Display Error Notification
Verified with Windows 11 25H2 — updated on July 30, 2026
Supported on: Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP only
Path in the GPO console
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Error Reporting Description
This policy setting controls whether users are shown an error dialog box that lets them report an error. If you enable this policy setting, users are notified in a dialog box that an error has occurred, and can display more details about the error. If the Configure Error Reporting policy setting is also enabled, the user can also report the error. If you disable this policy setting, users are not notified that errors have occurred. If the Configure Error Reporting policy setting is also enabled, errors are reported, but users receive no notification. Disabling this policy setting is useful for servers that do not have interactive users. If you do not configure this policy setting, users can change this setting in Control Panel, which is set to enable notification by default on computers that are running Windows XP Personal Edition and Windows XP Professional Edition, and disable notification by default on computers that are running Windows Server. See also the Configure Error Reporting policy setting.
Registry
Software\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting Value name: ShowUI
Enabled: ShowUI = 1
Disabled: ShowUI = 0
This policy sets several registry values:
DWAllowHeadless DW DWAllowHeadless = 0 DWAllowHeadless = 1 MDM / Intune (CSP)
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ErrorReporting/DisplayErrorNotification Microsoft Learn documentation Mapping data: Microsoft Learn (CC BY 4.0)
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.reg file
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Exported from gporais.com
; Policy: Display Error Notification
; State: Enabled
; Supported on: Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP only
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting]
"ShowUI"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting\DW]
"DWAllowHeadless"=dword:00000000More formats (PowerShell, Intune, SCCM)
PowerShell
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Display Error Notification
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP only
$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'ShowUI' -Value 1 -Type DWord
$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting\DW'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'DWAllowHeadless' -Value 0 -Type DWordIntune XML
OMA-URI: ./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ErrorReporting/DisplayErrorNotification
Data type: String
Value:
<enabled/>Intune Remediation
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Display Error Notification
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP only
function Test-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
[object]$Expected,
[ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
[switch]$Absent
)
try {
$item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
return $Absent.IsPresent
}
if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
$actual = $item.$Name
if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
$actualValues = @($actual)
$expectedValues = @($Expected)
if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting' -Name 'ShowUI' -Expected 1 -Kind DWord)
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting\DW' -Name 'DWAllowHeadless' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Display Error Notification
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP only
$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'ShowUI' -Value 1 -Type DWord
$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting\DW'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'DWAllowHeadless' -Value 0 -Type DWordSCCM scripts
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Display Error Notification
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP only
# SCCM Configuration Item guidance:
# Create a Configuration Item of type "Setting: Script".
# Discovery script: use the Detection script below.
# Remediation script: use the Remediation script below.
# Compliance rule: the Discovery script output equals 'Compliant'.
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Display Error Notification
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP only
function Test-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
[object]$Expected,
[ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
[switch]$Absent
)
try {
$item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
return $Absent.IsPresent
}
if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
$actual = $item.$Name
if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
$actualValues = @($actual)
$expectedValues = @($Expected)
if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting' -Name 'ShowUI' -Expected 1 -Kind DWord)
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting\DW' -Name 'DWAllowHeadless' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Display Error Notification
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP only
$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'ShowUI' -Value 1 -Type DWord
$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting\DW'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'DWAllowHeadless' -Value 0 -Type DWordBuilding a multi-setting collection? Add this setting and generate combined .reg / PowerShell / GPO scripts.