Guest man--1415@hotmail.com Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 RE: "DWWin.exe failed" when shutting down "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
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