You might be a careful person who regularly scan computer for viruses, check for windows updates, clear temporary files, defrag hard drive and also making sure that your startup item is not loaded with programs. Suddenly, you noticed that there is a new startup item KernelFaultCheck with the command dumprep 0 -u or dumprep 0 -k in System Configuration Utility (MSCONFIG).
Is dumprep.exe a virus and how did it get into into my startup programs? Why even after removing dumprep.exe from startup, it comes back automatically? Continue reading to know what is dumprep.exe and how to permanently removing it from startup.
The explanation below is taken from Microsoft’s website.
The Dumprep.exe tool is a Windows XP fault logging program. If a serious error occurs, Dumprep.exe writes the error details to a text file. The Dumprep.exe tool then prompts you to send the error information to Microsoft. The Dumprep.exe tool is a non-essential system process that is installed for third-party use.
There usually 2 switches. -k is a kernel fault check and -u is a user fault check. Since Microsoft mentioned that dumprep.exe is a non-essential system process, we can disable it. To disable dumprep.exe from startup, to Control Panel > System > Advanced tab > click Settings button for Startup and Recovery. At write debugging information, click the drop down menu, select (none) and click OK.
Next, click the Error Reporting button, and select “Disable error reporting“. You can leave the option “But notify me when critical errors occur” checked. Click OK to close Error Reporting window.
Go to Run and type msconfig. Check if dumprep.exe still exist in the list or not. If it is there, run regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. Select KernelFaultCheck name and hit delete. Restart your computer. If you don’t want to mess with registry, you can use HijackThis to remove it. Just do a system scan, check on %systemroot%\system32\dumprep.exe and click Fix checked.
If dumprep.exe still automatically added into startup after disabling error reporting and writing debugging information, that means your computer has experienced blue screen and memory dump before. You need to Search for MEMORY.DMP file and delete it. Usually the MEMORY.DMP file is located at Windows folder. Once you delete the dump file from Windows, VOILA! dumprep.exe will no longer appear in MSCONFIG.
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Good job :-)
I use CCleaner too, is it okay if I delete it on the start up list… I just only disabled it but sometimes it automatically enabled…
Just get Ccleaner, go to startup option and disable kernel fault/user fault check. done deal. It is not a virus.
amigo, muchas gracias por esta informaion ,me ha sido de gran ayuda…..
I deleted domprep.exe using Ubuntu OS, which is a linux based OS, by temporary running it.
The best thing about such a linux based OS is that, you can delete any damn file or virus such as recycler or any other, but make sure that you know what you r deleting.
thanks
thanks
Thank you very much Raymond.
Successfully delete this kernelfaultcheck
IT WORKED…….I did have to go to memory.dmp to finally get rid of it, but it’s gone……..THANK YOU
thanx a lot raymond..this dumprep is sucking my blood like a hell….thanx once again..
Any suggestions for VISTA w/ the same problem? There is no dumprep.exe in VISTA…but it has the same problem..??
That was very valuable and detailed information. Thanks a lot.
Thanx for u valuable info..
The soltuion didn’t work. It appears that dumprep comes with another form of malware/vire/trojan: savedump.exe, I would like a solution on how toremove both of these components completely, because they reboot my laptop every 2 minutes.
thank you! very much…. indeed!
Thanks, only site I have found that answers these issues. Most give a little useless drivel and then try and sell me their software.
Delete it from:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
That will remove it completely.
The solution didn\’t work. Do you have any other solutions ??
Raymond,
Thanks for the clear and complete explaination of the dumprep line in the msconfig startup.
I followed your steps and got rid of it.
I’m bookmarking your site for future use.
It’s refreshing to finally find a straight answer without having to buy something.
Kudos!!
Ted
Just want to thank you for the post on dumprep 0 -k
worked for me and how days when look up how to fix a file or anything a 1000 site come up and none have a ture input to it.. your site was the 1st on google list 1st time that i could fix rite off the the bAT THANKS for taking your time out to post and not in face buy try of site
Figlio mio grazie per l’articolo ma scrivi proprio come uno zulù eh.
You guys are stupid. dumprep.exe Is windows, not a virus. It’s just the error reporting to Microsoft in windows. (send an error report) yes, it’s not needed, so turn the damned thing off. It actually, quite often, hangs for a few mins while it gathers the error details. If left alone it will finish, and ask if you want to send a report. IF you can’t wait, Ctl+Alt+Del and terminate the dumprep.exe.
The thing thats discomforting about this article is, how did dumprep.exe get onto my startup list with this -k option. You should have no reason to do a full kernel dump report upon every startup. Which is what that is doing. All you should do, is remove this entry from the startup list in msconfig. drwtsn32.exe will automatically call dumprep.exe if a program crashed and the debugger is needed. But only drwtsn32.exe should be making the call to dumprep.exe, and only when a program crashes.
Just del this entry in the msconfig panel. OR if you always click cancel when it asks if you want to send an error report to Microsoft, then do the disable steps above. That way, you won’t ever have to worry about error dialogs.
Don’t be calling dumprep.exe a virus. Paraniod freaks.
thanks for the tutorial, helped me out a bit ;-)
john from germany
Hamza B.A do yourself a favour for gods sake get a copy of pq magic, partition magic or similar
Hello Raymond,
Please i want your help on how to create a partition for my C:\ drive, i tried following the Microsoft management console procedure on how to create partition using both windows interface and command prompt several times but i was not successful.
My hard disk is 37GB and i want partition it 50/50, please include the parameters that i will use to these options and the pattern of writing them in command prompt.
the options are: -
[size=n]
[offset=n]
[ID=byte | GUID]
[noerr]
what about the free fixer that we learned from you weeks ago i think its useful also,
thanks for the tip!
opening your newsletter I get the etror message in dutch: “there is a possible security error on this page, will you continue?”. I assume that that has to do with the script building the pictures.
I have Java (SUN), MS VM Java jit compiler and Java console installed and activated. The OS is W98SE 6 and Outlook Express 6 is used.
With what language are the pictures build in your newsletter? I have this problem also in othernewsletters where there is a redcross in the frame which should show a picture.
Thank you for your response, regards Bouw
I have learned a new thing today, this tip was very good, and will help me out, if i encounter similar situations in future.