Dr.Watson Debugging program in Windows XP

I have Windows XP Home, SP3, IE7, OE6 AND Dr.Watson, Microsoft`s medical marvel who keeps vigil over my computer tantrums at all times and flashes up an Error panel with options to Debug - Send report to MS or Cancel.

I have read dozens of items on the net about this mad medic. They vary from, rubbish - get rid of it, uses too much MB - get rid of it, it`s out of date - scrap it, to - it does a very good job detecting program errors and taking action.

Some say Delete it completely, some say just Disable it using ;-

TO DISABLE DR.WATSON DEBUGGING

START/RUN, enter REGEDIT, press OK
Working from L/H panel, double click, then Rt. click, then double click EXPAND each one of the following in turn
HKEY_LOCAL-MACHINE/SOFTWARE/MICROSOFT/WINDOWS NT/CURRENT VERSION/AEDEBUG
then double Lt.click AUTO on R/H hand panel
Change value 1 to 0, then CLOSE. All done, Dr.Watson debugging now disabled.
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Well ! all this is very confusing.
What is your opinion on Dr.Watson - Do you employ him or have you sacked him ?
KAS

 

I also would love to know if its okay to remove
dis-able the Doctor Watson
I can stand it...never have never will