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dwwin.exe
Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 5:05 pm
Posted by Leigh
(71 messages posted)
Everytime I shutoff or restart Windows Xp, I get an error message about a file called
dwwin.exe. I searched for it and I have that file in my Windows\System32 directory,
and I also have DWWIN.EXE-30875ADC.pf in my Windows\preftech directory. Is there
any way I can stop getting these error messages? Thanks in advance.
Leigh
MoooManCow@aol.com
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re: dwwin.exe
Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 5:37 pm
Posted by Beecher Wood
(952 messages posted)
Did you use Windows update recently? This file seems to be a part or result of an
update. You could use system restore to go back before the time of the update or
go to Control Panel Add/Remove programs and remove the update there. Good Luck.
On Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 5:05 pm, Leigh Winik wrote:
>Everytime I shutoff or restart Windows Xp, I get an error message about a file called
>dwwin.exe. I searched for it and I have that file in my Windows\System32 directory,
>and I also have DWWIN.EXE-30875ADC.pf in my Windows\preftech directory. Is there
>any way I can stop getting these error messages? Thanks in advance.
>
>Leigh
>MoooManCow@aol.com
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re: dwwin.exe
Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 5:42 pm
Posted by Leigh
(71 messages posted)
Yes, I use Windows Update frequently. This has been happening for a while, so I
wouldn't want to go to a system restore. And on te add/remove window, I have a lot
of "Windows XP Hotfix" icons. Any idea which one it might be? They all have Q######"
where each # is a different number (duh!).
On Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 5:37 pm, J. Beecher Wood wrote:
>Did you use Windows update recently? This file seems to be a part or result of an
>update. You could use system restore to go back before the time of the update or
>go to Control Panel Add/Remove programs and remove the update there. Good Luck.
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 8:25 pm
Posted by jcw
(186 messages posted)
Don't have enough info. to know what is causing the error message. But I don't think
your dwwin.exe is a result of a MS update. The file is for Microsoft's application
error reporting function.
On Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 5:42 pm, Leigh Winik wrote:
>Yes, I use Windows Update frequently. This has been happening for a while, so I
>wouldn't want to go to a system restore. And on te add/remove window, I have a
lot
>of "Windows XP Hotfix" icons. Any idea which one it might be? They all have Q######"
>where each # is a different number (duh!).
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Thursday, October 3, 2002 at 6:18 pm
Posted by Metal
(1 messages posted)
Hey everyone...I just wanted to let you know that I'm currently experiencing the
same problem with the dwwin.exe. True it is a error reporting file that Microsoft
uses. I've gotten the SP-1 and all updates up to today so I know I'm current, however
I still recieve the error message when I restart/shutdown my computer. I was wondering
if deleting it would fix the problem but I dont want to do that till I know for sure.
Let me know if you come across a solution. Thanks!
MetalRCG@aol.com
On Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 5:05 pm, Leigh Winik wrote:
>Everytime I shutoff or restart Windows Xp, I get an error message about a file called
>dwwin.exe. I searched for it and I have that file in my Windows\System32 directory,
>and I also have DWWIN.EXE-30875ADC.pf in my Windows\preftech directory. Is there
>any way I can stop getting these error messages? Thanks in advance.
>
>Leigh
>MoooManCow@aol.com
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re: dwwin.exe
Monday, October 7, 2002 at 10:48 am
Posted by K
(1 messages posted)
I too get this error, however it is only when I try to open Internet Explorer. I
cannot even open the application at this point. Thankfully I keep multiple browsers
installed. I have not used the windows update recently. I do not know why this
has started happening.
On Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 5:05 pm, Leigh Winik wrote:
>Everytime I shutoff or restart Windows Xp, I get an error message about a file called
>dwwin.exe. I searched for it and I have that file in my Windows\System32 directory,
>and I also have DWWIN.EXE-30875ADC.pf in my Windows\preftech directory. Is there
>any way I can stop getting these error messages? Thanks in advance.
>
>Leigh
>MoooManCow@aol.com
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re: dwwin.exe
Tuesday, October 8, 2002 at 7:11 pm
Posted by Arthur Kaljian
(1 messages posted)
We had the same problem.We ran Norton Win Doctor and then restarted. Cleared it up
no probs. I think it just has to do with a faulty registry mod from when you plug
into any network.
On Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 8:25 pm, jcw wrote:
>Don't have enough info. to know what is causing the error message. But I don't
think
>your dwwin.exe is a result of a MS update. The file is for Microsoft's application
>error reporting function.
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Tuesday, October 8, 2002 at 10:29 pm
Posted by jcw
(186 messages posted)
Perhaps message n1034136809 on this WinXP board and the 10/8/02 response to it might
be helpful?
On Thursday, October 3, 2002 at 6:18 pm, Metal wrote:
>Hey everyone...I just wanted to let you know that I'm currently experiencing the
>same problem with the dwwin.exe. True it is a error reporting file that Microsoft
>uses. I've gotten the SP-1 and all updates up to today so I know I'm current, however
>I still recieve the error message when I restart/shutdown my computer. I was wondering
>if deleting it would fix the problem but I dont want to do that till I know for
sure.
> Let me know if you come across a solution. Thanks!
>
>MetalRCG@aol.com
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re: dwwin.exe
Tuesday, October 8, 2002 at 10:32 pm
Posted by jcw
(186 messages posted)
Take a look at message n1034136809 and the 10/8/02 response to it on this WXP board--might
be helpful.
On Monday, October 7, 2002 at 10:48 am, K wrote:
>I too get this error, however it is only when I try to open Internet Explorer.
I
>cannot even open the application at this point. Thankfully I keep multiple browsers
>installed. I have not used the windows update recently. I do not know why this
>has started happening.
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Tuesday, October 8, 2002 at 10:47 pm
Posted by jcw
(186 messages posted)
If you are still having the problem that you described, message n1034136809 and the
10/8/02 response on this WinXp board might be helpful.
On Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 5:05 pm, Leigh Winik wrote:
>Everytime I shutoff or restart Windows Xp, I get an error message about a file called
>dwwin.exe. I searched for it and I have that file in my Windows\System32 directory,
>and I also have DWWIN.EXE-30875ADC.pf in my Windows\preftech directory. Is there
>any way I can stop getting these error messages? Thanks in advance.
>
>Leigh
>MoooManCow@aol.com
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re: dwwin.exe
Thursday, October 10, 2002 at 2:50 pm
Posted by Mutlin
(1 messages posted)
This file belongs to Dr. Watson - a program that is part of windows that monitors
application crashes. Try typing
'sfc /scannow'
from the Start->run box and hitting enter. You may need operating system disk but
it should fix your error!
On Tuesday, October 8, 2002 at 10:47 pm, jcw wrote:
>If you are still having the problem that you described, message n1034136809 and
the
>10/8/02 response on this WinXp board might be helpful.
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 8:48 am
Posted by norm
(8 messages posted)
Had this problem, here is what I did:
Open regedit, go to:
HKLM_SOFTWARE_MICROSOFT_CURRENT VERSION_RUN
If you have a logitech input device, or a Gravis gamepad input device, you need to
modify the value of the registry key so that the application starts up in *belownormal*
processor priority.
Example:
start /belownormal c:\windows\system32\Grxp4exe.exe /init
"start /belownormal" is the addition you will make to the beginning of the line...
Hope this helps,
-Norm
On Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 5:05 pm, Leigh Winik wrote:
>Everytime I shutoff or restart Windows Xp, I get an error message about a file called
>dwwin.exe. I searched for it and I have that file in my Windows\System32 directory,
>and I also have DWWIN.EXE-30875ADC.pf in my Windows\preftech directory. Is there
>any way I can stop getting these error messages? Thanks in advance.
>
>Leigh
>MoooManCow@aol.com
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re: dwwin.exe
Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 8:57 am
Posted by norm
(8 messages posted)
I meant:
HKLM_SOFTWARE_MICROSOFT_WINDOWS_CURRENT VERSION_RUN
On Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 8:48 am, norm wrote:
>Had this problem, here is what I did:
>
>Open regedit, go to:
>HKLM_SOFTWARE_MICROSOFT_CURRENT VERSION_RUN
>
>If you have a logitech input device, or a Gravis gamepad input device, you need
to
>modify the value of the registry key so that the application starts up in *belownormal*
>processor priority.
>
>Example:
>start /belownormal c:\windows\system32\Grxp4exe.exe /init
>
>"start /belownormal" is the addition you will make to the beginning of the line...
>
>Hope this helps,
>-Norm
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Sunday, October 20, 2002 at 4:15 pm
Posted by Danny
(1 messages posted)
Nice one, that fixed mine. Although only Grxp4exe.exe /init appeared in my registry.
I tried just adding "start /belownormal" but I needed to reconstruct the whole thing
so it appeared as below.
On Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 8:57 am, norm wrote:
>I meant:
>HKLM_SOFTWARE_MICROSOFT_WINDOWS_CURRENT VERSION_RUN
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Monday, October 21, 2002 at 6:39 pm
Posted by Robert Fakhoury
(1 messages posted)
Norm,
Thank you so much for this tip; worked like a charm.
Now that I think back, the problem started when I installed a Logitech Optical Wireless
mouse.
Thanks ,
Robert
On Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 8:57 am, norm wrote:
>I meant:
>HKLM_SOFTWARE_MICROSOFT_WINDOWS_CURRENT VERSION_RUN
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Monday, October 21, 2002 at 8:24 pm
Posted by norm
(8 messages posted)
Glad to help!
On Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 8:48 am, norm wrote:
>Had this problem, here is what I did:
>
>Open regedit, go to:
>HKLM_SOFTWARE_MICROSOFT_CURRENT VERSION_RUN
>
>If you have a logitech input device, or a Gravis gamepad input device, you need
to
>modify the value of the registry key so that the application starts up in *belownormal*
>processor priority.
>
>Example:
>start /belownormal c:\windows\system32\Grxp4exe.exe /init
>
>"start /belownormal" is the addition you will make to the beginning of the line...
>
>Hope this helps,
>-Norm
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Thursday, October 24, 2002 at 8:02 am
Posted by John D. Wilson
(3 messages posted)
I have a Logitech mouse, but none of the keys seem to be related to the mouse. Any
other ideas which key might be the one that I need to fix?
On Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 8:57 am, norm wrote:
>I meant:
>HKLM_SOFTWARE_MICROSOFT_WINDOWS_CURRENT VERSION_RUN
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Thursday, October 24, 2002 at 8:47 pm
Posted by norm
(8 messages posted)
Can you give me a list of your run key? (What is in there? Maybe we can weed it out...)
On Thursday, October 24, 2002 at 8:02 am, John D. Wilson wrote:
>I have a Logitech mouse, but none of the keys seem to be related to the mouse. Any
>other ideas which key might be the one that I need to fix?
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Friday, October 25, 2002 at 5:18 am
Posted by John D. Wilson
(3 messages posted)
Key Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Class Name:
Last Write Time: 9/25/2002 - 10:15 AM
Value 0
Name: Microsoft Works Portfolio
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works\WksSb.exe /AllUsers
Value 1
Name: Microsoft Works Update Detection
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works\WkDetect.exe
Value 2
Name: NvCplDaemon
Type: REG_SZ
Data: RUNDLL32.EXE NvQTwk,NvCplDaemon initialize
Value 3
Name: WorksFUD
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works\Wkfud.exe
Value 4
Name: DellTouch
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\WINDOWS\DELLMMKB.EXE
Value 5
Name: NAV Agent
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\NORTON~1\navapw32.exe
Value 6
Name: QD FastAndSafe
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\Norton CleanSweep\QDCSFS.exe
/scheduler
Value 7
Name: AdaptecDirectCD
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\Program Files\Adaptec\Easy CD Creator 5\DirectCD\DirectCD.exe
Value 8
Name: QuickTime Task
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\WINDOWS\System32\qttask.exe
Value 9
Name: monitr32
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\Program Files\Canon\MultiPASS4\monitr32.exe
Value 10
Name: MPTBox
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\PROGRA~1\Canon\MULTIP~1\mptbox.exe
Value 11
Name: OmniPage
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\Program Files\Caere\OmniPagePro90\opware32.exe
Value 12
Name: nwiz
Type: REG_SZ
Data: nwiz.exe /install
Value 13
Name: TkBellExe
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe -osboot
Value 14
Name: pdfFactory Dispatcher v1
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\3\fppdis1.exe
Key Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents
Class Name:
Last Write Time: 10/20/2001 - 7:33 PM
Key Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents\IMAIL
Class Name:
Last Write Time: 10/20/2001 - 7:33 PM
Value 0
Name: Installed
Type: REG_SZ
Data: 1
Key Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents\MAPI
Class Name:
Last Write Time: 10/20/2001 - 7:33 PM
Value 0
Name: NoChange
Type: REG_SZ
Data: 1
Value 1
Name: Installed
Type: REG_SZ
Data: 1
Key Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents\MSFS
Class Name:
Last Write Time: 10/20/2001 - 7:33 PM
Value 0
Name: Installed
Type: REG_SZ
Data: 1
On Thursday, October 24, 2002 at 8:47 pm, norm wrote:
>Can you give me a list of your run key? (What is in there? Maybe we can weed it
out...)
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Friday, October 25, 2002 at 7:36 am
Posted by norm
(8 messages posted)
Wow. Lots of stuff loading from your run key. Lets see here...
First step: Export this key to a .reg file (backup, just incase you need to restore
it!)
Set the following to start in /belownormal priority:
Delltouch
QD Fast&Safe
Adaptec DirectCD
QuickTime Task
Monitr32
tkbelle.exe
mptbox
pdf factory
Logout, Login, Logout. Do this a few times to be sure. If the problem went away,
one at a time set them back to normal... (Until you find the culprit.)
If it didn't go away, restore your backup.reg file and try some of the other values...
My guess is that it is Delltouch. (This is the little process that runs for the hotkey
commands on the dell keyboard...)
-Norm
On Friday, October 25, 2002 at 5:18 am, John D. Wilson wrote:
>Key Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
>Class Name:
>Last Write Time: 9/25/2002 - 10:15 AM
>Value 0
> Name: Microsoft Works Portfolio
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works\WksSb.exe /AllUsers
>
>Value 1
> Name: Microsoft Works Update Detection
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works\WkDetect.exe
>
>Value 2
> Name: NvCplDaemon
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: RUNDLL32.EXE NvQTwk,NvCplDaemon initialize
>
>Value 3
> Name: WorksFUD
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works\Wkfud.exe
>
>Value 4
> Name: DellTouch
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: C:\WINDOWS\DELLMMKB.EXE
>
>Value 5
> Name: NAV Agent
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\NORTON~1\navapw32.exe
>
>Value 6
> Name: QD FastAndSafe
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\Norton CleanSweep\QDCSFS.exe
>/scheduler
>
>Value 7
> Name: AdaptecDirectCD
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: C:\Program Files\Adaptec\Easy CD Creator 5\DirectCD\DirectCD.exe
>
>Value 8
> Name: QuickTime Task
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: C:\WINDOWS\System32\qttask.exe
>
>Value 9
> Name: monitr32
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: C:\Program Files\Canon\MultiPASS4\monitr32.exe
>
>Value 10
> Name: MPTBox
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: C:\PROGRA~1\Canon\MULTIP~1\mptbox.exe
>
>Value 11
> Name: OmniPage
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: C:\Program Files\Caere\OmniPagePro90\opware32.exe
>
>Value 12
> Name: nwiz
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: nwiz.exe /install
>
>Value 13
> Name: TkBellExe
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe -osboot
>
>Value 14
> Name: pdfFactory Dispatcher v1
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\3\fppdis1.exe
>
>
>Key Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents
>Class Name:
>Last Write Time: 10/20/2001 - 7:33 PM
>
>Key Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents\IMAIL
>Class Name:
>Last Write Time: 10/20/2001 - 7:33 PM
>Value 0
> Name: Installed
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: 1
>
>
>Key Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents\MAPI
>Class Name:
>Last Write Time: 10/20/2001 - 7:33 PM
>Value 0
> Name: NoChange
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: 1
>
>Value 1
> Name: Installed
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: 1
>
>
>Key Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents\MSFS
>Class Name:
>Last Write Time: 10/20/2001 - 7:33 PM
>Value 0
> Name: Installed
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: 1
>
>
>
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Friday, October 25, 2002 at 8:39 am
Posted by John D. Wilson
(3 messages posted)
I should have mentioned that I only get this error occasionally. I have not been
able to notice a pattern in terms of software use.
However, I never, ever use the Dell hotkeys. Can't say why :)
On Friday, October 25, 2002 at 7:36 am, norm wrote:
>Wow. Lots of stuff loading from your run key. Lets see here...
>
>First step: Export this key to a .reg file (backup, just incase you need to restore
>it!)
>
>Set the following to start in /belownormal priority:
>
>Delltouch
>QD Fast&Safe
>Adaptec DirectCD
>QuickTime Task
>Monitr32
>tkbelle.exe
>mptbox
>pdf factory
>
>Logout, Login, Logout. Do this a few times to be sure. If the problem went away,
>one at a time set them back to normal... (Until you find the culprit.)
>
>If it didn't go away, restore your backup.reg file and try some of the other values...
>
>My guess is that it is Delltouch. (This is the little process that runs for the
hotkey
>commands on the dell keyboard...)
>
>-Norm
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Friday, October 25, 2002 at 2:45 pm
Posted by Gary Burton
(2 messages posted)
I have been following this because I have the same problem. I tried inserting
the "start /belownormal " before the command for my Logitech Trackman rollerball.
It seemed to help, but not completely fix the problem. Then next time I ran
Windoctor, Windoctor found it and called it an invalid registry key. I lost my nerve
at that point and went back and deleted the "start /belownormal " from the value.
The problem is still there, but something has now eliminated the mouse driver from
my RUN key. My pointer works, so I guess I didn't really need that driver anyway.
I could re-install the trackball to get it back if I wanted to, so I'll get by.
However, I still have my DWWIN.EXE problem.
Can you tell me what "start /belownormal " is doing?
Am I correct in my interpretation that "start /belownormal " was supposed to
be the first thing in the value field followed by whatever else was there?
On Monday, October 21, 2002 at 8:24 pm, Norm wrote:
>Glad to help!
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Friday, October 25, 2002 at 8:15 pm
Posted by norm
(8 messages posted)
"start" is a command line tool used to invoke the windows shell (or windows exe's)
from a command prompt. By selecting "/belownormal" you tell it to start the following
command in a belownormal priority state (as opposed to the default, "normal".) (Their
are 6 different priority states possible: low, belownormal, normal, abovenormal,
high, & realtime.)
As the "start" command is command line driven, you get the best results adhering
to DOS 8.3 filenames... (e.g. "mydocu~1" instead of "My Documents".) In WinXP you
can see the 8.3 filenames by doing a "dir /x".)
Example from RUN key in registry:
Original Value: wdpdf.exe /config
New Value: start /belownormal c:\progra~1\westing\wdpdf.exe /config
Here is a good KBA on "start":
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/winxppro/proddocs/start.asp
As to "why" this seems to help this problem, who knows! I know if you check "Admin
Tools-->Event Viewer-->System" and look at the error it isn't very helpful... But
when the problem key's priority is lowered, the message stops and no errors are added
to the log. I had no ill effects, so I said "Yes!".
Oh yeah, I believe this is a bug introduced with WinXP SP1 as well... I have not
heard of this being a problem pre-SP1.
On Friday, October 25, 2002 at 2:45 pm, Gary Burton wrote:
> I have been following this because I have the same problem. I tried inserting
>the "start /belownormal " before the command for my Logitech Trackman rollerball.
> It seemed to help, but not completely fix the problem. Then next time I ran
>Windoctor, Windoctor found it and called it an invalid registry key. I lost my
nerve
>at that point and went back and deleted the "start /belownormal " from the value.
> The problem is still there, but something has now eliminated the mouse driver from
>my RUN key. My pointer works, so I guess I didn't really need that driver anyway.
> I could re-install the trackball to get it back if I wanted to, so I'll get by.
> However, I still have my DWWIN.EXE problem.
>
> Can you tell me what "start /belownormal " is doing?
>
> Am I correct in my interpretation that "start /belownormal " was supposed to
>be the first thing in the value field followed by whatever else was there?
>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/winxppro/proddocs/start.asp
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re: dwwin.exe
Wednesday, November 6, 2002 at 4:56 pm
Posted by Gary Burton
(2 messages posted)
Thank you very much for your thorough and thoughtful response. After the last
Windows update, I haven't seen the problem, so I am now crossing my fingers. If
that doesn't work, I will go back and edit the registry again using 8.3 file names.
It took me a long time to respond because I was where I could not retrieve my
email for a couple of weeks.
On Friday, October 25, 2002 at 8:15 pm, norm wrote:
>"start" is a command line tool used to invoke the windows shell (or windows exe's)
>from a command prompt. By selecting "/belownormal" you tell it to start the following
>command in a belownormal priority state (as opposed to the default, "normal".) (Their
>are 6 different priority states possible: low, belownormal, normal, abovenormal,
>high, & realtime.)
>
>As the "start" command is command line driven, you get the best results adhering
>to DOS 8.3 filenames... (e.g. "mydocu~1" instead of "My Documents".) In WinXP you
>can see the 8.3 filenames by doing a "dir /x".)
>
>Example from RUN key in registry:
>
>Original Value: wdpdf.exe /config
>
>New Value: start /belownormal c:\progra~1\westing\wdpdf.exe /config
>
>Here is a good KBA on "start":
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/winxppro/proddocs/start.asp
>
>As to "why" this seems to help this problem, who knows! I know if you check "Admin
>Tools-->Event Viewer-->System" and look at the error it isn't very helpful... But
>when the problem key's priority is lowered, the message stops and no errors are
added
>to the log. I had no ill effects, so I said "Yes!".
>
>Oh yeah, I believe this is a bug introduced with WinXP SP1 as well... I have not
>heard of this being a problem pre-SP1.
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Wednesday, November 20, 2002 at 7:37 pm
Posted by heldicus
(4 messages posted)
This problem began for me upon upgrading from NAV 2000 to 2003. Interestingly enough,
I have a gravis gamepad, so I tried the registry fix discussed in this thread. It
worked. I don't know why. I am 100% certain the problem originated with the upgrade
to NAV 2003...not with the gamepad which was installed 6 mos. prior. What is NAV
doing, and how does changing the key for my gamepad fix the problem?! I'm baffled.
On Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 5:05 pm, Leigh Winik wrote:
>Everytime I shutoff or restart Windows Xp, I get an error message about a file called
>dwwin.exe. I searched for it and I have that file in my Windows\System32 directory,
>and I also have DWWIN.EXE-30875ADC.pf in my Windows\preftech directory. Is there
>any way I can stop getting these error messages? Thanks in advance.
>
>Leigh
>MoooManCow@aol.com
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re: dwwin.exe
Thursday, November 21, 2002 at 2:14 pm
Posted by ColinFecho19
(1 messages posted)
Thank you so much, i just installed NIS 2003 and i came accross this problem, and
did you ever help me fix it good, thanks again, you rock norm!
On Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 8:57 am, norm wrote:
>I meant:
>HKLM_SOFTWARE_MICROSOFT_WINDOWS_CURRENT VERSION_RUN
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Saturday, November 23, 2002 at 4:03 pm
Posted by safedot
(2 messages posted)
The dwwin.exe prob. is caused by Dr. Watson on XP OS machines. Had Log./Grav. for
a long time befor prob. started. Gateway does not enable Dr. Watson but smart boy
here thought he would and afterwards the prob. started but the mentioned fix does
work.
On Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 5:05 pm, Leigh Winik wrote:
>Everytime I shutoff or restart Windows Xp, I get an error message about a file called
>dwwin.exe. I searched for it and I have that file in my Windows\System32 directory,
>and I also have DWWIN.EXE-30875ADC.pf in my Windows\preftech directory. Is there
>any way I can stop getting these error messages? Thanks in advance.
>
>Leigh
>MoooManCow@aol.com
.
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re: dwwin.exe
Thursday, November 28, 2002 at 7:58 pm
Posted by Steven Bernard
(1 messages posted)
I just wanted Norm to know I contacted Gravis for Tech support on my Eliminator
Game Pad and they couldn't give me an answer on how to fix my problem.
I was hesitant to use registry hack. My dwwin.exe hang at XP shut down got increasingly
worse. Had to do a hot shut down one night. Then I decieded to use Norm's fix and
had to figure it out from the first message beacuse I didn't notice his updated messages
at the bottom. Well I got it anyway with a little fiddling around. Restarted and
haven't had the problem since. 100% cured. Norm your a genius. Thanks a Millon!!
On Monday, October 21, 2002 at 8:24 pm, Norm wrote:
>Glad to help!
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Thursday, November 28, 2002 at 8:24 pm
Posted by norm
(8 messages posted)
Again, glad to help. This forum has made me think more about process priorities and
how the system reacts/handles processor threads! It is strange how some tasks seem
to operate more effeciently at different levels!
Later,
-Norm
On Thursday, November 28, 2002 at 7:58 pm, Steven Bernard wrote:
> I just wanted Norm to know I contacted Gravis for Tech support on my Eliminator
>Game Pad and they couldn't give me an answer on how to fix my problem.
> I was hesitant to use registry hack. My dwwin.exe hang at XP shut down got
increasingly
>worse. Had to do a hot shut down one night. Then I decieded to use Norm's fix and
>had to figure it out from the first message beacuse I didn't notice his updated
messages
>at the bottom. Well I got it anyway with a little fiddling around. Restarted and
>haven't had the problem since. 100% cured. Norm your a genius. Thanks a Millon!!
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Wednesday, January 8, 2003 at 10:34 pm
Posted by Richard
(1 messages posted)
You are exactly right, I upgrade NAV2002 to NSW2003 but had Gravis gamepad before
(no problem until NSW2003, follow Norm's help, great, it got fixed...Thanks, Norm.
On Wednesday, November 20, 2002 at 7:37 pm, heldicus wrote:
>This problem began for me upon upgrading from NAV 2000 to 2003. Interestingly enough,
>I have a gravis gamepad, so I tried the registry fix discussed in this thread. It
>worked. I don't know why. I am 100% certain the problem originated with the upgrade
>to NAV 2003...not with the gamepad which was installed 6 mos. prior. What is NAV
>doing, and how does changing the key for my gamepad fix the problem?! I'm baffled.
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Saturday, January 11, 2003 at 11:00 am
Posted by JimC
(1 messages posted)
Norm,
I also was having a Dwwin.exe error upon shutting down Windows XP which only started
occuring immediately after installing for the first time my Gravis Xterminator Digital
Gamepad with the latest driver updates from the Gravis Website. I went in and updated
the Windows HKLM Registry as you suggested:
From: Grxp4exe.exe /init
To: Start /belownormal c:\windows\system32\Grxp4exe.exe /init
and found that this did indeed make the error go away upon shutdown, however, I then
could not run the Calibration - Testing diagnostics or Gravis presets anymore for
the Gravis gamepad after going into Control Panel / Game Controllers / Properties.
I decided that I needed the calibration and setup more than the slight inconvenience
of the dwwin.exe error and changed the Registry back to the original settings.
Do you know how I can get both of these items corrected at the same time - Fix the
Dwwin.exe error and have the luxury of calibration of the Gravis gamepad?
Thanks!
On Monday, October 21, 2002 at 8:24 pm, Norm wrote:
>Glad to help!
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Saturday, January 11, 2003 at 5:53 pm
Posted by norm
(8 messages posted)
Sorry, mine did not have any ill-effects. Have you tried just using the Gravis Controll
panel that the driver installs in your programs group, rather than using the control
panel? You probably already have, but that is all I can think of...
Another thing you could do is remove that application from windows startup, and create
a batch file that starts that service when you actually want to use your controller/setup
utility...
For example...
@echo off
start /belownormal c:\windows\system32\Grxp4exe.exe /init
c:\program files\Gravis\Config.exe
cls
Just a thought... If you did this you would only see the error after using the gamepad...
On Saturday, January 11, 2003 at 11:00 am, JimC wrote:
>Norm,
>
>I also was having a Dwwin.exe error upon shutting down Windows XP which only started
>occuring immediately after installing for the first time my Gravis Xterminator Digital
>Gamepad with the latest driver updates from the Gravis Website. I went in and updated
>the Windows HKLM Registry as you suggested:
>
>From: Grxp4exe.exe /init
>
>To: Start /belownormal c:\windows\system32\Grxp4exe.exe /init
>
>and found that this did indeed make the error go away upon shutdown, however, I
then
>could not run the Calibration - Testing diagnostics or Gravis presets anymore for
>the Gravis gamepad after going into Control Panel / Game Controllers / Properties.
> I decided that I needed the calibration and setup more than the slight inconvenience
>of the dwwin.exe error and changed the Registry back to the original settings.
>
>Do you know how I can get both of these items corrected at the same time - Fix the
>Dwwin.exe error and have the luxury of calibration of the Gravis gamepad?
>
>Thanks!
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re: dwwin.exe
Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 1:18 am
Posted by Tom Carroll
(2 messages posted)
I have recently started seeing this error also at logoff and shutdown. I am not
sure, but I also think this is somehow related to NAV. I am using NAV Corporate
7.6 unmanaged software on my WinXPP machines.
I have also noticed that the NAV yellow mouse is no longer in the system tray, but
yet I can see the processes running in the task manager.
When I bring up the NAV software and try to check the RTP box I get an error telling
me NAV services could not be loaded...
Anyone know if these are all related under some single mystical problem?
Thanks!
Tom Carroll
On Saturday, November 23, 2002 at 4:03 pm, safedot wrote:
>The dwwin.exe prob. is caused by Dr. Watson on XP OS machines. Had Log./Grav. for
>a long time befor prob. started. Gateway does not enable Dr. Watson but smart boy
>here thought he would and afterwards the prob. started but the mentioned fix does
>work.
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re: dwwin.exe
Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 4:19 pm
Posted by safedot
(2 messages posted)
Had been using NAV 2002 for 6 months on my XP machine without a prob. Then I purchased
a Gravis game pad that I had to download the XP drivers for and still no prob. but
then I run the Dr. Watson software and the prob. started at logoff.
On Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 1:18 am, Tom Carroll wrote:
>I have recently started seeing this error also at logoff and shutdown. I am not
>sure, but I also think this is somehow related to NAV. I am using NAV Corporate
>7.6 unmanaged software on my WinXPP machines.
>
>I have also noticed that the NAV yellow mouse is no longer in the system tray, but
>yet I can see the processes running in the task manager.
>
>When I bring up the NAV software and try to check the RTP box I get an error telling
>me NAV services could not be loaded...
>
>Anyone know if these are all related under some single mystical problem?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Tom Carroll
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 5:01 pm
Posted by Tom Carroll
(2 messages posted)
I have no idea why my system is getting the error. I am using the standard Microsoft
mouse driver and nothing else for input. I don't even own a gravis device.
The problem has to be something else that is common and throught this thread the
only common thing I have seen is that NAV is also on the system.
On Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 4:19 pm, Steve wrote:
>Had been using NAV 2002 for 6 months on my XP machine without a prob. Then I purchased
>a Gravis game pad that I had to download the XP drivers for and still no prob. but
>then I run the Dr. Watson software and the prob. started at logoff.
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 9:25 am
Posted by Joe
(15 messages posted)
Me too!! I don't have any Logitech or Gravis devices either.
I also have problems with opening Internet Explorer, Outlook, ICQ, and all my folders.
I have to access files through Nero Burning Rom. :(
Anyone else know of any solutions??
On Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 5:01 pm, Tom Carroll wrote:
>I have no idea why my system is getting the error. I am using the standard Microsoft
>mouse driver and nothing else for input. I don't even own a gravis device.
>
>The problem has to be something else that is common and throught this thread the
>only common thing I have seen is that NAV is also on the system.
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe Great! Norm,thanks very much
Tuesday, May 20, 2003 at 10:49 pm
Posted by hulei
(1 messages posted)
i got a same problem like that:a dwwin.exe error !!!
i did't install any logitech mouse ,but i install symantech nortron software!
i modified the key:
iamapp which value is :c:\progra~1\SYMANT~1\SYMANT~2\IAMAPP.EXE
to start /belownormal iamapp which value is :c:\progra~1\SYMANT~1\SYMANT~2\IAMAPP.EXE
,
the key is under :HKLM_SOFTWARE_MICROSOFT_CURRENT VERSION_RUN,
when i restarted my computer,every thing was ok! the error message prompt window
was missing right now!
thanks very much!
by the way,can you tell me what is the mean of "start /belownormal"?
from Hulei, Beijing,China
On Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 8:48 am, norm wrote:
>Had this problem, here is what I did:
>
>Open regedit, go to:
>HKLM_SOFTWARE_MICROSOFT_CURRENT VERSION_RUN
>
>If you have a logitech input device, or a Gravis gamepad input device, you need
to
>modify the value of the registry key so that the application starts up in *belownormal*
>processor priority.
>
>Example:
>start /belownormal c:\windows\system32\Grxp4exe.exe /init
>
>"start /belownormal" is the addition you will make to the beginning of the line...
>
>Hope this helps,
>-Norm
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Sunday, May 25, 2003 at 3:05 am
Posted by Douglas
(1 messages posted)
Thanks for the help with this....after trying several items it turned out to be anvshell
that needed "start /belownormal" How very cool, you have been a tremendous help.
On Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 8:48 am, norm wrote:
>Had this problem, here is what I did:
>
>Open regedit, go to:
>HKLM_SOFTWARE_MICROSOFT_CURRENT VERSION_RUN
>
>If you have a logitech input device, or a Gravis gamepad input device, you need
to
>modify the value of the registry key so that the application starts up in *belownormal*
>processor priority.
>
>Example:
>start /belownormal c:\windows\system32\Grxp4exe.exe /init
>
>"start /belownormal" is the addition you will make to the beginning of the line...
>
>Hope this helps,
>-Norm
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Monday, May 26, 2003 at 12:20 pm
Posted by Jj
(1 messages posted)
hkey_local_machine/software/microsoft/WINDOWS/currentversion/run
On Sunday, May 25, 2003 at 3:05 am, Douglas wrote:
>
>Thanks for the help with this....after trying several items it turned out to be
anvshell
>that needed "start /belownormal" How very cool, you have been a tremendous help.
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Tuesday, May 27, 2003 at 9:33 am
Posted by SmallFry
(5 messages posted)
I've been having similar problems for a while now. I have an new XP machine. It uses
Dragon Naturally Speaking v6.1, Read and Write 6 Gold, as well as Norton SystemWorks.
I've been finding that Dragon creates iexplore.exe.local and winword.exe.local files,
and these files lock the PC, 100%CPU when the relevant software is started (IE /
Word).
The Read&Write as also been locking the PC suddenly for no apparent reason. Today
I noticed drwwin in Task Manager when a 100%CPU lockup started. So I ended up here,
in the hope that I might find an answer.
Is there any way of getting rid of dwwin or disabling it or something? I've already
removed DrWatson from AE debug, but dwwin still takes over regularly.
I have a Kensington mouse & no other pointing devices.
This seems to be an on going problem for many people. Would love some answers.
SmallFry.
On Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 9:25 am, Joe wrote:
>Me too!! I don't have any Logitech or Gravis devices either.
>
>I also have problems with opening Internet Explorer, Outlook, ICQ, and all my folders.
> I have to access files through Nero Burning Rom. :(
>
>Anyone else know of any solutions??
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Sunday, June 1, 2003 at 8:53 pm
Posted by Tim Peakman
(6 messages posted)
I get this error only when i go to restart windows. I went to HKLM_SOFTWARE_MICROSOFT_WINDOWS_
CURRENT VERSION_RUN but I don't know what I am looking for. This is what I have in
there. 1.(Default) 2.C:\Program Files\Adaptec\Easy CD Creator 5\DirectCD\DirectCD.exe
3."C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe" 4."C:\Program Files\Common
Files\Symantec Shared\ccRegVfy.exe" 5."C:\Program Files\Common Files\CMEII\CMESys.exe"
6."C:\Program Files\WinCustomize\LogonStudio\logonstudio.exe"RANDOM/ 7.C:\WINDOWS\Sentry.exe
8.\Program Files\Srng\Srng.exe 9.C:\Program Files\STOPzilla!\Stopzilla.exe /autorun
Can anyone help me pinpoint the one that is giving me the error? Thanks Tim
On Tuesday, May 27, 2003 at 9:33 am, Onesmallfish wrote:
>I've been having similar problems for a while now. I have an new XP machine. It
uses
>Dragon Naturally Speaking v6.1, Read and Write 6 Gold, as well as Norton SystemWorks.
>
>I've been finding that Dragon creates iexplore.exe.local and winword.exe.local files,
>and these files lock the PC, 100%CPU when the relevant software is started (IE /
>Word).
>
>The Read&Write as also been locking the PC suddenly for no apparent reason. Today
>I noticed drwwin in Task Manager when a 100%CPU lockup started. So I ended up here,
>in the hope that I might find an answer.
>
>Is there any way of getting rid of dwwin or disabling it or something? I've already
>removed DrWatson from AE debug, but dwwin still takes over regularly.
>
>I have a Kensington mouse & no other pointing devices.
>
>This seems to be an on going problem for many people. Would love some answers.
>
>SmallFry.
>
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re: dwwin.exe not simply belownormal
Friday, June 6, 2003 at 12:41 pm
Posted by Godfried Hombergen
(8 messages posted)
Adding "start /belownormal" in the registry worked: the errormessage about dwwin32.exe
no longer occurred at shutting down. But.... the problem seems to be more complicated:
1. Norton Utilities' Windoctor detects this addition as an error. It says that the
key HKLM\Software....\Run refers to a registryvalue "Gravis Xperience Driver Support"
that points to "start /belownormal C:\Windows....\Grxp4exe.exe /init" an invalid
startup command.
2. The driver Grxp4exe.exe disappered from the taskmanager.
So in fact deleting an error created a new error.
Before the dwwin32-promblem came up, I happened to update WinXP with SP1 (and the
subsequent updates from MicroSoft) as well as to install the Gravis Blackhawk Digital
Joystick software. Thus it is not possible to relate the dwwin32-problem to the one
or the other. As both (and logitech mouses) are often mentioned in the treatment
of this problem in this forum it appears that there is a relationship.
At the same time that I met the dwwin32-problem on my PC I experienced another problem:
long time-outs as they seem to be while activating programs and processes. F.i. starting
the file explorer it takes 10-20 seconds or so before it comes up. To speed it up
I applicate an artificial handling: Ctrl-Alt-Del to ask for the taskmanager. As soon
as the programwindow of the tm opens I see "not reacting" changing in "Activated"
on the the File Explorer-line. After this the file-explorer windows opens at once...
What does it mean? How can I get rid of this annoying problem of slowness?
On Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 8:48 am, norm wrote:
>Had this problem, here is what I did:
>
>Open regedit, go to:
>HKLM_SOFTWARE_MICROSOFT_CURRENT VERSION_RUN
>
>If you have a logitech input device, or a Gravis gamepad input device, you need
to
>modify the value of the registry key so that the application starts up in *belownormal*
>processor priority.
>
>Example:
>start /belownormal c:\windows\system32\Grxp4exe.exe /init
>
>"start /belownormal" is the addition you will make to the beginning of the line...
>
>Hope this helps,
>-Norm
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Friday, June 20, 2003 at 7:12 am
Posted by GiGi
(1 messages posted)
Hmm, a real "newbie" question but how do u get to the "HKLM_SOFTWARE_MICROSOFT_CURRENT
VERSION_RUN" ? If I open up regedit the only thing I see are HKEY entries...
much obliged
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re: dwwin.exe
Sunday, June 22, 2003 at 3:10 pm
Posted by Bob Barron
(1 messages posted)
reconstruct the whole thing?
i still dont get it..can you give me a little more info
thank you so much for any help
On Sunday, October 20, 2002 at 4:15 pm, Danny wrote:
>Nice one, that fixed mine. Although only Grxp4exe.exe /init appeared in my registry.
>I tried just adding "start /belownormal" but I needed to reconstruct the whole thing
>so it appeared as below.
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Saturday, June 28, 2003 at 2:40 pm
Posted by Moriarty
(1 messages posted)
I have a feeling that the dwwin file is from Desktop Weather from a Weather Channel
download. If I run Desktop Weather, I get this error and it only started appearing
with a recent download. If I shut off Desktop Weather prior to shutting down my system,
I do not get the dwwin.dll error message. Has anyone else found this causal connection?
On Friday, June 20, 2003 at 7:12 am, GiGi wrote:
>
>Hmm, a real "newbie" question but how do u get to the "HKLM_SOFTWARE_MICROSOFT_CURRENT
>VERSION_RUN" ? If I open up regedit the only thing I see are HKEY entries...
>
>much obliged
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Wednesday, July 2, 2003 at 12:35 pm
Posted by Craig G
(1 messages posted)
I had the problem also. I did Win Update yesterday, and thats when I started getting
the problem. I did a system restore and it fixed it.
On Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 5:05 pm, Leigh Winik wrote:
>Everytime I shutoff or restart Windows Xp, I get an error message about a file called
>dwwin.exe. I searched for it and I have that file in my Windows\System32 directory,
>and I also have DWWIN.EXE-30875ADC.pf in my Windows\preftech directory. Is there
>any way I can stop getting these error messages? Thanks in advance.
>
>Leigh
>MoooManCow@aol.com
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re: dwwin.exe
Wednesday, July 2, 2003 at 3:41 pm
Posted by Todd
(1 messages posted)
I too had this problem. My cause seemed to be an entry in the Run key called 'Save'
or 'SaveNow'. It was installed automatically sometime back while I was online shopping,
I guess. It was installed under Program Files/Save by default. Removing it removed
the problem after a reboot.
-Todd
On Wednesday, July 2, 2003 at 12:35 pm, Craig G wrote:
>
>I had the problem also. I did Win Update yesterday, and thats when I started getting
>the problem. I did a system restore and it fixed it.
>
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Thursday, July 3, 2003 at 5:56 pm
Posted by Ray
(1 messages posted)
Make no mistake about it people,the problem is caused by Norton's Internet Security
2003/Norton's Antivirus 2003. I have a Gravis gamepad and used it everyday along
with a saitek gamepad without any problems. The time came for me to do a fresh install
of XP on July 1st 2003(hard drive was just too full-lol). I did the install on a
freshly formatted NTFS hard drive. I went to windows update and downloaded everything
except for two optional programs(Net.Framework and Windows Journal Viewer). Everything
worked flawlessly up to the point of installing Norton's Internet Security 2003 which
comes packaged with Norton's Antivirus 2003. Right after the install,I began to get
the dwwin.exe problem at restart or shutdown. What's crazy is that I ran NIS2003
and NAV2003 before the fresh install along with the Gravis controller without any
problems just a few days ago. The problem doesn't isn't just the antivirus software,it's
also windows update. I'd rather keep my update to stay safe from attacks more so
than keeping Norton software. Norm's fix does work,but it causes conflicts in other
areas for some people(controller calibration not working,Norton detecting it as an
error,and etc.). It's not the Gravis controller in itself either,because I used everything
together before. Grxp4exe.exe has always started up with the system without any problems
until Norton's software or windows updates. Go figure.
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re: dwwin.exe
Saturday, July 12, 2003 at 10:46 pm
Posted by heldicus
(4 messages posted)
I have also verified this using a freshly formatted drive. I installed the Gravis
pad first and it performed flawlessly...with no errors at shutdown. A few days later,
I installed NAV 2k3, and the error message returned at the very first shutdown. Symantec
refuses to acknowledge the problem. I have e-mailed them on several occassions. Not
once have they given me a response.
The registry fix in this thread does the job, but I have found that the analog sticks
do not have their full range of sensitivity...so I have found myself removing the
registry hack, and rebooting just to play a game...only to replace the hack when
I'm finished. It is a hassle, but I just hate that damned error. Perhaps if more
folks contact symantec about the issue, we will be heard.
On Thursday, July 3, 2003 at 5:56 pm, Ray wrote:
>Make no mistake about it people,the problem is caused by Norton's Internet Security
>2003/Norton's Antivirus 2003. I have a Gravis gamepad and used it everyday along
>with a saitek gamepad without any problems. The time came for me to do a fresh install
>of XP on July 1st 2003(hard drive was just too full-lol). I did the install on a
>freshly formatted NTFS hard drive. I went to windows update and downloaded everything
>except for two optional programs(Net.Framework and Windows Journal Viewer). Everything
>worked flawlessly up to the point of installing Norton's Internet Security 2003
which
>comes packaged with Norton's Antivirus 2003. Right after the install,I began to
get
>the dwwin.exe problem at restart or shutdown. What's crazy is that I ran NIS2003
>and NAV2003 before the fresh install along with the Gravis controller without any
>problems just a few days ago. The problem doesn't isn't just the antivirus software,it's
>also windows update. I'd rather keep my update to stay safe from attacks more so
>than keeping Norton software. Norm's fix does work,but it causes conflicts in other
>areas for some people(controller calibration not working,Norton detecting it as
an
>error,and etc.). It's not the Gravis controller in itself either,because I used
everything
>together before. Grxp4exe.exe has always started up with the system without any
problems
>until Norton's software or windows updates. Go figure.
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re: dwwin.exe
Wednesday, July 30, 2003 at 5:21 pm
Posted by Big Dave
(1 messages posted)
Sorry to blow you out of the water guys, but it has sweet FA to do with NAV 2003.
I know this because I don't even have the software and it happens to me at really
random intervals....
Thoughts would be welcomed.....
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re: dwwin.exe
Friday, August 1, 2003 at 12:50 am
Posted by Colin
(1 messages posted)
Hi, My Personal Firewall alert has told me that an unknown application dwwin.exe
is trying to to start. Can anyone tell me what is the purpose of this file and should
I allow it to start and have free access on my machine. Thanks in advance.
On Wednesday, July 30, 2003 at 5:21 pm, Big Dave wrote:
>Sorry to blow you out of the water guys, but it has sweet FA to do with NAV 2003.
> I know this because I don't even have the software and it happens to me at really
>random intervals....
>
>Thoughts would be welcomed.....
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re: dwwin.exe
Sunday, August 17, 2003 at 5:57 am
Posted by kk
(2 messages posted)
Don't jump to conclusions, guys. dwwin is a totally legit xp file, Dr. Watson to
be exact.
I also have this problem, but I don't use gravis/logitech stuff and I don't have
any norton stuff installed.
I DO, however, have some recent XP patches installed. I think MS made another mistake
and released some half-baked patches. If you look on another thread, it says that
uninstalling XP Q817606 and XP KB823559 will fix the problem.
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re: dwwin.exe
Monday, August 18, 2003 at 2:12 am
Posted by Nils
(1 messages posted)
Had the same problem, started after I installed a new optical mouse. I uninstalled,
re-installed and problem went away. If you.ve installed any new hardware, give it
a try. It worked for me.
On Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 5:05 pm, Leigh Winik wrote:
>Everytime I shutoff or restart Windows Xp, I get an error message about a file called
>dwwin.exe. I searched for it and I have that file in my Windows\System32 directory,
>and I also have DWWIN.EXE-30875ADC.pf in my Windows\preftech directory. Is there
>any way I can stop getting these error messages? Thanks in advance.
>
>Leigh
>MoooManCow@aol.com
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norm, you misled everyone on this forum
Saturday, August 30, 2003 at 11:03 am
Posted by Glen Huffaker
(1 messages posted)
"Start.exe" is not available on newer versions of Windows (where Start remains a
valid shell command, but it is implemented directly in the command processor, rather
than as a separate file).
your sujjestion to add "start /belownormal" to the begining of the entries in the
run section of the registry disables those lines. Why did you suggest something
you never tried yourself?
On Friday, October 25, 2002 at 8:15 pm, norm wrote:
>"start" is a command line tool used to invoke the windows shell (or windows exe's)
>from a command prompt. By selecting "/belownormal" you tell it to start the following
>command in a belownormal priority state (as opposed to the default, "normal".) (Their
>are 6 different priority states possible: low, belownormal, normal, abovenormal,
>high, & realtime.)
>
>As the "start" command is command line driven, you get the best results adhering
>to DOS 8.3 filenames... (e.g. "mydocu~1" instead of "My Documents".) In WinXP you
>can see the 8.3 filenames by doing a "dir /x".)
>
>Example from RUN key in registry:
>
>Original Value: wdpdf.exe /config
>
>New Value: start /belownormal c:\progra~1\westing\wdpdf.exe /config
>
>Here is a good KBA on "start":
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/winxppro/proddocs/start.asp
>
>As to "why" this seems to help this problem, who knows! I know if you check "Admin
>Tools-->Event Viewer-->System" and look at the error it isn't very helpful... But
>when the problem key's priority is lowered, the message stops and no errors are
added
>to the log. I had no ill effects, so I said "Yes!".
>
>Oh yeah, I believe this is a bug introduced with WinXP SP1 as well... I have not
>heard of this being a problem pre-SP1.
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Sunday, August 31, 2003 at 2:38 pm
Posted by alan
(1 messages posted)
Here it is nearly a year after your post and I just had this problem after downloading
a windows xp uodate. Your instructions worked just fine.
Thanks for the post!
On Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 8:48 am, norm wrote:
>Had this problem, here is what I did:
>
>Open regedit, go to:
>HKLM_SOFTWARE_MICROSOFT_CURRENT VERSION_RUN
>
>If you have a logitech input device, or a Gravis gamepad input device, you need
to
>modify the value of the registry key so that the application starts up in *belownormal*
>processor priority.
>
>Example:
>start /belownormal c:\windows\system32\Grxp4exe.exe /init
>
>"start /belownormal" is the addition you will make to the beginning of the line...
>
>Hope this helps,
>-Norm
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Wednesday, September 3, 2003 at 3:13 pm
Posted by Foo
(35 messages posted)
HKLM is just someone saving typing out HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
On Friday, June 20, 2003 at 7:12 am, GiGi wrote:
>
>Hmm, a real "newbie" question but how do u get to the "HKLM_SOFTWARE_MICROSOFT_CURRENT
>VERSION_RUN" ? If I open up regedit the only thing I see are HKEY entries...
>
>much obliged
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Tuesday, September 9, 2003 at 5:46 am
Posted by gkwboy
(1 messages posted)
hi, i know what it is. the Dr.waston. a tool for checking error of Windows
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re: dwwin.exe Great! Norm,thanks very much
Wednesday, September 10, 2003 at 1:37 pm
Posted by Chuck
(5 messages posted)
I had the same problem, no logitech mouse, no gamepad, etc etc. only norton (symantic)
antivirus corporate edition. I have had this problem after an update from windows.
So I rebooted the norton, still came back. I gave up on it for awhile just letting
it annoy me for awhile. I tried deleting some of the patches listed also in this
forum; that didn't work. Finally this one keystroke on the iamapp which value is
:c:\progra~1\SYMANT~1\SYMANT~2\IAMAPP.EXE Is the only thing that I changed to the
start /belownormal worked. Thanks again, if anyone else is paying attention and
you are running norton with your system try this first!!
On Tuesday, May 20, 2003 at 10:49 pm, hulei wrote:
>i got a same problem like that:a dwwin.exe error !!!
>
>i did't install any logitech mouse ,but i install symantech nortron software!
>
>i modified the key:
>iamapp which value is :c:\progra~1\SYMANT~1\SYMANT~2\IAMAPP.EXE
>
>to start /belownormal iamapp which value is :c:\progra~1\SYMANT~1\SYMANT~2\IAMAPP.EXE
>,
>
>the key is under :HKLM_SOFTWARE_MICROSOFT_CURRENT VERSION_RUN,
>
>when i restarted my computer,every thing was ok! the error message prompt window
>was missing right now!
>
>thanks very much!
>
>by the way,can you tell me what is the mean of "start /belownormal"?
>
>
> from Hulei, Beijing,China
>
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Wednesday, October 1, 2003 at 11:19 pm
Posted by KenshinVu
(2 messages posted)
To make this quick:
Cause: IE to freeze slow.. application would not start.
Event: Receive dwwin.exe after doing windows update on recent "Error reporting..."
Tries and failed:
disabling dwwin.exe in msconfig and deleting all from registry.
Final solution: (please read carefully)
After all failed.. I decide to delete all the dwwin.exe (176 KB). After delete your
windows will go crazy. It will not open any aplpication and will give you error message.
Why?: Its because dwwin.exe was program to be laod all the time and windows cannot
located it.
You should still be able to click on the START menu and do a restart.
Before windows startup hit "F8" to bring up a menu. Choose the option: "restore windows
to last best known configuration."
And you should be back to normal.. please read carefully before you try. Write down
all the steps.
System: Windows XP Pro
Note: the dwwin.exe (176KB) should disappear from your system.
Good luck.
On Tuesday, October 8, 2002 at 7:11 pm, Arthur Kaljian wrote:
>
>We had the same problem.We ran Norton Win Doctor and then restarted. Cleared it
up
>no probs. I think it just has to do with a faulty registry mod from when you plug
>into any network.
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Wednesday, October 1, 2003 at 11:36 pm
Posted by KenshinVu
(2 messages posted)
Hmm saw this post:
If you look on another thread, it says that uninstalling XP Q817606 and XP KB823559
will fix the problem.
Didn't get a chance to try it.. so try this 1st before you attemp my way.
On Wednesday, October 1, 2003 at 11:19 pm, KenshinVu wrote:
>To make this quick:
>Cause: IE to freeze slow.. application would not start.
>Event: Receive dwwin.exe after doing windows update on recent "Error reporting..."
>Tries and failed:
>disabling dwwin.exe in msconfig and deleting all from registry.
>
>Final solution: (please read carefully)
>After all failed.. I decide to delete all the dwwin.exe (176 KB). After delete your
>windows will go crazy. It will not open any aplpication and will give you error
message.
>Why?: Its because dwwin.exe was program to be laod all the time and windows cannot
>located it.
>
>You should still be able to click on the START menu and do a restart.
>Before windows startup hit "F8" to bring up a menu. Choose the option: "restore
windows
>to last best known configuration."
>
>And you should be back to normal.. please read carefully before you try. Write down
>all the steps.
>
>System: Windows XP Pro
>
>Note: the dwwin.exe (176KB) should disappear from your system.
>
>Good luck.
>
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Sunday, October 12, 2003 at 4:07 pm
Posted by Vengeance
(1 messages posted)
I had this problem, not from an optical mouse, I am really not sure why. Either
way, when I would open up IE that is when the mayhem would begin. I read through
this forum, tried some tactics. I deleted the dwwin.exe and it's associated files
(other dwwin files) including the reg. Then windows was going crazy. I then uninstalled
the two windows update files from remove programs like it stated earlier in this
thread (XP Q817606 and XP KB823559 are the files mentioned to uninstall). Then I
was back to square one, only without a message box popping up. So I did a ctrl alt
del, and saw a file that kept appearing and disappearing, each time it would take
out the other programs with it (except the ctrl alt del box) and the taskbar would
appear and disappear with it. The file was called msnijb I then found it, deleted
it and it's registry file and now it works fine. I hope that helps.
On Monday, August 18, 2003 at 2:12 am, Nils wrote:
>Had the same problem, started after I installed a new optical mouse. I uninstalled,
>re-installed and problem went away. If you.ve installed any new hardware, give it
>a try. It worked for me.
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Monday, October 13, 2003 at 12:06 pm
Posted by Ruth
(2 messages posted)
This dwwin.exe thing was driving me nuts.
also another window at shutdown, uipopuphidden.
anyway...
I downloaded ad aware and ran it, and it found all kinds of ads and data miners on
here... after it ran, the dwwin.exe problem disapeared along with the other thingy.
I dunno if this is a fluke or not and I am not a computer person, but it was lavasoft
ad aware.
On Sunday, October 12, 2003 at 4:07 pm, Vengeance wrote:
>I had this problem, not from an optical mouse, I am really not sure why. Either
>way, when I would open up IE that is when the mayhem would begin. I read through
>this forum, tried some tactics. I deleted the dwwin.exe and it's associated files
>(other dwwin files) including the reg. Then windows was going crazy. I then uninstalled
>the two windows update files from remove programs like it stated earlier in this
>thread (XP Q817606 and XP KB823559 are the files mentioned to uninstall). Then
I
>was back to square one, only without a message box popping up. So I did a ctrl
alt
>del, and saw a file that kept appearing and disappearing, each time it would take
>out the other programs with it (except the ctrl alt del box) and the taskbar would
>appear and disappear with it. The file was called msnijb I then found it, deleted
>it and it's registry file and now it works fine. I hope that helps.
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Friday, October 17, 2003 at 9:31 am
Posted by RMbobELLIS
(1 messages posted)
Been having this "dwwin.exe at shutdown error message" problem for several days....Sure
enough, I did recently activate Windows Update....Removed KB823559 & then reinstalled
it again....Did the trick, all is well....Thanks....
On Sunday, August 17, 2003 at 5:57 am, KK wrote:
>Don't jump to conclusions, guys. dwwin is a totally legit xp file, Dr. Watson to
>be exact.
>
>I also have this problem, but I don't use gravis/logitech stuff and I don't have
>any norton stuff installed.
>
>I DO, however, have some recent XP patches installed. I think MS made another mistake
>and released some half-baked patches. If you look on another thread, it says that
>uninstalling XP Q817606 and XP KB823559 will fix the problem.
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re: dwwin.exe
Sunday, February 1, 2004 at 7:44 am
Posted by Barry Culp
(2 messages posted)
Hmmm....just finished reading all the replies to dwwin.exe. I just started getting
this problem after upgrading from Norton NIS 2003 to NIS 2004. I do not have any
Gravis hardware devices. A circumvention that eliminated the dwwin popup at shutdown
for me is go to :
control panel/system/advanced/error reporting/chose programs/
and add "ccapp.exe" to list of programs exempted from error reporting. ccapp is the
main Norton AV 2004 program.
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re: dwwin.exe
Monday, February 2, 2004 at 2:43 pm
Posted by Dano
(2 messages posted)
I also read thru everything there was and have the same problem for a year. It appears
that Dr. Watson can show problems with any of the software out there but has the
most with Norton (ccapp.exe) and Gravis and Logitech loaded programs. Barry, you
are my Hero. I never knew the error reporting exemption existed. Simply find the
file name of the program creating the conflict and add it to the exemption list,
no problem! This is the proper fix. My hat off to ya! Dano
On Sunday, February 1, 2004 at 7:44 am, Barry Culp wrote:
>Hmmm....just finished reading all the replies to dwwin.exe. I just started getting
>this problem after upgrading from Norton NIS 2003 to NIS 2004. I do not have any
>Gravis hardware devices. A circumvention that eliminated the dwwin popup at shutdown
>for me is go to :
>
>control panel/system/advanced/error reporting/chose programs/
>
>and add "ccapp.exe" to list of programs exempted from error reporting. ccapp is
the
>main Norton AV 2004 program.
>
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Monday, February 16, 2004 at 12:17 am
Posted by Bill
(3 messages posted)
I have been having the dwwin error on shut-down as well. I have a gravis gamepad
with gravis control panel 4.5 and believe the problem to be related to this.
I tried the start /belownormal change in my registry. That got rid of the error but
force feedback no longer worked on my controller. I changed the registry back to
the way it was - force feedback worked again but of course the error returned.
I think Windows Messenger is adding to the problem - I sometimes get errors saying
it must shutdown when using gravis control pad - even though I never have it open.
I removed Windows Messenger - I don't use it anyway, so far this seems to have solved
all my problems: Feedback works and no dwwin error.
I also read that upgrading Messenger to 5.0 may solve this as well.
IF YOU DO DELETE MESSENGER AND USE OUTLOOK FOR YOUR EMAIL - BACK UP YOUR CONTACTS,
IT MAY DELETE THEM WHEN YOU DELETE MESSENGER!
Time will tell if this solution works, but I hope this helps.
On Monday, February 2, 2004 at 2:43 pm, Dano wrote:
>I also read thru everything there was and have the same problem for a year. It appears
>that Dr. Watson can show problems with any of the software out there but has the
>most with Norton (ccapp.exe) and Gravis and Logitech loaded programs. Barry, you
>are my Hero. I never knew the error reporting exemption existed. Simply find the
>file name of the program creating the conflict and add it to the exemption list,
>no problem! This is the proper fix. My hat off to ya! Dano
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Thursday, February 19, 2004 at 8:38 pm
Posted by Mike~
(1 messages posted)
Oh lord.... I was doing some updates last night, and it failed. So I rebooted and
tried it again. It was .NET enviroment 1.1 and some other thing I forgot. Anyways
everytime I start windows now, all I get is dwwin stuck in the damn taskmanager not
letting any other program or window open. I tried the methods mentioned above. I
cant do a system restore or uninstall the update packages because I did a Windows
XP repair (booting the CD then repairing). When I disable dwwin, dwtsn32.exe starts
it again. If I disable dwtsn32.exe it crashed explorer.exe and then I have to run
explorer.exe from task manager again(sometimes explorer starts on its own). I do
have a logitech mouse and Zonealarm installed. I tried adding those to the expemtion
list for error reporting it didnt work. I tried the start /belownormal config in
the registry, same thing. I disabled error reporting and drwtsn32.exe went nutts
crashing and restarting explorer.exe over and over and over.... I wish i can back
up 40gb of stuff so I can do a clean install but as many of the people here, this
is out of the question >_< ...
Any more ideas?
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re: dwwin.exe
Thursday, February 26, 2004 at 10:19 pm
Posted by Mario
(1 messages posted)
I just got a new computer, it was working wonderful until today when I tried to open
Adobe After FX and it said that the application had to terminate due to an error,
then every time I shutdown my computer I get the DWWIN.exe error. Please help!!
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re: dwwin.exe
Saturday, March 27, 2004 at 6:34 pm
Posted by Ruth
(2 messages posted)
Hi Sean: You didn't send a reply email re: Hi...this isn't spam. You posted this
message some time ago. I'm getting that "UiPopupHidden" message, and wanted to know
if you figured out where it was coming from and how to get rid of it. Any help would
be appreciated.
Sean
ANYWAY....
I am sorry, I never did figure it out, although, it was gone after I formatted!
*laughs*
Sorry.
On Monday, October 13, 2003 at 12:06 pm, Ruth wrote:
>This dwwin.exe thing was driving me nuts.
>also another window at shutdown, uipopuphidden.
>anyway...
>I downloaded ad aware and ran it, and it found all kinds of ads and data miners
on
>here... after it ran, the dwwin.exe problem disapeared along with the other thingy.
>I dunno if this is a fluke or not and I am not a computer person, but it was lavasoft
>ad aware.
>
>
>On Sunday, October 12, 2003 at 4:07 pm, Vengeance wrote:
>>I had this problem, not from an optical mouse, I am really not sure why. Either
>>way, when I would open up IE that is when the mayhem would begin. I read through
>>this forum, tried some tactics. I deleted the dwwin.exe and it's associated files
>>(other dwwin files) including the reg. Then windows was going crazy. I then uninstalled
>>the two windows update files from remove programs like it stated earlier in this
>>thread (XP Q817606 and XP KB823559 are the files mentioned to uninstall). Then
>I
>>was back to square one, only without a message box popping up. So I did a ctrl
>alt
>>del, and saw a file that kept appearing and disappearing, each time it would take
>>out the other programs with it (except the ctrl alt del box) and the taskbar would
>>appear and disappear with it. The file was called msnijb I then found it, deleted
>>it and it's registry file and now it works fine. I hope that helps.
>>
>>
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re: dwwin.exe
Sunday, March 28, 2004 at 1:10 pm
Posted by Marlene
(1 messages posted)
Hi, Thanks to google I found this forum.
I am having a lot of problems with my pc lately
For me I think it happened when I updated my firewall from zonealarm to zonealarmpro.
I have uninstalled it now.
I am Marlene by the way and I am from The Netherlands.
A lot of times the mouse stopped working. so I have to reboot.
One of the errors I had was the dwwin.exe one.
I read the replies, and have changed the key in the register. never done that before
(and stupid me did not make a back up, did not know how, but I found an item on
this site how to do that next time.) but i have added those 2 words.
well here I can show you
start /belownormal C:\Program Files\Common Files\Logitech\QCDriver2\LVCOMS.EXE
I do not have a long list in that particular register.
I have rebooted and hope i did the right thing?
Other error messages I had: application error in iexplore.exe had to do with flash.ocx.
Also something that worries me more, but I will search this site to see what to do
about that, is in my logs
eventsystem 4609 Hresults 8007043C
I will see first how the pc will react now I,ve changed the key.
Hope I did not do anything stupid?
thanks in advance Marlene
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re: dwwin.exe
Wednesday, April 7, 2004 at 2:42 pm
Posted by Handy_man
(1 messages posted)
I didn't have either of those KB/QFE's installed on my XP Home SP2 system but started
getting the error after installing Intuit's "It's Deductible" v7.0. Just as I ok'd
the installation's "reboot now to use me?" msgbox, WinPatrol came up and and warned
me of the new application. The in-process-reboot prevented me from telling WinPatrol
it was ok, so that MAY have been a factor. The first symptom I had was that attempts
to print forms from "It's Deductible" just opened empty Adobe Reader 6.0.1 windows.
I concluded that some linkage (registry) had failed to persist, perhaps due to WinPatrol.
After that, and after subsequent reboots, I.E. (v6.0.2800etc) started acting up.
Failed to open new windows from ALT-N or right-click on link, and every minute or
so popped up EventId 26 ("dwwin.exe - Application Error : The application failed
to initialize properly (0xc0000142).").
Uninstalling Adobe Reader seems to have fixed it.
On Tuesday, October 8, 2002 at 10:32 pm, jcw wrote:
>Take a look at message n1034136809 and the 10/8/02 response to it on this WXP board--might
>be helpful.
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Sunday, May 9, 2004 at 8:00 pm
Posted by Jan
(4 messages posted)
Hello. Can anyone help? I have XP and for a couple of months I've been getting an
error message about NDD cannot chech Index's, and that another process is running.
Two days ago another message about dwwin.exe DLL initializing failed, then in Norton
DD in my reports it says, 'Deleting index entry tmp.edb in index $130 of file 3110.'
I rebooted and lost my Icon and network connection completely. That means no DSL
connection for my home PC. The DSL to my home is working because I can use my work
computer. When I go into 'My Network Place' I have no icon and no pathway for connectivity.
I ran CHKDSK in DOS and the message came up 'Chkdsk cannot run because the volume
is in use by another process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be checked
the next time the system restarts?' I've re-checked at boot up mulitple times over
the last two days without success. What would have erased my network connection and
icon? The two new things I've done in the last two weeks is update Windows and added
an HP PSC 2410 all-in-one. I ran an HP System Diagnostic Check and a driver for the
Linksys NC100 Fast ethernet adapter is void. Is it possible for ethernet adaptors
to go bad? Would replacing the ethernet adaptor be the first item to replace? I would
very much appreciate anyone to help! P.S. I tried to do a system restore and it would
let me. Jan in Sac.
On Thursday, February 19, 2004 at 8:38 pm, Mike~ wrote:
>Oh lord.... I was doing some updates last night, and it failed. So I rebooted and
>tried it again. It was .NET enviroment 1.1 and some other thing I forgot. Anyways
>everytime I start windows now, all I get is dwwin stuck in the damn taskmanager
not
>letting any other program or window open. I tried the methods mentioned above. I
>cant do a system restore or uninstall the update packages because I did a Windows
>XP repair (booting the CD then repairing). When I disable dwwin, dwtsn32.exe starts
>it again. If I disable dwtsn32.exe it crashed explorer.exe and then I have to run
>explorer.exe from task manager again(sometimes explorer starts on its own). I do
>have a logitech mouse and Zonealarm installed. I tried adding those to the expemtion
>list for error reporting it didnt work. I tried the start /belownormal config in
>the registry, same thing. I disabled error reporting and drwtsn32.exe went nutts
>crashing and restarting explorer.exe over and over and over.... I wish i can back
>up 40gb of stuff so I can do a clean install but as many of the people here, this
>is out of the question >_< ...
>Any more ideas?
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Sunday, May 9, 2004 at 8:15 pm
Posted by Jan
(4 messages posted)
Hello. Can anyone help? Sorry. I meant to say System Restore would NOT let me continue
at the end of my last message. Jan
On Thursday, February 19, 2004 at 8:38 pm, Mike~ wrote:
>Oh lord.... I was doing some updates last night, and it failed. So I rebooted and
>tried it again. It was .NET enviroment 1.1 and some other thing I forgot. Anyways
>everytime I start windows now, all I get is dwwin stuck in the damn taskmanager
not
>letting any other program or window open. I tried the methods mentioned above. I
>cant do a system restore or uninstall the update packages because I did a Windows
>XP repair (booting the CD then repairing). When I disable dwwin, dwtsn32.exe starts
>it again. If I disable dwtsn32.exe it crashed explorer.exe and then I have to run
>explorer.exe from task manager again(sometimes explorer starts on its own). I do
>have a logitech mouse and Zonealarm installed. I tried adding those to the expemtion
>list for error reporting it didnt work. I tried the start /belownormal config in
>the registry, same thing. I disabled error reporting and drwtsn32.exe went nutts
>crashing and restarting explorer.exe over and over and over.... I wish i can back
>up 40gb of stuff so I can do a clean install but as many of the people here, this
>is out of the question >_< ...
>Any more ideas?
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re: dwwin.exe
Sunday, May 9, 2004 at 8:33 pm
Posted by Jan
(4 messages posted)
Oops. Sorry. I meant to say that attempting a system restore would NOT let me continue.
Jan
On Sunday, May 9, 2004 at 8:00 pm, Jan wrote:
>Hello. Can anyone help? I have XP and for a couple of months I've been getting an
>error message about NDD cannot chech Index's, and that another process is running.
>Two days ago another message about dwwin.exe DLL initializing failed, then in Norton
>DD in my reports it says, 'Deleting index entry tmp.edb in index $130 of file 3110.'
>I rebooted and lost my Icon and network connection completely. That means no DSL
>connection for my home PC. The DSL to my home is working because I can use my work
>computer. When I go into 'My Network Place' I have no icon and no pathway for connectivity.
>I ran CHKDSK in DOS and the message came up 'Chkdsk cannot run because the volume
>is in use by another process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be checked
>the next time the system restarts?' I've re-checked at boot up mulitple times over
>the last two days without success. What would have erased my network connection
and
>icon? The two new things I've done in the last two weeks is update Windows and added
>an HP PSC 2410 all-in-one. I ran an HP System Diagnostic Check and a driver for
the
>Linksys NC100 Fast ethernet adapter is void. Is it possible for ethernet adaptors
>to go bad? Would replacing the ethernet adaptor be the first item to replace? I
would
>very much appreciate anyone to help! P.S. I tried to do a system restore and it
would
>let me. Jan in Sac.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Monday, May 24, 2004 at 11:12 am
Posted by JohnRod
(1 messages posted)
I have also been having the dwwin error on shut-down, and I solved it per these steps
(thanks to all the ideas I spotted in these threads):
1) I turned off error reporting (control panel/system/advanced) - be sure to even
disable "notify me when critical errors occur".
2) I initiated a restart of the computer, and wrote down the names of the programs
that were causing errors that resulted in Windows trying to initialize dwwin.exe
but couldn't be because Windows was "shutting down"! In my case the programs were
AlarmApp.exe (a Palm Desktop program) and msmsgs.exe (the Windows Messenger program).
3) I configured Windows Messenger (don't delete it!) so it does not automatically
start on start-up. (I don't use it anyway.)
4) I added AlarmApp.exe to the programs to exempt on error reporting (control panel/system/advanced).
5) I re-enabled error reporting and then restarted the computer: NO MORE PROBLEM!
On Monday, February 16, 2004 at 12:17 am, Bill wrote:
>I have been having the dwwin error on shut-down as well. I have a gravis gamepad
>with gravis control panel 4.5 and believe the problem to be related to this.
>I tried the start /belownormal change in my registry. That got rid of the error
but
>force feedback no longer worked on my controller. I changed the registry back to
>the way it was - force feedback worked again but of course the error returned.
>I think Windows Messenger is adding to the problem - I sometimes get errors saying
>it must shutdown when using gravis control pad - even though I never have it open.
>I removed Windows Messenger - I don't use it anyway, so far this seems to have solved
>all my problems: Feedback works and no dwwin error.
>I also read that upgrading Messenger to 5.0 may solve this as well.
>IF YOU DO DELETE MESSENGER AND USE OUTLOOK FOR YOUR EMAIL - BACK UP YOUR CONTACTS,
>IT MAY DELETE THEM WHEN YOU DELETE MESSENGER!
>Time will tell if this solution works, but I hope this helps.
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Tuesday, June 1, 2004 at 6:40 am
Posted by Paul
(4 messages posted)
i dont know whats happening on every1 elses computer but i think mines different.
i dont get an error message at all just hardly any of my applications will load even
my computer and the control panel wont open, when i look in the task manager dwwin
is in the processes and when i end it drwatson.exe then starts then goes again normally
after this the application that i am trying to load will then come up apart from
internet explorer which then disapears out of the process list at the same time as
dwwin.exe. I havent installed ne thing new no newq hardware or software although
i did use microsoft update i uninstalled the 1`s that people have mentioned i just
dont know what to do????????
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re: dwwin.exe
Tuesday, June 8, 2004 at 4:59 am
Posted by Danyell
(1 messages posted)
Ok read ALL the messages on the forum... Would LOVE to edit everything but windows
won't start! I've tried a Recovery with the operating system CD in the drive and
waited the 40 min, same problem. I've tried starting in Safe Mode, I can get into
Safe Mode dos prompt. Is this where I can edit registries? I'd then have to go
into c:\winit (That's the prompt I get) and go into the specific directory Right?
Please help! Thanks.
On Thursday, February 26, 2004 at 10:19 pm, Mario wrote:
>I just got a new computer, it was working wonderful until today when I tried to
open
>Adobe After FX and it said that the application had to terminate due to an error,
>then every time I shutdown my computer I get the DWWIN.exe error. Please help!!
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re: dwwin.exe
Tuesday, June 29, 2004 at 11:43 am
Posted by BillV
(1 messages posted)
I am having exactly the same problem. Have you found a fix? I emailed Microsoft with
the problem. Maybe they know what to do?
On Tuesday, June 1, 2004 at 6:40 am, Paul wrote:
>i dont know whats happening on every1 elses computer but i think mines different.
>i dont get an error message at all just hardly any of my applications will load
even
>my computer and the control panel wont open, when i look in the task manager dwwin
>is in the processes and when i end it drwatson.exe then starts then goes again normally
>after this the application that i am trying to load will then come up apart from
>internet explorer which then disapears out of the process list at the same time
as
>dwwin.exe. I havent installed ne thing new no newq hardware or software although
>i did use microsoft update i uninstalled the 1`s that people have mentioned i just
>dont know what to do????????
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Monday, August 30, 2004 at 10:31 am
Posted by CherokeeCandy
(6 messages posted)
I too have had alot of random crashes and this file is always ontop via my task manager.
I do not have logitech installed on this puter but instead use a Wacom tablet.
Thinking that was it, I did not find it in the list. So here is my list and I do
hope someone can solve this issue for me. Win XP Pro SP1
Key Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Class Name:
Last Write Time: 8/13/2004 - 12:04 AM
Value 0
Name: PivotSoftware
Type: REG_SZ
Data: "C:\Program Files\WinPortrait\wpctrl.exe"
Value 1
Name: USRpdA
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\USRmlnkA.exe RunServices \Device\3cpipe-USRpdA
Value 2
Name: SoundMan
Type: REG_SZ
Data: SOUNDMAN.EXE
Value 3
Name: ShowIcon_Apacer_CRW Series Driver v1.17r016
Type: REG_SZ
Data: "C:\Program Files\CRW\shwicon.exe" -t"Apacer\CRW Series Driver
v1.17r016"
Value 4
Name: SCANINICIO
Type: REG_SZ
Data: "C:\Program Files\Panda Software\Panda Antivirus Platinum\Inicio.exe"
Value 5
Name: QuickTime Task
Type: REG_SZ
Data: "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
Value 6
Name: IntelliType
Type: REG_SZ
Data: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Hardware\Keyboard\type32.exe"
Value 7
Name: APVXDWIN
Type: REG_SZ
Data: "C:\Program Files\Panda Software\Panda Antivirus Platinum\APVXDWIN.EXE"
/s
Value 8
Name: NvCplDaemon
Type: REG_SZ
Data: RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
Value 9
Name: nwiz
Type: REG_SZ
Data: nwiz.exe /install
Value 10
Name: NvMediaCenter
Type: REG_SZ
Data: RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
Value 11
Name: UpdateManager
Type: REG_SZ
Data: "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sonic\Update Manager\sgtray.exe"
/r
Value 12
Name: HP Software Update
Type: REG_SZ
Data: "C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Software Update\HPWuSchd.exe"
Value 13
Name: DVDTray
Type: REG_SZ
Data: "C:\Program Files\HP DVD\Umbrella\DVDTray.exe"
Value 14
Name: DVDBitSet
Type: REG_SZ
Data: "C:\Program Files\HP DVD\Umbrella\DVDBitSet.exe" /NOUI
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re: dwwin.exe
Monday, September 27, 2004 at 4:30 pm
Posted by guadman
(1 messages posted)
Dwwin.exe is an error reporting application named "Dr. Watson".
To stop getting those annoying error messages you can disable this service.
Right click on "My Computer" and hit "Properties".
Then hit the "Advanced" tab, then "error reporting" at the bottom of the page.
Click "disable this service" and keep "but report critical errors" unchecked.
Now, go to Start/Run and put in "services.msc".
You will see a list of the services that are available.
Go down the list to "error reporting", right click on it and hit "Properties". Then
move the drop down-menu at "Start-up type" to "Disabled".
That's it. It should fix it all.
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re: dwwin.exe
Thursday, December 9, 2004 at 8:14 am
Posted by Gamaliel Salen
(1 messages posted)
Hmmm...At last i found the problem about dwwin.exe i send a message to microsoft
and microsoft told me to ask my computer manufacturer about dwwin.exe.....Then I
called to my manufacturer and told me to run msconfig on run and disable all in startup
button.....and it doesn't work. Then I decided to format my computer and suddenly
i found out when i install my incompatible software the dwwin.exe appears. I install
my lebeca web camera this is not compatible with my pc and so i uninstalled it. So
maybe you have an incompatible software in your pc try to find that shit incompatible
software and uninstalled it. Hope it works cause it works to me.. :)
On Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 5:05 pm, Leigh wrote:
>Everytime I shutoff or restart Windows Xp, I get an error message about a file called
>dwwin.exe. I searched for it and I have that file in my Windows\System32 directory,
>and I also have DWWIN.EXE-30875ADC.pf in my Windows\preftech directory. Is there
>any way I can stop getting these error messages? Thanks in advance.
>
>Leigh
>MoooManCow@aol.com
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re: dwwin.exe
Monday, February 7, 2005 at 3:31 am
Posted by zzg
(1 messages posted)
yes,I also got the same question to you,if you have the revolution,would you like
tell me please,I'm from China,my e-mail :qeph2@126.com
glad to meet you!
On Monday, October 7, 2002 at 10:48 am, K wrote:
>I too get this error, however it is only when I try to open Internet Explorer.
I
>cannot even open the application at this point. Thankfully I keep multiple browsers
>installed. I have not used the windows update recently. I do not know why this
>has started happening.
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 at 11:08 am
Posted by Ron
(1 messages posted)
I recently installed a Logitech optical mouse on my Dell Inspiron which seems to
be the reason for getting the error upon shutdown so after reading all of the suggestions
here I uninstalled the Logitech Desktop Manager software, which notifies you when
updates are available for the hardware, and the problem went away. Just my two cents...
On Monday, August 18, 2003 at 2:12 am, Nils wrote:
>Had the same problem, started after I installed a new optical mouse. I uninstalled,
>re-installed and problem went away. If you.ve installed any new hardware, give it
>a try. It worked for me.
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Monday, April 4, 2005 at 9:40 am
Posted by Ken
(927 messages posted)
Hi all. I too had this dwwin.exe error message start to pop up at shutdown with WinXP
Home Ed SP-2. It started right after installing a Gravis Gamepad Pro, and its XPerience
ver 4.5 software. I also have Norton System Works 2003 installed.
I have spent nearly 18 man-hours on this issue and I could have given up or chosen
an easy out, but I'm the type person who likes a challenge AND demands to know EXACTLY
what is causing a problem, so here's my results and opinions in the hope others can
isolate their issues more quickly.
I read this thread with great interest and tried nearly everything someone suggested
with varying degrees of success. Here's what I recommend:
1. Do NOT turn off error reporting. You're only hiding the problem. That's like taping
over your low fuel warning light and pretending it doesn't exist.
2. As someone earlier correctly pointed out, using "start /belownormal" in the registry
before a Run command will simply disable that Run command, so of course the problem
will appear to go away. But that will also keep the subject driver from loading at
all (in my case the Gravis Grxp4exe.exe device driver), and you will not have use
of its functions. The Gamepad still functions as a joystick from MS Windows drivers,
but that's not why you installed the software in the first place. In my case, I wanted
to use the Gamepad velcroed to my desk as a mini-keypad with all the buttons mapped
to keys. You can't do that without the XPerience software driver loaded and functional.
Sorry Norm, but your method is no different than simply unchecking the box in msconfig
and rebooting.
3. The dwwin.exe error message appears because Dr. Watson detected an error, tried
to load so it could report the error, and failed to initialize because Windows was
being shut down. The key statement here is that "Dr. Watson detected an error". That's
a good thing. It's your low fuel warning light. The challenge then becomes how to
identify and correct the error in a logical, timely manner.
4. Software conflicts arise out of at least two applications having a problem with
each other. How do you identify which two? In my case, it was easy to identify one
since the problem started immediately after I installed the Gravis XPerience ver
4.5 software. I could (and did) verify that this was the problem by uninstalling
it and the problem went away. But that didn't get me my mini-keyboard working.
5. After trying many suggestions in this thread and not getting anywhere, I decided
to be logical about this and disabled ALL in the msconfig Startup Tab. Then I enabled
the Gravis driver entirely by itself, and it worked perfectly with no dwwin.exe message.
I think you can guess the rest....
6. I re-enabled one item at a time, starting with the ones I suspected to be the
culprits (Norton apps first, LOL), and rebooted each time. My conflict was not with
any Norton app - they all loaded without a hitch. My conflict was found on the 8th
or 9th app enabled, a memory management program I have called FreeMem Pro, ver 5.2.
I immediately disabled it, and the problem went away, re-enabled it, the problem
came back. Fortunately I had an earlier version of FreeMem Pro in my archives so
on a whim I uninstalled 5.2 and installed 5.0. Guess what? No conflict. The difference
in the two versions of this program is rather minimal, and I can easily accept that
in return for no more conflicts or error messages.
7. Having found one conflict, I re-enabled ALL 20 or so other Startup items, rebooted
and luckily that was the only problem. No more error messages and all my apps are
coexisting peacefully again.
Hope this helps others and good luck on your troubleshooting!
Ken
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problem with cam (lebeca)
Saturday, June 4, 2005 at 7:27 pm
Posted by zola
(1 messages posted)
realy i have cam (lebeca) but it doesn"t work because i need CD of lebeca to install
in my computer , please tell me what can i do ?
what url ?URL ?
On Thursday, December 9, 2004 at 8:14 am, Gamaliel Salen wrote:
>Hmmm...At last i found the problem about dwwin.exe i send a message to microsoft
>and microsoft told me to ask my computer manufacturer about dwwin.exe.....Then I
>called to my manufacturer and told me to run msconfig on run and disable all in
startup
>button.....and it doesn't work. Then I decided to format my computer and suddenly
>i found out when i install my incompatible software the dwwin.exe appears. I install
>my lebeca web camera this is not compatible with my pc and so i uninstalled it.
So
>maybe you have an incompatible software in your pc try to find that shit incompatible
>software and uninstalled it. Hope it works cause it works to me.. :)
>
>
>
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DLL Inialization failed...
Monday, June 27, 2005 at 7:45 pm
Posted by James Seymour
(1 messages posted)
Well, I dunno. But I seem to have the privelege of having the worst case on this
board. For one thing, I have a RAID 1 Array, which makes me pretty paranoid from
the getgo.
This Dell computer hasn't worked from the first day I bought it. And I don't think
any Microsoft guru will help either. Unless I want him to help me rebuild my hard
drive.
I've already done that three times for different reasons, but there are so many problems
remaining that I only use my brand new Gen 3, 3.6 Gig computer to burn movies.
I have two other computers, but they have XP2 Pro, and this one has XP Home, plus
the RAID 1. And Systemworks 2003. Now you need to know that Ghost doesn't work
with RAID 1. At all. And I don't think that Speedisk does either. But Acronis'
True Image doesn't care about the RAID array, so I have a backup for my C partition
to rely on. And it's a good thing, too. People who believe the big companies and
don't partition their hard drives correctly, (Dell sent me 160Gig in one partition
only.) will really suffer if they rely on System Restore. Whatever I have blows
out System Restore all the time.
I don't have any virus. I do have the most current update of Systemworks 2003 virus
definitions, AdAware, Spybot, and Mailwasher as an email filter. I had Symantic
scan my system remotely, and I'm clean. Well, my computer is anyway...
I've also tried the "msconfig" technique,which was a neat thing to learn, but no
cure for me.
I haven't been able to figure out why I can't ask the good Doctor Watson what's wrong,
but it doesn't seem to work correctly anyway. I have seen instructions on how to
disable it. But that doesn't seem to be a good idea.
The DLL Initialization error seems to run in some kind of cycle. And the whole thing
may be as long as 8 reboots long. The events seem random and widely varied. Many
of them don't have any reference on Microsoft's site. Most often, Event Viewer doesn't
register anything, except a security error relating to a disused network connection.
I don't use it much, and so the cable is disconnected, but I don't care.
By the way, Dell/India told me to avoid downloading XP Updates, and to call MS so
that I could buy CDs with the changes. Nice, eh? Curiously, I don't have any trouble
at all with my other two computers. One of which is a 400 MHZ Dell I bought six
years ago. I started with NT4 on that one, and added on XP Pro sp2 as a splice.
Oh well, maybe somebody...message in a bottle...
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re: dwwin.exe
Saturday, August 6, 2005 at 9:45 pm
Posted by maria fe cavinta
(1 messages posted)
PLS. REMOVE FROM MY COMPUTER THE ABOVE AS EVERYTIME i SHUT IT OFF, IT APPEARS.
On Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 5:05 pm, Leigh wrote:
>Everytime I shutoff or restart Windows Xp, I get an error message about a file called
>dwwin.exe. I searched for it and I have that file in my Windows\System32 directory,
>and I also have DWWIN.EXE-30875ADC.pf in my Windows\preftech directory. Is there
>any way I can stop getting these error messages? Thanks in advance.
>
>Leigh
>MoooManCow@aol.com
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re: dwwin.exe
Thursday, August 11, 2005 at 8:51 am
Posted by Marek Konopka
(1 messages posted)
Hi.
I have a very similiar problem like many other people reporting here, but mine seems
to be a bit different/harder. I'm unable to block drwin.exe from running - changing
the registrry setting/GUI options in Security Center and turning the apropriate service
DOES NOT change the situation- the message box:
"dwwin.exe - DLL Initialization Failed"
The application failed to initialize because the windows station is shuting down"
still pops out (NOT ALWAYS) at system restart (NOT SHUTDOWN). Could anyone have knowledge,
how can I turn off Dr. Watson, or even remove it without getting another anoying
pop-ups?
I'm suspecting another debugger I got (from MS VS NET) is taking of control, but
running explicitly Dr. Watson, that's why the system setting are not taken into account
while running it. Is there perhaps a solution to block drwin.exe simply from running
on a lower level? Would DEP help?
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re: dwwin.exe
Saturday, September 17, 2005 at 11:15 am
Posted by Miguel Chen
(1 messages posted)
Hi,
Recently I have noticed that I kept getting this dwwin.dll warning message after
I either logoff or shutdown my computer.
After reading a thread posted by someone, the person mentioned that it was probably
a weather channel stream that was causing this problem.
I recently installed the new version of Yahoo Messenger with Voice and one of the
tabs is the weather report. I tried to signout and exit the Yahoo Messenger prior
to logging off or shutting down the computer and the dwwin.dll warning message did
not show up.
I do not recommend deleting the dwwin.exe as I believe this is part of the WinXP
OS.
What this means to me is that I have the following options:
1. Signout and exit Yahoo Messenger prior to logging off or shutting down the computer
2. Uninstall Yahoo Messenger
3. Ignore the warning.
Hope this helps.
On Thursday, August 11, 2005 at 8:51 am, Marek Konopka wrote:
>Hi.
>
>I have a very similiar problem like many other people reporting here, but mine seems
>to be a bit different/harder. I'm unable to block drwin.exe from running - changing
>the registrry setting/GUI options in Security Center and turning the apropriate
service
>DOES NOT change the situation- the message box:
>
>"dwwin.exe - DLL Initialization Failed"
>The application failed to initialize because the windows station is shuting down"
>
>still pops out (NOT ALWAYS) at system restart (NOT SHUTDOWN). Could anyone have
knowledge,
>how can I turn off Dr. Watson, or even remove it without getting another anoying
>pop-ups?
>
>I'm suspecting another debugger I got (from MS VS NET) is taking of control, but
>running explicitly Dr. Watson, that's why the system setting are not taken into
account
>while running it. Is there perhaps a solution to block drwin.exe simply from running
>on a lower level? Would DEP help?
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re: dwwin.exe
Sunday, September 25, 2005 at 4:47 am
Posted by DMS
(1 messages posted)
ok this is pretty much spywear for windows! when i download certain files that are
restricted Dwwin.exe seems to pop up and tell me that i have had a fatal error in
windows explorer and that i have to shut it down. This poses a serious problem to
anyone who downloads movies/anime/manga/games/ANYTHING! the torrent client i started
out using when this problem surfaced was BITLORD. it seems when i delete (through
dos or other means) the folder/folders that conain said files the problem dissapears.
therfore i think this is a new part of microsuX plan (visit:http://www.againsttcpa.com)
there you have it. when i download certain files this problem seems to crop up.
then when i delete said files it dissapears.... you add it up!
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re: dwwin.exe
Monday, September 26, 2005 at 6:06 am
Posted by Falcon
(13489 messages posted)
No, actually the cause is something entirely diffferent. In the name of helping you,
however, the best advice I can offer is to stop downloading things via P2P. From
your post, you are not qualified enough to know how to use it safely and responsibly.
 Malware
Removal
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re: dwwin.exe
Friday, September 30, 2005 at 1:50 am
Posted by Mike Doverskog
(1 messages posted)
LoL! I can't believe this thread is still alive. Anyway here goes.
dwwin.exe is DrWatson for Windows. DrWatson is an integral part of Windows and has
been for years. It reports errors and provides rudimentary diagnostics.
If you get the errormessage as described when you shut down windows it is because
an error occurs at shutdown. This is picked up by DrWatson (dwwwin) but because windows
is shutting down DrWatson fails to start, hence the errormessage.
I have this problem myself, and the questions to ask is: "have I made any changes
to my PC recently?". Well I have. I installed new graphics drivers, iPod software,
an update of Steam and CounterStrike Source. My job now is to track down which of
these changes cause the error on shutdown. One way could be to restore the system
to a previous known good configuration. Another way could be to uninstall or undo
recent changes one by one until the problem is solved. A third way could be to run
some repair software, for example, notably, Norton WinDoctor, to fix any registry
problems that may cause the error.
In other words, the dwwin error is just a symptom of a different underlying problem
and not the problem itself. Preventing yourself from sneezing will not cure your
cold ;)
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re: dwwin.exe
Friday, October 28, 2005 at 4:09 pm
Posted by kHRIs
(1 messages posted)
Hi people, I fixed a similar problem on my XP.
First, let me tell you how it has begun. Just after
an update from InstallShield, the pc has started to complain on shutdown about the
"dwwin.exe" and it's DLL. So, I lighted up some candles and spent a whole night praying
some obscure incantations, but it didn't help a lot. Thanks to someone in this forum,
I knew that the problem did not come from dwwin (which is just a kind of listener
& notifier).
I launched msconfig and unchecked everything in the "startup" list. After rebooting,
no problem anymore when logging out. I then had to check back some services. Fortunately
(and because I checked the most suspect stuffs first), I quickly found who was responsible
of that... It was the "Dell Quickset" program (my xp is running on a Dell Inspiron
6000 laptop). I won't tell you what I did then, because they may be some young readers
here, but you can trust me when I say it won't be a danger anymore.
I still wonder why it suddently started to be aggressive, it usually was a reliable
program. I can't figure out what happened.
bye.
On Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 5:05 pm, Leigh wrote:
>Everytime I shutoff or restart Windows Xp, I get an error message about a file called
>dwwin.exe. I searched for it and I have that file in my Windows\System32 directory,
>and I also have DWWIN.EXE-30875ADC.pf in my Windows\preftech directory. Is there
>any way I can stop getting these error messages? Thanks in advance.
>
>Leigh
>MoooManCow@aol.com
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re: dwwin.exe
Saturday, December 3, 2005 at 6:19 am
Posted by Florence Symons
(1 messages posted)
I fixed this problem after getting help from one of microsofts' newsgroups. I followed
the tip given and it works. I just have to exit Yahoo Messenger before I shut down
and then dwwn.exe doesn not show up. If i don't exit YM, it reappears.
So maybe you'll have to see what you must exit from, if you do not have YM.I started
by exiting from all running programmes.
On Friday, October 28, 2005 at 4:09 pm, kHRIs wrote:
>Hi people, I fixed a similar problem on my XP.
>
>First, let me tell you how it has begun. Just after
>an update from InstallShield, the pc has started to complain on shutdown about the
>"dwwin.exe" and it's DLL. So, I lighted up some candles and spent a whole night
praying
>some obscure incantations, but it didn't help a lot. Thanks to someone in this forum,
>I knew that the problem did not come from dwwin (which is just a kind of listener
>& notifier).
>I launched msconfig and unchecked everything in the "startup" list. After rebooting,
>no problem anymore when logging out. I then had to check back some services. Fortunately
>(and because I checked the most suspect stuffs first), I quickly found who was responsible
>of that... It was the "Dell Quickset" program (my xp is running on a Dell Inspiron
>6000 laptop). I won't tell you what I did then, because they may be some young readers
>here, but you can trust me when I say it won't be a danger anymore.
>I still wonder why it suddently started to be aggressive, it usually was a reliable
>program. I can't figure out what happened.
>
>bye.
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Sunday, December 4, 2005 at 1:07 pm
Posted by Joseph Schaeffer
(1 messages posted)
I also had this problem with dwwin.exe giving me an error at shutdown/restart. I
disabled Dell QuickSet and the problem went away. However, my comuter is now really
slow at startup. Hope this helps.
On Friday, October 28, 2005 at 4:09 pm, kHRIs wrote:
>Hi people, I fixed a similar problem on my XP.
>
>First, let me tell you how it has begun. Just after
>an update from InstallShield, the pc has started to complain on shutdown about the
>"dwwin.exe" and it's DLL. So, I lighted up some candles and spent a whole night
praying
>some obscure incantations, but it didn't help a lot. Thanks to someone in this forum,
>I knew that the problem did not come from dwwin (which is just a kind of listener
>& notifier).
>I launched msconfig and unchecked everything in the "startup" list. After rebooting,
>no problem anymore when logging out. I then had to check back some services. Fortunately
>(and because I checked the most suspect stuffs first), I quickly found who was responsible
>of that... It was the "Dell Quickset" program (my xp is running on a Dell Inspiron
>6000 laptop). I won't tell you what I did then, because they may be some young readers
>here, but you can trust me when I say it won't be a danger anymore.
>I still wonder why it suddently started to be aggressive, it usually was a reliable
>program. I can't figure out what happened.
>
>bye.
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Sunday, July 9, 2006 at 8:22 pm
Posted by Abbey
(1 messages posted)
I hate to bring this post back to life. But I'm recently having this problem the
same one many of the people in this thread have. I have a Dell Dimension E10.
I usually get this problem when shutting down the system.I've posted on the Dell
Forums. I've tried restoring the system and I've tried the sfc scan.
And disabling Dr. Watson can be dangerous if not done right. So I don't want to screw
up the system and than have to format the system and lose everything.
I don't know where find the Dell quickset or what to do.
On Sunday, December 4, 2005 at 1:07 pm, Joseph Schaeffer wrote:
>I also had this problem with dwwin.exe giving me an error at shutdown/restart. I
>disabled Dell QuickSet and the problem went away. However, my comuter is now really
>slow at startup. Hope this helps.
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Thursday, August 17, 2006 at 10:15 am
Posted by Vancouver Vince
(1 messages posted)
First, I was greatly pleased to find this thread on this subject.
I started having this problem after renewing with Symantec (and upgrading from NIS
2005 to NIS 2006 at the same time).
I was most interested in the previous note with respect to Dell QuickSet. Although
prior to the upgrade to NIS 2006 I had not seen this specific problem - previous
to the NIS 2006 upgrade I had seen QuickSet use 100 percent of the CPU. Sometimes
I would simply have to terminate the process and restart the system.
Frankly I am afraid of REGEDIT. Specifically I am afraid I will inflict system damage
with REGEDIT. So, I used Mike Lins' Startup Control Panel freeware (www.mlin.net)
to remove QuickSet from the HKLM RUN list.
To date I have not noticed any change in the time to start up Windows XP Professional
on my Dell Inspirion 8600.
I am normally very reluctant about freeware, but, had saw a reference to his product
in the Microsoft Windows XP Inside Out Deluxe Edition (Microsoft Press).
Thought I would make note of Mike Lin's freeware in the oft chance there are others
out there like myself who are fearful of REGEDIT.
As of this date, I am current on all MS XP and MS Office updates.
So far so good. Will keep you posted.
On Sunday, July 9, 2006 at 8:22 pm, Abbey wrote:
>I hate to bring this post back to life. But I'm recently having this problem the
>same one many of the people in this thread have. I have a Dell Dimension E10.
>
>I usually get this problem when shutting down the system.I've posted on the Dell
>Forums. I've tried restoring the system and I've tried the sfc scan.
>
>And disabling Dr. Watson can be dangerous if not done right. So I don't want to
screw
>up the system and than have to format the system and lose everything.
>
>I don't know where find the Dell quickset or what to do.
>
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Saturday, September 9, 2006 at 2:43 pm
Posted by Peter Ward
(2 messages posted)
On dwwin shutdown problems I have found one cause that may be of interest. I use
Intel wireless management, driver 9.0.4.13 for the 2200 b/g chipset. On startup I
got a popup from the MS wireless network item in the system tray to say my network
had limited connectivity while the Intel side was busy in its preamble negotiating
a connection. The MS message was a bit premature, and as soon as the wireless driver
sorted its connection it promptly disappeared. Now I thought I would disable the
noxious limited connectivity pop up from network connections properties for the wireless
connection. I discovered doing this is one cause of the dwwin shutdown unhandled
errors. Clues I got were event 26 Pop up info messages under system in the event
viewer relating to dwwin and drwtsn32.exe dll uninitialized - ie a pop up. I wracked
my brains what I could have done to prompt this then it twigged. Other clues were
the proplem disappearing if I disabled wireless. Looks like Microsoft's error handling
not handling its own errors... Of course there could be a app closing/sequence/timing
issues at play so you may or may not see the problem I guess.
On Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 5:05 pm, Leigh wrote:
>Everytime I shutoff or restart Windows Xp, I get an error message about a file called
>dwwin.exe. I searched for it and I have that file in my Windows\System32 directory,
>and I also have DWWIN.EXE-30875ADC.pf in my Windows\preftech directory. Is there
>any way I can stop getting these error messages? Thanks in advance.
>
>Leigh
>MoooManCow@aol.com
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re: dwwin.exe
Saturday, September 9, 2006 at 4:23 pm
Posted by Peter Ward
(2 messages posted)
Note: regarding the above, Intel Proset wireless management is active, not MS wireless
management. So all the more mystery as to why the premature Microsoft (MS) pop up
was happening the first place. Therein perhaps is the source of the logic error that
trips something on shutdown. What is interesting is that disabling the 'limited connection'
pop-up (giving the problem), then re-enabling it, not only has this cured the dwwin
problem, it also appears to have stopped the MS pop-up appearing while the Intel
proset/driver estalishes a wireless connection. By appears to have, I mean on two
start ups so far, previously the system tray pop-up appeared on every boot.
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dwwin.exe
Monday, September 18, 2006 at 9:51 am
Posted by selina
(1 messages posted)
I hope anyone can help me.
I have the same probelm about dwwin.exe-0x7c905f9c. And when it comes out, another
message "port Resolver Module" and "Just-in-time debug" follows.
However, it is different from others problem which are shown here. This message doesnt
come when windows start or shut down. And they will appear again and again, very
hard to close. Sometimes, the computer can reboot themselves.
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re: dwwin.exe
Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at 1:16 pm
Posted by bgreen
(1 messages posted)
I am a tech for a school district and I have had it show up on 8 computers at 3 different
schools in the last few days. They are brand new Gateway computers with no Norton
or any of the other things mentioned. Any ideas?
On Monday, September 18, 2006 at 9:51 am, selina wrote:
>
>I hope anyone can help me.
>
>I have the same probelm about dwwin.exe-0x7c905f9c. And when it comes out, another
>message "port Resolver Module" and "Just-in-time debug" follows.
>
>
>However, it is different from others problem which are shown here. This message
doesnt
>come when windows start or shut down. And they will appear again and again, very
>hard to close. Sometimes, the computer can reboot themselves.
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re: dwwin.exe
Thursday, September 28, 2006 at 12:29 am
Posted by GazUK
(1 messages posted)
I have seen this problem recently and at the same time Adobe Reader 7.08 is having
problems shutting down. I expect DWWIN.EXE would normally be called in response to
any program which is having problems simply by the function it is trying to provide.
The source of the problem could therefor be a version or regestry installation issue
between Adobe & Microsoft. If you have Adobe v7 installed you could either try updating
it, or installing an older version to at least isolate the problem.
On Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at 1:16 pm, bgreen wrote:
>I am a tech for a school district and I have had it show up on 8 computers at 3
different
>schools in the last few days. They are brand new Gateway computers with no Norton
>or any of the other things mentioned. Any ideas?
>
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Thursday, September 28, 2006 at 2:40 pm
Posted by Jilly
(1 messages posted)
I have this problem and thought it was caused by Adobe acrobat too, as it's only
when I've opened that to view something that it happens. But it seems it's just windows
reacting to something in acrobat (or some other programme) not going to start messing
with my registry! But will keep on looking.
On Thursday, September 28, 2006 at 12:29 am, GazUK wrote:
>I have seen this problem recently and at the same time Adobe Reader 7.08 is having
>problems shutting down. I expect DWWIN.EXE would normally be called in response
to
>any program which is having problems simply by the function it is trying to provide.
>The source of the problem could therefor be a version or regestry installation issue
>between Adobe & Microsoft. If you have Adobe v7 installed you could either try updating
>it, or installing an older version to at least isolate the problem.
>
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Thursday, October 5, 2006 at 4:23 pm
Posted by wyndfall
(1 messages posted)
We are receiving the following:
dwwin.e.e - Application Error
The exception Breakpoint
A breakpoint has been reached.
(0x80000003) occurred in the application at location 0x7c901230.
Has anyone seen this? Any clues would be helpful.
Thanks!
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re: dwwin.exe
Sunday, October 29, 2006 at 4:31 pm
Posted by ablueangel
(1 messages posted)
I just received a breakpont error today. First time I have ever seen one.
On Thursday, October 5, 2006 at 4:23 pm, wyndfall wrote:
>We are receiving the following:
>dwwin.e.e - Application Error
>The exception Breakpoint
>A breakpoint has been reached.
>(0x80000003) occurred in the application at location 0x7c901230.
>
>Has anyone seen this? Any clues would be helpful.
>
>Thanks!
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MS way to be rid of dwwin.exe
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 at 9:06 pm
Posted by brian
(497 messages posted)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/188296/en-us
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re: dwwin.exe
Saturday, December 23, 2006 at 3:48 pm
Posted by mo
(1 messages posted)
Well the thing that i have is totally different. i have been having the same problem
as same as you. The obly thing i figured out is that dwwin.exe stands for doctorwaston.
That is a virus ir a worm. the problm that i had it was that whenever i went to the
internet dwwin.exe pop-up came up and said error end now or a error message. The
thing that i done was that i went to "start,search,all files and folders,dwwin" Then
delete all the files that you find. then rebot your pc. don't try this this might
be a different thing from what problem you are having. anothter problem it might
be a software running on the background to fix that you have to try to remove and
figure out what is the problem.
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re: dwwin.exe
Thursday, January 4, 2007 at 9:18 am
Posted by dan
(1 messages posted)
i also get a error msg when i shut down my system and its 100% from setPoint.exe,
a service from logitech. i will try the registry hack and let you know if it worked
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re: dwwin.exe
Saturday, February 3, 2007 at 9:24 am
Posted by Andrew Lee Chen
(1 messages posted)
How exactly does one change values of the registry key? Or what I mean to say is
where does one type:
"start /belownormal c:\windows\system32\Grxp4exe.exe /init"
On Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 8:48 am, norm wrote:
>
>Had this problem, here is what I did:
>
>Open regedit, go to:
>HKLM_SOFTWARE_MICROSOFT_CURRENT VERSION_RUN
>
>If you have a logitech input device, or a Gravis gamepad input device, you need
to
>modify the value of the registry key so that the application starts up in *belownormal*
>processor priority.
>
>Example:
>start /belownormal c:\windows\system32\Grxp4exe.exe /init
>
>"start /belownormal" is the addition you will make to the beginning of the line...
>
>Hope this helps,
>-Norm
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Saturday, February 3, 2007 at 11:03 pm
Posted by AnOldMan
(1 messages posted)
The keys causing the error to pop up at logoff on my system were all related to VirusScanOnline.
I removed those keys, problem went away.
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re: dwwin.exe
Saturday, February 17, 2007 at 5:02 am
Posted by Eileen Souza
(1 messages posted)
I found that the setpoint error means a corrupt outlook.pst (mailbox) The Inbox Repair
utility will fix it. Mine kept coming back and I traced it to AIM Pro which has
hooks into Outlook and appears to be causing the corruption because it frequently
hangs. I uninstalled AIM Pro and have not had the problem. I now use the regular
AIM.
Eileen
On Thursday, January 4, 2007 at 9:18 am, dan wrote:
>i also get a error msg when i shut down my system and its 100% from setPoint.exe,
>a service from logitech. i will try the registry hack and let you know if it worked
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re: dwwin.exe
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 4:43 pm
Posted by TR
(1 messages posted)
My problem with dwwin is that when is with explorer which is very annoying, when
i open a folder with explorer it randomly stops i get the windows error message and
explorer restarts. I deleted the aedebug key in registry like it said on the microsoft
support site but this made no difference. I found the exe in system32 and deleted
it but it reappears when i delete it! I cannot get rid of it permanently...
On Saturday, December 23, 2006 at 3:48 pm, mo wrote:
>Well the thing that i have is totally different. i have been having the same problem
>as same as you. The obly thing i figured out is that dwwin.exe stands for doctorwaston.
>That is a virus ir a worm. the problm that i had it was that whenever i went to
the ....
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re: dwwin.exe
Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Posted by na
(1 messages posted)
I was getting the dwwin.exe error on shutdown/restart for almost one year. By shear
luck, I updated the driver of a Creative Audigy sound card in the computer due to
an unrelated issue and THE ERROR WENT AWAY! Don't ask me why but I'm happy.
On Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 5:05 pm, Leigh wrote:
>Everytime I shutoff or restart Windows Xp, I get an error message about a file called
>dwwin.exe. I searched for it and I have that file in my Windows\System32 directory,
>and I also have DWWIN.EXE-30875ADC.pf in my Windows\preftech directory. Is there
>any way I can stop getting these error messages? Thanks in advance.
>
>Leigh
>MoooManCow@aol.com
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re: dwwin.exe
Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 10:06 pm
Posted by jeff
(1 messages posted)
I deleted the dwwin.exe file and I no longer get error messages when I shut down
my computor. I am not sure if this exe application is essential for my computor to
operate. Everything has worked fine since.
On Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 12:45 pm, na wrote:
>I was getting the dwwin.exe error on shutdown/restart for almost one year. By shear
>luck, I updated the driver of a Creative Audigy sound card in the computer due to
>an unrelated issue and THE ERROR WENT AWAY! Don't ask me why but I'm happy.
>
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Thursday, October 11, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Posted by oward
(3 messages posted)
The dwwin.exe error message is being caused by Dr. Watson responding to a program
crashing when you are logging off or shutting down Windows. Here's how to stop the
dwwin.exe messages, so you can see what program is causing the problem:
Turn off Windows Application Error Reporting:
Press the 'Control Panel/System/Advanced/Error Reporting' button. Choose 'Disable
error reporting' and UNcheck the 'But notify me when critical errors occur' box.
Now you'll be able to see what program is crashing at shutdown.
On Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 5:05 pm, Leigh wrote:
>Everytime I shutoff or restart Windows Xp, I get an error message about a file called
>dwwin.exe. I searched for it and I have that file in my Windows\System32 directory,
>and I also have DWWIN.EXE-30875ADC.pf in my Windows\preftech directory. Is there
>any way I can stop getting these error messages? Thanks in advance.
>
>Leigh
>MoooManCow@aol.com
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re: dwwin.exe
Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 8:39 pm
Posted by felix
(1 messages posted)
Thank you very much for your tip, it worked like you said it would.
I was more than annoyed by the dwwin.exe problems until now...
THANK YOU
---
On Thursday, October 11, 2007 at 12:25 pm, oward wrote:
>The dwwin.exe error message is being caused by Dr. Watson responding to a program
>crashing when you are logging off or shutting down Windows. Here's how to stop the
>dwwin.exe messages, so you can see what program is causing the problem:
>
>Turn off Windows Application Error Reporting:
>
>Press the 'Control Panel/System/Advanced/Error Reporting' button. Choose 'Disable
>error reporting' and UNcheck the 'But notify me when critical errors occur' box.
>
>Now you'll be able to see what program is crashing at shutdown.
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 5:58 pm
Posted by 1ajb
(1 messages posted)
I was getting the same message on shutdown, so I followed the instructions here.
Now instead of getting "dwwin.exe", I get "drwtsn32.exe" note: the rest of the
text is the same.
On Thursday, October 11, 2007 at 12:25 pm, oward wrote:
>The dwwin.exe error message is being caused by Dr. Watson responding to a program
>crashing when you are logging off or shutting down Windows. Here's how to stop the
>dwwin.exe messages, so you can see what program is causing the problem:
>
>Turn off Windows Application Error Reporting:
>
>Press the 'Control Panel/System/Advanced/Error Reporting' button. Choose 'Disable
>error reporting' and UNcheck the 'But notify me when critical errors occur' box.
>
>Now you'll be able to see what program is crashing at shutdown.
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Monday, October 29, 2007 at 10:46 am
Posted by Dan Ramirez
(1 messages posted)
I've been having the same problem recently. I installed a new monitor. Two (2) items
in my start tray. One of the items would momentarily start, then close. Item was
not listed in start menu. Opened app and found an option to place in start tray,
undid this and trouble cleared.
On Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 4:58 pm, 1ajb wrote:
>I was getting the same message on shutdown, so I followed the instructions here.
> Now instead of getting "dwwin.exe", I get "drwtsn32.exe" note: the rest of the
>text is the same.
>
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Friday, March 14, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Posted by Victoria
(1 messages posted)
I had the same problem and resolved it simply by re-installing Dr. Watson. I've
gotten no more Dr. Watson .dll errors upon Windows shutdown. Installation takes
about 5 seconds. Go to your command prompt and enter: Drwtsn32 -i
>
On Monday, October 29, 2007 at 9:46 am, Dan Ramirez wrote:
>I've been having the same problem recently. I installed a new monitor. Two (2) items
>in my start tray. One of the items would momentarily start, then close. Item was
>not listed in start menu. Opened app and found an option to place in start tray,
>undid this and trouble cleared.
>
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Friday, April 25, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Posted by tvzz
(1 messages posted)
i had a similiar problem you have a nvidia graphics card. i fixed my problem by not
allowing nwiz.exe to start at startup. just go to msconfig,
startup and uncheck nwiz.exe
On Monday, August 30, 2004 at 10:31 am, CherokeeCandy wrote:
>I too have had alot of random crashes and this file is always ontop via my task
manager.
> I do not have logitech installed on this puter but instead use a Wacom tablet.
>Thinking that was it, I did not find it in the list. So here is my list and I do
>hope someone can solve this issue for me. Win XP Pro SP1
>
>Key Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
>Class Name:
>Last Write Time: 8/13/2004 - 12:04 AM
>Value 0
> Name: PivotSoftware
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: "C:\Program Files\WinPortrait\wpctrl.exe"
>
>Value 1
> Name: USRpdA
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\USRmlnkA.exe RunServices \Device\3cpipe-USRpdA
>
>Value 2
> Name: SoundMan
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: SOUNDMAN.EXE
>
>Value 3
> Name: ShowIcon_Apacer_CRW Series Driver v1.17r016
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: "C:\Program Files\CRW\shwicon.exe" -t"Apacer\CRW Series Driver
>v1.17r016"
>
>Value 4
> Name: SCANINICIO
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: "C:\Program Files\Panda Software\Panda Antivirus Platinum\Inicio.exe"
>
>Value 5
> Name: QuickTime Task
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
>
>Value 6
> Name: IntelliType
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Hardware\Keyboard\type32.exe"
>
>Value 7
> Name: APVXDWIN
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: "C:\Program Files\Panda Software\Panda Antivirus Platinum\APVXDWIN.EXE"
>/s
>
>Value 8
> Name: NvCplDaemon
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
>
>Value 9
> Name: nwiz
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: nwiz.exe /install
>
>Value 10
> Name: NvMediaCenter
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
>
>Value 11
> Name: UpdateManager
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sonic\Update Manager\sgtray.exe"
>/r
>
>Value 12
> Name: HP Software Update
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: "C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Software Update\HPWuSchd.exe"
>
>Value 13
> Name: DVDTray
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: "C:\Program Files\HP DVD\Umbrella\DVDTray.exe"
>
>Value 14
> Name: DVDBitSet
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: "C:\Program Files\HP DVD\Umbrella\DVDBitSet.exe" /NOUI
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Posted by DR
(1 messages posted)
Just opened 5 new Vostro 1500 with XP and had the same problem. Just uninstall Google
Desktop and it will repair the problem.
On Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 5:05 pm, Leigh wrote:
>Everytime I shutoff or restart Windows Xp, I get an error message about a file called
>dwwin.exe. I searched for it and I have that file in my Windows\System32 directory,
>and I also have DWWIN.EXE-30875ADC.pf in my Windows\preftech directory. Is there
>any way I can stop getting these error messages? Thanks in advance.
>
>Leigh
>MoooManCow@aol.com
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re: dwwin.exe
Monday, May 12, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Posted by daintydinah
(1 messages posted)
I've had the same problem on a brand new Vostro 1510 and I seem to have got rid of
it (at least for now) by letting the updates for Google desktop run through to completion.
Fingers crossed !!!
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re: dwwin.exe
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Posted by Charina Arayata
(1 messages posted)
I have this problem at shut down but dont' know a thing about computers. Where do
I start, in layman's terms, so I can get rid of this? Thanks in advance for you
help.
On Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 8:39 pm, felix wrote:
>Thank you very much for your tip, it worked like you said it would.
>I was more than annoyed by the dwwin.exe problems until now...
>THANK YOU
>---
>
>
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 3:07 am
Posted by Spexx
(1955 messages posted)
Hi. You have posted to a very old thread here which has a lot of information and
tips on how to troubleshoot the problem. What worries me is that you say you know
nothing about computers, so I would think that none of these tips make much sense
to you! In layman's terms then, I would advise getting someone with more knowledge
to have a look at your problem and direct them to this thread for clues. What is
happening on your PC is that the in-built diagnostic (Dr Watson, or DWWIN.EXE) is
finding a problem, but it will need some technical know-how to get to the bottom
of it. Cheers. Spexx.
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Posted by JNettik
(1 messages posted)
Look at the dates on this thread!!! This has been going on for 6 freekin years.
Thanks again, Microsoft!!!
BTW - Yes I get the message on my laptop everytime I shut it down.
FWIW - It looks like DrWatson is trying to report an error, but get's stuck in the
background and never completes the process. Then when you shutdown Windows, you
get the error that it's trying to load (DrWatson dll) but can't and now the OS is
shutting down.
On Monday, May 12, 2008 at 1:49 pm, daintydinah wrote:
>I've had the same problem on a brand new Vostro 1510 and I seem to have got rid
of
>it (at least for now) by letting the updates for Google desktop run through to completion.
>
>Fingers crossed !!!
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Posted by Spexx
(1955 messages posted)
Yep, it has been going on for as long as XP has been around. Hardly surprising, because
it is a diagnostic program trying to report on some other bit of software that has
gone wrong. Sometimes, the logs are useful, most times they are junk. In general,
the more bells, whistles, frills and downright useless embellishments added to Windows,
the more likely it is that Dr Watson will have to be woken up to do his job. Cheers.
Spexx.
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Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Posted by Pat
(6 messages posted)
Just received a brand new Dell Latitude D630. Uninstalled almost everything that
came installed by the manucfacturer.
I was about to just reformat and reinstall when i decided to remove what i usually
install so i did not suspect this apps to be the problem but It was Google desktop
and Google toolbar. one of the two. As soon as i uninstalled them, the error stopped.
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Monday, October 27, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Posted by Mitch
(1 messages posted)
This fixed my ddwin.exe error on shutdown.
Just re-registers Dr Watson as the default application debugger. This was on a brand
new Dell. Just pulled it out of the box this morning and installed updates/software.
Highly recommend trying this simple fix first.
On Friday, March 14, 2008 at 4:16 pm, Victoria wrote:
>I had the same problem and resolved it simply by re-installing Dr. Watson. I've
>gotten no more Dr. Watson .dll errors upon Windows shutdown. Installation takes
>about 5 seconds. Go to your command prompt and enter: Drwtsn32 -i
>
>
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Posted by Richard Sharman
(1 messages posted)
I was getting this error part way down a lengthy build and was told that the problem
might be that the TEMP and/or TMP environment variables contained too long a pathname.
Sure enough after I set them both to something smalll, like c:\temp,
the problem went away.
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Friday, January 23, 2009 at 7:46 am
Posted by Pawolford
(1 messages posted)
I am getting the dwwin.exe -breakpoint reached error. Please help me fix this....
I received this error after loading a program and tried to use the program.
thanks
paw
On Friday, October 25, 2002 at 8:15 pm, norm wrote:
>"start" is a command line tool used to invoke the windows shell (or windows exe's)
>from a command prompt. By selecting "/belownormal" you tell it to start the following
>command in a belownormal priority state (as opposed to the default, "normal".) (Their
>are 6 different priority states possible: low, belownormal, normal, abovenormal,
>high, & realtime.)
>
>As the "start" command is command line driven, you get the best results adhering
>to DOS 8.3 filenames... (e.g. "mydocu~1" instead of "My Documents".) In WinXP you
>can see the 8.3 filenames by doing a "dir /x".)
>
>Example from RUN key in registry:
>
>Original Value: wdpdf.exe /config
>
>New Value: start /belownormal c:\progra~1\westing\wdpdf.exe /config
>
>Here is a good KBA on "start":
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/winxppro/proddocs/start.asp
>
>As to "why" this seems to help this problem, who knows! I know if you check "Admin
>Tools-->Event Viewer-->System" and look at the error it isn't very helpful... But
>when the problem key's priority is lowered, the message stops and no errors are
added
>to the log. I had no ill effects, so I said "Yes!".
>
>Oh yeah, I believe this is a bug introduced with WinXP SP1 as well... I have not
>heard of this being a problem pre-SP1.
>
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re: dwwin.exe
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 9:32 am
Posted by philselmer
(1 messages posted)
This problem is not actually a result of anything Microsoft has done wrong. Dr.
Watson is getting called up because one of the applications running crashed (or encountered
some other type of error). When shutting down the computer, dwwin is forcefully
closed.
Any application can cause dwwin to be launched. It seems like this happens most
often when applications are shutting themselves down improperly. Since the computer
is shutting down anyway, dwwin gets called up and immediately shutdown.
On Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 12:22 pm, JNettik wrote:
>Look at the dates on this thread!!! This has been going on for 6 freekin years.
>Thanks again, Microsoft!!!
>
>BTW - Yes I get the message on my laptop everytime I shut it down.
>
>FWIW - It looks like DrWatson is trying to report an error, but get's stuck in the
>background and never completes the process. Then when you shutdown Windows, you
>get the error that it's trying to load (DrWatson dll) but can't and now the OS is
>shutting down.
>
>
>
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Friday, March 6, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Posted by JBT
(1 messages posted)
I am experiencing a dwwin.exe problem when I try to use the Sirius internet media
player. I load it and then my computer freezes up and I get this message when I close
the program:
dwwin.exe- entry point not found
The prodcedure entry point ReinitializeCriticalSection could not be located in the
dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll
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I would appreciate assistance resolving this annoying error! thanks!
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Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 8:22 am
Posted by Papewaio
(1 messages posted)
Had a laptop start exhibiting this message. Laptop had Google toolbar and Nvidia
software. Removed GoogleToolbar and turned off 'nwiz' in the startup (ref post by
tvzz on Apr 25, 2008).
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Just opened 5 new Vostro 1500 with XP and had the same problem. Just uninstall Google
Desktop and it will repair the problem.
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