Disable Windows Error Reporting (WER) Service in Windows 7 & 8

A complete guide to disable the WER from of Windows 7& 8.x

Step 1

• Click on Start > Control Panel > Action Center > Change Action Center Settings.
• Click on the "Problem Reporting Settings".
• Select "Never Check for Solutions".
  
  

• Click on OK to validate
• Additionally : You can change this for all users as well by Clicking "Change report setting for all users".

Step 2

• Click on Start > Run > Type "services.msc"
• In the window that opens (Services), look for the following entry in the the right pane:
  • "Windows Error Reporting"
• Double-click on this entry and set the "Startup type" status as "Disabled".
  
  
  
  
• Click on OK to validate.

 Step 3 Double check this registry setting - EXHAUSTIVE

Best to do a search for Windows Error Reporting, and you find the key stems

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting

Type "Regedit" and press "Enter."

Navigate to "Hkey_users\S-1-5-19\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting" and the above keys. 

Right-click "Disabled" and change the value from "0" to "1".

Next Key

Navigate to "Hkey_users\S-1-5-19\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error
Reporting/Consent"
       Set to 1            
             Consent\DefaultConsent REG_DWORD
Possible values: 
          1 - Always ask (default), 2 - Parameters only, 3 - Parameters and safe data, 4 - All data                
Next Key 

Navigate to "Hkey_users\S-1-5-19\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting/DefaultOverrideBehavior"
       Set to 1
          Consent\DefaultOverrideBehavior
REG_DWORD
Possible values:
0 - Vertical consent will override the default consent (default)
1 - Default consent will override the application-specific consent

Press the "Windows" key and "R" key simultaneously.

All Values Registry Values here ....

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb513638(v=vs.85).aspx

 Step 4  Disable Task Scheduler for Error Reporting Service

• Open Task Scheduler and navigate to Task Scheduler (local) ->Microsoft->Windows->Windows Error Reporting
  
  
  
  
  Select on QueueReporting and Disable

• Step 5 Permanently Disable Windows Error Reporting Service

To permanently Disable Windows Error Reporting Service, delete all keys under this folder LocalDumps.

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• Step 6 Clean these directories out

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue

C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\WATCHDOG