Turn off handwriting recognition error reporting
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Category
System > Internet Communication Management > Internet Communication settings
Supported on
At least Windows Vista

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista

Turns off the handwriting recognition error reporting tool. The handwriting recognition error reporting tool enables users to report errors encountered in Tablet PC Input Panel. The tool generates error reports and transmits them to Microsoft over a secure connection. Microsoft uses these error reports to improve handwriting recognition in future versions of Windows. If you enable this policy, users cannot start the handwriting recognition error reporting tool or send error reports to Microsoft. If you disable this policy, Tablet PC users can report handwriting recognition errors to Microsoft. If you do not configure this policy Tablet PC users can report handwriting recognition errors to Microsoft.

Internal name
PreventHandwritingErrorReports_2
Computer
PreventHandwritingErrorReports_1
User
Policy ID
038cade3c2c7
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\HandwritingErrorReports
Value name
PreventHandwritingErrorReports
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKCU
1
HKLM
0
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Both
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\HandwritingErrorReports
Value name
PreventHandwritingErrorReports
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

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