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[[File:Windows Error Reporting problem details.png|thumb|right|Windows Error Reporting displaying problem details from an issue with [[Windows Explorer]]]]

'''Windows Error Reporting''' ('''WER''') (codenamed Watson) is a [[crash reporter|crash reporting]] technology introduced by [[Microsoft]] with [[Windows&nbsp;XP]]<ref name="whatisit">[http://blogs.msdn.com/b/wer/archive/2008/12/26/what-are-wer-services.aspx What are WER Services?]</ref> and included in later Windows versions and [[Windows Mobile]] 5.0 and 6.0. Not to be confused with the [[Dr. Watson (debugger)|Dr. Watson]] debugging tool which left the memory dump on the user's local machine, Windows Error Reporting collects and offers to send post-error [[debug]] information (a [[Core dump|memory dump]]) using the Internet to [[Microsoft]] when an application crashes or stops responding on a user's desktop. No data is sent without the user's consent.<ref>[http://blogs.msdn.com/b/wer/archive/2009/03/11/an-overview-of-wer-consent-settings-and-corresponding-ui-behavior.aspx An overview of WER consent settings and corresponding UI behavior]</ref> When a crash dump (or other error signature information) reaches the Microsoft server, it is analyzed, and information about a solution is sent back to the user if available. Solutions are served using Windows Error Reporting Responses. Windows Error Reporting runs as a [[Windows service]]. Kinshuman was the primary architect for the system in Windows Vista. <ref>[http://m.cacm.acm.org/magazines/2011/7/109883-debugging-in-the-very-large/abstract Debugging in the (Very) Large: Ten Years of Implementation and Experience]</ref>

==History==