1. If your error reporting function is turned off, turn it on by going to the Control Panel. Navigate to 'Performance and Maintenance,' choose 'System,' click on the 'Advanced' tab, click on the error reporting button and select 'Enable error reporting.'
2. Scan your error report to see what caused the error. The report will include your XP version; hardware details like your processor, available memory, and other components; date and time of the error; information describing the error; and an account of the applications running at the time of the error. After the report is first issued via the dialog box on your monitor, you can choose to forward it to Microsoft via the Internet. Keep in mind that Microsoft ended mainstream support for XP in 2009. Extended support is scheduled to last until 2014, but that means bug fixes are only available to companies that have a service contract with Microsoft.

3. Eliminate certain programs from error reporting if you're comfortable with taking care of potential errors on your own. Access the error report settings in the Control Panel, as mentioned above, select 'Choose Programs,' 'All programs in this list' and select the programs from the list you'd like to remove.
4. Eliminate your operating system from error reports, but monitor programs--again, if you're comfortable doing so. You can choose this option in the 'Error Reporting' main dialog box that you access from the Control Panel. Under the 'Enable error reporting' selection, make sure there is no check beside 'Windows operating system.'
5. Disable error reporting, yet still allow your computer to notify you of critical errors. Go to the main 'Error Reporting' dialog box from your Control Panel. Under the 'Disable error reporting' selection is a checkbox beside 'But notify me when critical errors occur' that, if checked, will indeed notify you.