties | Advanced tab |
Error Reporting button | Disable error reporting

Also.
Start | Run | Type: services.msc | Click OK |
Scroll down to and double click: Error Reporting Service | Click Apply |
Click OK
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From...
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

-k is a kernel fault check
-u is a user fault check

Generally the latter is seen when a user changes the default options in the
startup and recovery settings to a small memory dump.

-s appears to be ShutdownEventCheck

The Windows XP-based computer may run slowly and you may receive Dumprep.exe
error messages
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899870

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[your name]

I don't see him saying that he has problems with it, he only asked what it
was. Even if you turn off dummprep you will still get other error
messages or memory dump when errors occur, you just won't get dumprep
error logging or the prompt asking to send the dump error log to
Microsoft.

John

This is correct, I haven't experienced any problems, just happened to see it
and wondered what/why it was there.
That said, it appears that IF it is there, then there IS something wrong.
eventviewer shows only one recently in "system"...
Source: sidebyside
category: none
event: 59

nothing else.

I have been contemplating a clean reinstall of the OS as I think some
performance issues are related to the fact that I have dinged the registry
trying to IMPROVE performance over the last year or so( blackviper.com).

I have everything backed up, might be the time to do it.

 

[John John]

This is correct, I haven't experienced any problems, just happened to see it
and wondered what/why it was there.
That said, it appears that IF it is there, then there IS something wrong.
eventviewer shows only one recently in "system"...
Source: sidebyside
category: none
event: 59

nothing else.

I have been contemplating a clean reinstall of the OS as I think some
performance issues are related to the fact that I have dinged the registry
trying to IMPROVE performance over the last year or so( blackviper.com).

I have everything backed up, might be the time to do it.

Even if you disable dumprep you will still get Event Logging. Dumprep
has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the generating of bugcheck errors,
event logging or other errors that might occur on your computer. All it
does is prepare the error information AFTER the error has occurred. The
error information is prepared so that it may be sent to Microsoft for
further analysis, that is all that dumprep does, it prepares the Memory
Dump file for further analysis. Memory Dump files are usually quite
large and after such a file is created, if the computer boots and if
dumprep is enabled you will notice lots of disk activity and possibly a
long delay before the computer settles down as dumprep is readying the
file for shipment to Microsoft.

John

 

[your name]

Even if you disable dumprep you will still get Event Logging. Dumprep has
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the generating of bugcheck errors, event
logging or other errors that might occur on your computer. All it does is
prepare the error information AFTER the error has occurred. The error
information is prepared so that it may be sent to Microsoft for further
analysis, that is all that dumprep does, it prepares the Memory Dump file
for further analysis. Memory Dump files are usually quite large and after
such a file is created, if the computer boots and if dumprep is enabled
you will notice lots of disk activity and possibly a long delay before the
computer settles down as dumprep is readying the file for shipment to
Microsoft.

John

My question then is...why is dumprep 0 -k NOW in the list of start-up
items. It wasn't there prior, on any occasion that I can recall. What issue
would cause it to appear where it is?
I am concerned that something critical has changed.

 

[John John]

My question then is...why is dumprep 0 -k NOW in the list of start-up
items. It wasn't there prior, on any occasion that I can recall. What issue
would cause it to appear where it is?
I am concerned that something critical has changed.

It could have been put there by anything, a piece of software, a
Microsoft update, anything could have put it there. It's a perfectly
legitimate file, it doesn't hurt anything to have it there and maybe
Microsoft or another cautious software company wants it to run in case
bugs cause problems, they might want to be at least made aware of
problems that might occur and make it easier for the end user to send
the dumpfile so that the cause of the problem might be identified and fixed.

John