Hi Lisa,
Dr. Watson is a program that comes with Windows that
basically debugs
problems like this. Error Reporting uses the output
generated by Dr. Watson
to determine if it's an OS problem they need to fix or if
it's just a
corruoted file on the person's PC, which they'll ignore, of
course.
In a seriously small nutshell, the HOSTS file is a text
file used by
Windows to hold domain info for your internet connection.
If this file
becomes corrupted, the system does what your sister's system
is doing. I've
never dealt with a corrupted HOSTS file before, so I'll have
to look up the
fix. I'm almost positive that you'll be told to delete it,
but it's a
protected file that won't go quietly. I'll let you know
what I learn,
unless someone else already knows and chimes in with the
directions.
Peace,
GMan
"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never
asked!"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisa Toothman" <lisat36 gmail.com>
To: <pctechtalkfreelists.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 9:48 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Need help guys
> First I got my computer up and running. Router is crap
but that's not
> important now we are just switching the dsl box for
now. The problem is
> my
> sister's new computer. It's getting a Windows Explorer
error. This is
> what
> is coming up when she tries to figure out what it is,
where it came from
> and/or how to fix the problem.
> Data Execution Prevention
> Name: Windows Explorer
> Publisher: Microsoft Corporation
>
> Dr Watson Postmortom Debugger has encountered a problem
and needs to
> close.
>
> *we have no idea what this Dr Watson thing is*
>
> c:windowssystem32driversetchosts (-reading error)
>
> Any idea what this is and how to fix it?
>
> TIA
>
> Lisa T
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