Customize consent settings

This policy setting determines the consent behavior of Windows Error Reporting for specific event types. If you enable this policy setting you can add specific event types to a list by clicking Show and typing event types in the Value Name column of the Show Contents dialog box. Event types are those for generic non-fatal errors: crash no response and kernel fault errors. For each specified event type you can set a consent level of 0 1 2 3 or 4. – 0 (Disable): Windows Error Reporting sends no data to Microsoft for this event type. – 1 (Always ask before sending data): Windows prompts the user for consent to send reports. – 2 (Send parameters): Windows Error Reporting automatically sends the minimum data required to check for an existing solution and Windows prompts the user for consent to send any additional data requested by Microsoft. – 3 (Send parameters and safe additional data): Windows Error Reporting automatically sends the minimum data required to check for an existing solution as well as data which Windows has determined (within a high probability) does not contain personally identifiable data and prompts the user for consent to send any additional data requested by Microsoft. – 4 (Send all data): Any data requested by Microsoft is sent automatically. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting then the default consent settings that are applied are those specified by the user in Control Panel or in the Configure Default Consent policy setting.

Customize consent settings

This policy setting determines the consent behavior of Windows Error Reporting for specific event types. If you enable this policy setting you can add specific event types to a list by clicking Show and typing event types in the Value Name column of the Show Contents dialog box. Event types are those for generic non-fatal errors: crash no response and kernel fault errors. For each specified event type you can set a consent level of 0 1 2 3 or 4. – 0 (Disable): Windows Error Reporting sends no data to Microsoft for this event type. – 1 (Always ask before sending data): Windows prompts the user for consent to send reports. – 2 (Send parameters): Windows Error Reporting automatically sends the minimum data required to check for an existing solution and Windows prompts the user for consent to send any additional data requested by Microsoft. – 3 (Send parameters and safe additional data): Windows Error Reporting automatically sends the minimum data required to check for an existing solution as well as data which Windows has determined (within a high probability) does not contain personally identifiable data and prompts the user for consent to send any additional data requested by Microsoft. – 4 (Send all data): Any data requested by Microsoft is sent automatically. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting then the default consent settings that are applied are those specified by the user in Control Panel or in the Configure Default Consent policy setting.

Configure Report Queue

This policy setting determines the behavior of the Windows Error Reporting report queue. If you enable this policy setting you can configure report queue behavior by using the controls in the policy setting. When the Queuing behavior pull-down list is set to Default Windows determines when a problem occurs whether the report should be placed in the reporting queue or the user should be prompted to send it immediately. When Queuing behavior is set to Always queue all reports are added to the queue until the user is prompted to send the reports or until the user sends problem reports by using the Solutions to Problems page in Control Panel. If Queuing behavior is set to Always queue for administrator reports are queued until an administrator is prompted to send them or until the administrator sends them by using the Solutions to Problems page in Control Panel. The Maximum number of reports to queue setting determines how many reports can be queued before older reports are automatically deleted. The setting for Number of days between solution check reminders determines the interval time between the display of system notifications that remind the user to check for solutions to problems. A value of 0 disables the reminder. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting Windows Error Reporting reports are not queued and users can only send reports at the time that a problem occurs.

Configure Report Queue

This policy setting determines the behavior of the Windows Error Reporting report queue. If you enable this policy setting you can configure report queue behavior by using the controls in the policy setting. When the Queuing behavior pull-down list is set to Default Windows determines when a problem occurs whether the report should be placed in the reporting queue or the user should be prompted to send it immediately. When Queuing behavior is set to Always queue all reports are added to the queue until the user is prompted to send the reports or until the user sends problem reports by using the Solutions to Problems page in Control Panel. The Maximum number of reports to queue setting determines how many reports can be queued before older reports are automatically deleted. The setting for Number of days between solution check reminders determines the interval time between the display of system notifications that remind the user to check for solutions to problems. A value of 0 disables the reminder. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting Windows Error Reporting reports are not queued and users can only send reports at the time that a problem occurs.

List of applications to be excluded

This policy setting limits Windows Error Reporting behavior for errors in general applications when Windows Error Reporting is turned on. If you enable this policy setting you can create a list of applications that are never included in error reports. To create a list of applications for which Windows Error Reporting never reports errors click Show and then add or remove applications from the list of application file names in the Show Contents dialog box (example: notepad. exe). File names must always include the . exe file name extension. To remove an application from the list click the name and then press DELETE. If this policy setting is enabled the Exclude errors for applications on this list setting takes precedence. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting errors are reported on all Microsoft and Windows applications by default.

List of applications to be excluded

This policy setting limits Windows Error Reporting behavior for errors in general applications when Windows Error Reporting is turned on. If you enable this policy setting you can create a list of applications that are never included in error reports. To create a list of applications for which Windows Error Reporting never reports errors click Show and then add or remove applications from the list of application file names in the Show Contents dialog box (example: notepad. exe). File names must always include the . exe file name extension. To remove an application from the list click the name and then press DELETE. If this policy setting is enabled the Exclude errors for applications on this list setting takes precedence. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting errors are reported on all Microsoft and Windows applications by default.

Configure Corporate Windows Error Reporting

This policy setting specifies a corporate server to which Windows Error Reporting sends reports (if you do not want to send error reports to Microsoft). If you enable this policy setting you can specify the name or IP address of an error report destination server on your organization’s network. You can also select Connect using SSL to transmit error reports over a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection and specify a port number on the destination server for transmission. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting Windows Error Reporting sends error reports to Microsoft.

Configure Report Archive

This policy setting controls the behavior of the Windows Error Reporting archive. If you enable this policy setting you can configure Windows Error Reporting archiving behavior. If Archive behavior is set to Store all all data collected for each error report is stored in the appropriate location. If Archive behavior is set to Store parameters only only the minimum information required to check for an existing solution is stored. The Maximum number of reports to store setting determines how many reports are stored before older reports are automatically deleted. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting no Windows Error Reporting information is stored.

Configure Report Archive

This policy setting controls the behavior of the Windows Error Reporting archive. If you enable this policy setting you can configure Windows Error Reporting archiving behavior. If Archive behavior is set to Store all all data collected for each error report is stored in the appropriate location. If Archive behavior is set to Store parameters only only the minimum information required to check for an existing solution is stored. The Maximum number of reports to store setting determines how many reports are stored before older reports are automatically deleted. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting no Windows Error Reporting information is stored.

Report operating system errors

This policy setting controls whether errors in the operating system are included Windows Error Reporting is enabled. If you enable this policy setting Windows Error Reporting includes operating system errors. If you disable this policy setting operating system errors are not included in error reports. If you do not configure this policy setting users can change this setting in Control Panel. By default Windows Error Reporting settings in Control Panel are set to upload operating system errors. See also the Configure Error Reporting policy setting.