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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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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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hi, i know what it is. the Dr.waston. a tool for checking error of Windows

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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