Dr. Watson log file, big problems

[Guest]

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.

 

[Ray Shafranski]

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.

Get all the viruses out of your system.

 

[Guest]

Get all the viruses out of your system.

I did that.

-- Doug

 

[Mistoffolees]

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]

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

 

[GHalleck]

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]

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.

 

[Guest]

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.

 

[Kayman]

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]

Excellent advice. Thank you for the help.
--
Thanks -- Doug

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