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From: jem@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (John Eric Meyer)
Subject: How can I tap into window's system error routines?
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 23:50:00 GMT
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My problem is this:  several people use my computer unsupervised, few know
much about computers.  When something goes wrong in windows and they get a 
system error, if everything seems OK they keep going.  Of course, everything
is not necessarily OK.  I would like to create a utility which will watch for
windows system errors and when one occurs display a message with instructions
to get out of windows immediately, reboot, run chkdsk, and so on.  The machine
was paid for by my adviser so I can't just bar all others from using it (nor
do I want to).  Any ideas?

As for programming, I can work in Visual Basic or BC++, whichever is most
appropriate for the task.

Eric