Re: "DWWin.exe failed" when shutting down

"S.Sengupta" wrote:

> First of all dwwin.exe is an error reporting tool.It's only trying to

> investigate "events" that it believes is causing problems that may lead

> to crashing.

> you look at the Event viewer to know what exactly is happening.

>

> How To View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP

> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kbEN-USq308427

>

> Error Reporting Overview

> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/satech/cer/GettingStartedMNU.asp

>

> regards,

> ssg MS-MVP

>

> tonpal wrote:

>

> > For no obvious reason, I started getting an error message when I shut down

> > WinXP. The message is only on-screen for less than a second so I've been

> > unable to catch it all, but (probably paraphrased) it says that "DWWin.exe

> > failed to initialise because Windows is shutting down".

> >

> > It may be that this started after automated error reporting to MS when FS9,

> > and later WinXP, said that they 'had to shut down' but I did not notice it as

> > following immediately, nor did it immediately follow any installation or

> > update.

> >

> > Part of me doesn't care because because other sites I've seen say this is

> > benign but any error makes me wonder what is behind it and what it might be

> > hiding. I am also afraid that some important error message may come up in the

> > future and I will dismiss it thinking it is this one again. Besides, I've

> > spent a load of money on this machine and I want it to work properly!

> >

> > Any suggestions how to clear this?

> >

> > Thanks

> >

> > tonpal

>