Windows error reporting, 3 windows error reporting – Kofax Communication Server 10.0.0 User Manual

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16) Counter initialization file

17) Trace files - location c:\tcoss\trace; from all KCS

applications and from Perfmon (“TCLIBPERFx.trc”)

18) Registry export from:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TcLib\Performance
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib
HKLM\SOFTWARE\TOPCALL

8.3 Windows Error Reporting

Some KCS link and server components are server applications that function without user interaction. Even

when an application terminates unexpectedly, it must restart without any user interaction. On the other

hand, there should be as much information as possible for a subsequent investigation of the problem.

Therefore, Kofax Communication Server setup modifies the standard Windows error handling configuration

in the following way:

Behavior for abnormal termination of the operating system:

Registry value

Description

Operating system

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\
CrashControl\AutoReboot = 1

Automatic reboot
without user
interaction

All

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\
CrashControl\CrashDumpEnabled = 1

Write crash dump

All

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\
CrashControl\LogEvent = 1

Write event log entry

All

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\
CrashControl\Overwrite = 1

Overwrite crash dump
file

All

Behavior for abnormal termination of a process:

Registry value

Description

Operating system

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
Windows Error Reporting\DontShowUI =1

Disable visual
notifications

Windows 2008

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\
Windows\ErrorMode = 0

Disable visual
notifications

All

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\DrWatson\
VisualNotification = 0

Disable DrWatson
dialog window

All

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