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Posted By : Eramilde of Katharine Gibbs School - New York on March 9, 2005

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This is my problem. If i open up anything it wont open. Then the computer gives me an error message regarding dr watson something. one more thing when ever i open up my task manager there is this file avjlso.exe and has the most cpu usage.due to which my processor performance is always showing 100%. now i dont know what to do with the computer. i cant understand.

waiting for your reply

thanks

omer

This question was answered on March 9, 2005. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting.


Try to disable Dr Watson This will help you to solve the conflict with your cpu Just follow the instructions bellow:

How to Disable Dr Watson for Windows

Article ID : 188296

Revision : 2.0

This article was previously published under Q188296

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

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This article describes how to disable and re-enable the Dr Watson program for Windows

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WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

To Disable Dr Watson

1 Click Start, click Run, type regedit.exe in the Open box, and then click OK

2 Locate and click the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ AeDebug

NOTE: Steps three and four are optional, but they necessary if you want to restore the default use of Dr Watson

3 Click the AeDebug key, and then click Export Registry File on the Registry menu

4 Enter a name and location for the saved registry file, and then click Save

5 Delete the AeDebug key

Registry entries for debugger programs are located in the AeDebug key in Windows The Dr Watson program is installed by default in Windows, and is configured to run when an application error occurs (with a data value of 1 for the Auto value) The default values are:

Value Name = Auto

Type = String (REG_SZ)

Data Value = 1 or 0 (Default is 1)

Value Name = Debugger

Type = String (REG_SZ)

Data Value = drwtsn32 -p %ld -e %ld -g

NOTE: This data value (drwtsn32 -p %ld -e %ld -g) is specific to Dr Watson Alternative debuggers will have their own values and parameters

To Enable Dr Watson

1 At a command prompt, type the following line, and then press ENTER:

drwtsn32 -i

2 Double-click the .reg file you created in steps three and four above

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Posted by Eramilde of Katharine Gibbs School - New York on March 9, 2005

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