I cannot download AGS or any games from this site as 'Dr Watson' is stopping me. Is there any way I can get round this? I have windows 98. :-[ >:(
'Technical Forum
Scripting help, bug reports, and announcements about latest technical issues. '
This isnt AGS related it shouldnt be here. But you could explain or link to something that might help us understand WHAT Dr Watson is.
Quote from: Hotspot on Wed 21/07/2004 15:53:16
'Technical Forum
Scripting help, bug reports, and announcements about latest technical issues. '
This isnt AGS related it shouldnt be here. But you could explain or link to something that might help us understand WHAT Dr Watson is.
sorry, i'll try and sort it out myself :-[
Look for an option form Dr Watson's program to disable it from running when your computer starts up.
If it doesn't have that option or you can't find it, you could manually disable it form running when your window's start up by running the "msconfig" from the "run" menu (usually found form the "Start" button area). Then from Selective startup, look for Dr' Watson's and un-check it so it won't startup anymore (you'll need to do a reboot for the new settings to change).
Or, if that seems a little confusing for you, you can use one of many free start-up manager utilities that gives you control of what programs/applications runs when Windows starts up.
One that is good for this is Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel, you can get a free d-load over at:
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
PS: To remove a program from your computer, look to see if there's an "Un-Install" option in that program's directory. You can usually check by clicking "Start" then "All Programs" then highlight the directory you want to check, example, "Dr Watson's", and see if there's an "Un-Install" option. If not, you can also use the add/remove feature of Windows.
"Start" then select your "Control Panel":
In Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs.
On the Install/Uninstall tab, click the program you want to remove, and then click Add/Remove.
Quote from: Barbarian on Wed 21/07/2004 16:03:43
Look for an option form Dr Watson's program to disable it from running when your computer starts up.
If it doesn't have that option or you can't find it, you could manually disable it form running when your window's start up by running the "msconfig" from the "run" menu (usually found form the "Start" button area). Then from Selective startup, look for Dr' Watson's and un-check it so it won't startup anymore (you'll need to do a reboot for the new settings to change).
Or, if that seems a little confusing for you, you can use one of many free start-up manager utilities that gives you control of what programs/applications runs when Windows starts up.
One that is good for this is Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel, you can get a free d-load over at:
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
;D :D thank you v.much! I shall try this!!!
Dr. Watson is the 'debugger' code that comes within Windows so I don't think Barbarians idea will work.
Click Start->Run and enter "drwtsn32.exe"
- There'll be a lot of things to check/uncheck in there to stop it from asking you all those annoying questions
In the Registry to completely remove Dr. Watson:
KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug
The just delete the 'debugger' key.
To restore Dr. Watson click Start->Run and enter "drwtsn32.exe -i"
For more info: Microsoft's Windows XP Professional Product Documentation (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/drwatson_setup.mspx) website.
note information comes from G4TechTV's website
I can't see why Dr Watson would be causing this, unless it is a virus/trojan that just looks like Dr Watson, right? Why would a debugger be stopping a download? Sounds more like a denial-of-service baddie to me.
Quote from: Darth Mandarb on Wed 21/07/2004 17:07:21
Dr. Watson is the 'debugger' code that comes within Windows so I don't think Barbarians idea will work.
Click Start->Run and enter "drwtsn32.exe"
- There'll be a lot of things to check/uncheck in there to stop it from asking you all those annoying questions
In the Registry to completely remove Dr. Watson:
KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug
The just delete the 'debugger' key.
To restore Dr. Watson click Start->Run and enter "drwtsn32.exe -i"
For more info: Microsoft's Windows XP Professional Product Documentation (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/drwatson_setup.mspx) website.
note information comes from G4TechTV's website
ah ok! i shall try this then!!!Ã, ;D :D.thank you!
Yeah, Dr Watson pops up if a program crashes -- looks like some sort of problem with your web browser.
Again, this is not an AGS issue so please don't post any further problems in this forum.
Quote from: Pumaman on Wed 21/07/2004 21:40:27
Yeah, Dr Watson pops up if a program crashes -- looks like some sort of problem with your web browser.
Again, this is not an AGS issue so please don't post any further problems in this forum.
:-[ :-[ :-[sorry