Recommended WIN.INI Switch Settings for Dr. Watson 0.80 (82872)

SUMMARY

Dr. Watson version 0.80 is a diagnostic tool that ships with Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1. Dr. Watson is not installed in the StartUp group by default. To use Dr. Watson for help with troubleshooting general protection (GP) faults, either add a Dr. Watson icon to the StartUp group, or add DRWATSON.EXE to the LOAD= line in the WIN.INI file.

NOTE: Dr. Watson is included in Windows versions 3.1 and 3.11 and Windows for Workgroups version 3.1. It is not included with Windows 3.0 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11.

MORE INFORMATION

To maximize the information pertinent to Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) engineers the following section should be added to the WIN.INI file:

   [Dr. Watson]
   SkipInfo=Reg 32b Sta
   ShowInfo=Mod

The following explains the two above lines:

SkipInfo=Reg 32b Sta

SkipInfo= prevents Dr. Watson from displaying some information. "Reg" is short for "registers." "32b" is short for "32-bit registers." "Sta" is short for "stacks." This helps to limit the size of the DRWATSON.LOG file.

ShowInfo=Mod

ShowInfo= tells Dr. Watson to display information. "Mod" is short for "modules."

Including the modules section provides some additional information (such as the *.DRV, *.DLL, *.FON, *.386, and *.EXE files that were running at the time of the GP fault) that may help the PSS engineer discover the source of the GP fault(s).

KBCategory: kbtool kbdisplay kbenv kbtshoot
KBSubcategory: wfw wfwg win31 gpf