Providing Solutions to Reported Errors

When a user submits an error report, Microsoft Windows Error Reporting (WER) determines whether a message has been associated with that category of error. If there is, the message is shown to the user in response to the user's error report.

After you have analyzed your company's error reports and created fixes or other solutions, you can create a message to be delivered through WER to customers who experience that issue in the future. By taking advantage of the WER feedback loop, you can provide information to your customers to help solve their problems and to reduce your company's support costs.

For example:

You can request that a message be presented when a user reports a crash for a particular version of your application, pointing the user to your support website.

If your driver has qualified for the "Designed for Windows" logo, you can distribute your driver updates through Windows Update, and your WER response can direct users to the Windows Update website.

To provide a WER message to your users:

1.

Complete the Bucket response/fix notification form on the Windows Quality Online Services (Winqual) Web site.

2.

If a fix to an error is available on your website or on Windows Update, provide a link to the fix.

WER Solution Resources
Microsoft.comCreating End-User Crash Responses


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