Windows Error Reporting High CPU load, unable to disable WER.

[AlanPiszcz]

The following steps were used to disable the service, however it continues to run after restart.

1. Disabled in Windows Service Manager
2. NOTE: There are two WER services running, can only disable ONE of them.
3. Disabled in Group Policy Manager
4. Disabled in Control Panel, Security and Maintenance
5. msconfig DISABLE on startup
6. Powershell cmdlet

msconfig

UNCHECK the Windows Error Reporting Service to disable

Select Apply

The Check mark reappears for the Windows Error Reporting Service, and the Status continues to show 'Running'.


PowerShell reports status as disabled, yet it continues to run in Task Manager?

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Disable-WindowsErrorReporting

True

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-WindowsErrorReporting

Disabled



Is there a method to disable this service?


A note in the group policy:

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the Turn off Windows Error Reporting policy setting in Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/System/Internet Communication Management/Internet Communication settings takes precedence. If Turn off Windows Error Reporting is also either disabled or not configured, user settings in Control Panel for Windows Error Reporting are applied.


Other tools and a .db file located at

C:\Program Files\Windows Event Reporting\Core

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