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drwtsn32.exe file information

The process DrWatson Postmortem Debugger or DrWatson - debuger typu postmortem or DrWatson Postmortem-Debugger belongs to the software Microsoft Windows Operating System or System operacyjny Microsoft Windows or Betriebssystem Microsoft Windows or drwtsn32.exe or MicrosoftR WindowsR Operating System by Microsoft Corporation (www.microsoft.com).

Description: File drwtsn32.exe is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32. Known file sizes on Windows XP are 45,568 bytes (98% of all occurrence), 47,104 bytes, 65,536 bytes, 49,152 bytes.
It is a Windows core system file. The program is not visible. File drwtsn32.exe is a Microsoft signed file. Therefore the technical security rating is 4% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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on my machine, it messes with explorer.exe and causes all kinds of problems
  so and so  

randomly it makes the computer slow and then suddenly "Drwtson32.exe has crashed" ,on the odd occasion my computer will blue screen right after
  Andrew  

I would like to know if to try to remove it or leave it alone. If i am to leave it alone how do i get it to behave, this thing messes up my system every time i try to view a DIVX or AVI file.
  Fedup  

nothing, but it shouldn't start up at start up..That would mean your having an error at start up
  Smokin Joe No nothing  

nags on my resources and want let me run any programs or even go through my computer.....=\......this program or so called dr watson is a virus that doesnt need to be on xp
  quickness  

It seems to be essential as i have only noticed it when internet explorer stops responding. However, it has started doing this an awful lot when it never did before. So maybe it is dr watson causing this.
   

Not a dangerous process. Windows process that starts up when another program crashes. If it's overusing system resources it can usually be sorted with a good registry fixing utility. Some spyware can disguise itself as drwtsn32 but don't get worried if it only shows up when another program crashes, that process is most likely a genuine windows process
  nt  

Haven't seen it in the task manager before, now it pops up, takes over 200mbs of ram and 75%+ cpu, got on my nerves. Windows has been getting on my nerves for ever since i started using it...Installed ubuntu yesterday and am a lot happier now.
  asser  

It uses up a huge amount of memory i stopped the process and did not have any adverse affects after that
  Peter J F  

Dr. Watson for Windows is a program error debugger that gathers information about your computer
  haa  

Drwtsn writes down some system information in the moment of a crash. What else it does, i don´t know, i think it sends the Info to MS. I think it wouldn´t really be necessary for the system but normally it does no harm. Though it has some problems with some xvid codecs. So if it´s crashing, while u try to watch some movie, try to uninstall your xvid-codec.
  Andris  

Closing it tends to make my computer shut down, I'd leave it alone, if it starts acting up, run some anti-virus, anti-spyware, etc.
  Eric Gould  

I think it may interfere with The Sims.
  Naomi  

It hogs system resources, auto executes itself for no reason (multiple times) and causes my explorer.exe to crash. As well as many of my PC games.
  Chris  

only ever see it if I have overload CPU
  Vaclav  

This is from windows help, so i guess drwtsn.exe is NOT a virus, but it can be sometimes anoying: "Dr. Watson (Drwtsn32.exe) is installed in your system folder when you set up Windows. The default options are set the first time Dr. Watson runs, which can be either when a program error occurs or when you start Dr. Watson yourself."
  Sasha  

drwtsn is a windows application which consumes all my memory and slows down my computer
  stathu  

Dr.Watson is now blocking me from being able to look at other link/sites/pages.Please help me disable/get rid of it,Please Help.ThankYou,Arjun*:323-302-2922. myspace.com/arjuna_aattore
  Arjuna(Chance) AAttore(Smith)  

Everytime i see this on my processes and i try to play music etc, it makes my explorer unresponsive, along with most other things, its very annoying.
   

sometimes when i work in certain maps my windows freezes and a window opens that say that drwtsn32.exe must be shut down, when i open taskman i can close it down, after that there is a "shutdown" like if i shutdown explorer.exe but it reloads almost instant and then i can use windows like always even though all the windows has bin closed. i recently changed name on the file in system32 and windows works...
   

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  Jesse R (ImCanadianEh15)   (further information)

creates an error log using ALL of C: freespace
   

I had 3,200 drwtsn32.ece processes open, choking the CPU. I think it may be related to psyme virus. I don't have Dr Watson installed.
  Gary  

If it screws up it creates this white box in the middle of the screen and does not do anything.
   

I deleted it and my XP laptop seems to be running better. It shut down my system when accessing "my documents" when it was installed.
  Tramtrammertrau  

program conflict both versions
  V8matey  

Just some stupid Micro$oft debugging program. Whoever named it is sick, but no problems here. If it really takes all your cpu, either your processor sucks, or its been reinstalled by a virus/trojan/backdoor.
  InfamousMyzt  

Your pc needs maintenance like your body,drwtsn32.exe is like your body immune system,which prevents you from crashing, little learning is dangerous thing, goto www.microsoft.com
  isinpt   (further information)

it gets in the way and i think its a virus, because i never seen it before now it pops up with an error, and i just closed it out and explorer.exe started working again so theres something wrong with this prog
  jj  

It uses up a lot of my memory and causes almost every program i use to close for no particular reason
  Emko  

All it really does, from what I've seen is devour CPU usage.. but I cant remove it "Access Denied" and whatnot....
  UnrealFox  

It's an insufferable wannabe busybody symptom of DCS* that starts up when some other app is crashing, just so it can crash too. On the rare occasion that it doesn't crash, it will provoke MyCrudSoft's web site to open and blame the crash on some application that wasn't even running, or may not even be installed on your PC, just to pass the buck. *DCS = Disobedient Computer Syndrome, in which your PC will hunt down any piddly little excuse to do anything other than the task you're trying to accomplish.
  Downstrike   (further information)

Es gibt genug vertrauenswürdigere Programme als ein Debugprogramm von Microsoft! Und dieses hier verursacht nur probleme! ich kann z.b. eine videodatei nicht anwählen, weil sich dann sofort diese exe öffnet und mein Desktop abschmiert. Aber herkömmlich löschen kann ich es nicht...Windows scheint das automatisch wiederherzustellen.
   

is not dangerous in itself, but if it crashes then usually it is linked to another spyware or adware software
  Brandon  

DO NOT remove this application...it's an essential process
  Lionhead  

drwtsn32.exe mostly runs when i am trying to open some windows media files, may be becuz some files or corrupted when this happns explorer shuts down and is restarted again, it only happns with certain wma files.
  Latz  

drwtsn32.exe. blocks my pc every time I click the right button from a file on the desktop
  Bigongo  

Nothing except that its not computer friendly
  slhvirgo30  

It stops me from viewing pictures and movies. I have to close it in task manager, then it closes the folder and files I was trying to view. When I go back to try again, DrWatson32 again freezes my computer and I continue the cycle of shutting it off, trying to view files, it closing all open applications, etc.
  Ed  

i have just found two versions of drwtsn32.exe in system32 folder , one was 45k in length the other was 23k long i have deleted the 23k file
  napysak  

When I start computer a message appears that Dr.Watson has detected an error. When I clik to report I am informed that I must be on line but the sign on window is not functional. It blocks all programs.
  jglenn32  

It consumed nearly all system resources. In the task manager there were more than 1200 processes running and most of them were drwtsn32.exe.
  Dave  

wreaks havoc on computer, can't right-click on desktop or add new file folders. Can't remove program, must wipe hard drive & start over, grrrr.
  reluctant IT  

Unter mein Windows XP Home+Service Pack 2 im Ordner System32 hab ich die datei drwatson.exe Beschreibung:Win. Fehlererkennungsprogramm 27,6 KB groß und eine drwtsn32.exe Programmbeschreibung: DrWatson Postmortmem -Debugger 46 KB groß, die Datein sind doch ungefährlich wa oder?
  Martin  

not much at all
  Galaky  

This file has done what "A Name" said, just ate up everything and made my comp crash. What is this thing??
  Galaky  

WindowsTask Manager show me as operator and not the system also i found a log file in the C:\windows\Crypto\
   

I've NEVER had Dr. Watson installed on my system but this file came from somewhere and its trying to connect to the internet.
  James  

Dr. Watson for Windows is a program error debugger that gathers information about your computer
  sedam   (further information)

For the last few days i have been noticing that my DR watson post mortem debugger has been encounternig errors like i was watching movies and it would pop up i fid it anoying and should be checked immeditaly for viruses
  Duke Raster  

This is the Dr. Watson Postmortem Debugger application. Do NOT turn this off
  berensflame   (further information)

starts everytime XP boots and uses 90 % CPU + reserves more and more mem. File is ca. 47 k, when removed it always comes back.
  David  

it doesnt let any application work
  kevin  

ate up my resources till computer crashed, second time I stopped it in the task manager
  A Name  

DRWTSN32.exe is used to gather debug information when a program crashes. It creates a log file in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\DrWatson\drwatsn32.log
  I love to Dump   (further information)

Safe - launches when an application thats part of the OS fails
   

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