QUESTION: Whenever a program crashes or I have to stop an application that's not responding, XP wants to send an error report to Microsoft. Sorry, I'd rather not "call home" with this information. I always click not to send the report, but is there a way I can make it quit asking me to do this? - Jeff P.

ANSWER: Yep, that's an easy one. Just do this:

1. Right click My Computer on the desktop or in the Start menu.
   
2. Click Properties.
   
3. Click the Advanced tab.
   
4. Click the Error Reporting button at the bottom.
   
5. Click Disable error reporting. You can select the checkbox under it if you still want to be notified when errors occur.
   
6. Click OK.
   

Note that you can disable error reporting for the operating system only, or for programs only, by unchecking the appropriate box under the Enable error reporting option. You can also configure error reporting only for specific programs by clicking the Choose Programs button.

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