dwwin.exe - application failed to initialize

[TheBlueRaja]

Hey all,
Every time i shut down i get a popup window saying that dwwin.exe - The application failed to initialize because the window station is shutting down.

When i look in the event log i get:-

Application popup: dwwin.exe - DLL Initialization Failed : The application failed to initialize because the window station is shutting down.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
Blah de blah.

Incidentally the link tells me nuffin, The Event ID for this is 26.

Any Ideas? Even how i could find out what DLL its talking about?

 

[TheBlueRaja]

Details
Product: Windows Operating System
ID: 26
Source: Application Popup
Version: 5.2
Symbolic Name: STATUS_LOG_HARD_ERROR
Message: Application popup: %1 : %2

Explanation
The program could not load a driver because the program user doesn't have sufficient privileges to access the driver or because the drive is missing or corrupt.


User Action
To correct this problem:

Ensure that the program user has sufficient privileges to access the directory in which the driver is installed.
Reinstall the program to restore the driver to the correct location.
If these solutions do not work, contact Product Support Services.



Version: 5.0
Symbolic Name: status_log_hard_error
Message: Unable to Load Device Driver : device driver could not be loaded.

Explanation
The program could not load a driver because the program user doesn't have sufficient privileges to access the driver or because the drive is missing or corrupt.


User Action
To correct this problem:

Reinstall the program to restore the driver to the correct location.
If these solutions do not work, contact Product Support Services.

 

[Petros]

dwwin is DrWatson, a built-in debugger component in Windows.

Go into regedit and open HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENT VERSION\RUN and for dwwin.exe, change the value so it looks like "start /belownormal dwwin.exe /init"

 

[TheBlueRaja]

Whoa - Thanks HandyBuddy for the very quick reply?

But - hows that work and what going on?

 

[Petros]

It's normally a message that should be suppressed, but it's not happening. I've hear a few things (one is that it's somehow related to Zone Alarm) but I'm not absolutely sure.

 

[TheBlueRaja]

Ah - problem,
dwwin.exe is not lister under that registry key, any ideas?

 

[Petros]

Try this instead:
go to HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENT VERSION\AeDebug and change "Auto" to 0. If it's already 0, delete the value under Debugger.

 

[TheBlueRaja]

Okay,
I did that - then reset so that the registry setting change would take effect - then reset again.

But - same problem...

 

[Petros]

I guess there's one last thing--you can delete the AeDebug key altogether.

Hope it helps!

 

[TheBlueRaja]

Hmm, im at work now but i did notice in that article that it says...

AeDebug

Value Name = Auto
Type = String (REG_SZ)
Data Value = 1 or 0. (Default is 1)

Where my one was set to 0....