DirectDBNotifyWndProc

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Hello,
Before I analyze my problem I would like to say that I have read numerous
posts over the internet about DirectDBNotifyWndProc. None of them can even
come close to what I have to deal with.
I have been experiencing a problem that its becoming more and more annoying.
My PC runs fine except this process. No, I dont have shutdown problems or
similar kinds of behaviour. What I have is this DirectDBNotifyWndProc
appearing all the sudden, out of nowhere. This thing appears for like 1
second, ALWAYS at the taskbar and straight after it disappears! It runs
numerous times, in a random sequence. I get no other notification, I dont
even find anything relative at my logged events. I dont know what kicks this
process, believe me I have tried a lot.
Now, since the PC is located in an office and there are various of
programs running (like a business administration program), it becomes
annoying through the following way. Whenever it runs at the taskbar, my PC
returns to desktop and I have to get back to the program I was using through
the taskbar. Yeah, in a way it minimizes my running applications when it
runs.
What can it be? How am I going to find out what causes it to run and then
disappear? Can that be realtive to some possible malfunction or some
virus-spyware?
Can that also be relative to another problem I face which has to do with
the same computer when dialing and connecting to the internet? As soon as I
connect, everything freezes for an unknown amount of time. Usually in like
5-10 minutes, nothing works. I see apps running in the taskbar but they dont
disappear even when I manage to close them. Yes, in some, like Outlook
Express, I can close the app, but Internet Explorer, I can only minimize.
Outlook still shows in the taskbar like whatever was running PRIOR to
connecting, EVEN if I managed to close them. Other things I noticed are the
following.
1. Taskbar, Quick Launch, the icons to the right of the taskbar, all frozen.
2. Desktop (I get there ONLY with Alt+Tab) has clickable shortcuts but even
though you click on them, nothing makes to to run.
3. Alt+Ctrl+Del doesnt respond, even though you see the 3D mouse "working"
4. Upon connection the PopUp window that says "Connected to xxx provider"
freezes and stays semi-transparent until computer manages to get out of this
stage.
5. My Computer shortcut is the only one that responds.

When the computer exits this freeze, every shortcut I have clicked on, all
the Ctrl+Alt+Del attempts, generally everything I have been doing while it
was frozen, starts appearing all together, very fast, then the computer is
fine and I can continue working on it without any further problems! If I
disconnect and try to reconnect, I usually have less chances of being frozen
again, because most of the times it connects without freezing, although there
were times it froze again.

I wonder if anyone can help in the entire matter as a whole or separately in
the 2 serious problems I face.

Thanks!

P.S. Greetings to you PABear, hope you remember me! :)
 
I apologize for forgetting information regarding my PC.
I run Windows XP Home, SP2, fully updated, with NOD32 antivirus and Windows
Firewall.
Let me know if there is any other info needed.

Thanks
 
Run a full system virus scan with fully up-to-date definitions.

**It is very important to run the update for each program before running the
app/s to be sure you have the latest definitions.**
Run the programs in Safe Mode after assuring you have shut down all running
tasks except explorer or systray and all apps are fully up to date.
Remove your Temp Internet files: Right click IE. Under the General tab click
Delete Files, put a check in Delete all Offline..., click OK and close when
finished.
Delete all files in c:\windows\temp.

Download/run Cool Web Shredder from:
http://www.intermute.com/products/cwshredder.html

For Info on Cool Web Search variants:
http://www.richardthelionhearted.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html

Download/install/run Ad-Aware SE to detect/rid of any other parasites/spyware
that may be installed. It can be obtained free from:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
After installing Ad-Aware, open it and click on the ref update to get the
latest up-to-date ref file, then run Ad-Aware and delete everything it finds.

Download/install/run Spybot - Search & Destroy:
http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=download
Run it at it's default settings until you learn an know more about it. Spybot
S&D is more of an advanced users tool and changing from the default settings can
be dangerous to the novice user. Items found in the default settings that are
RED can usually be safely removed. If you are unsure of a found item, do not
remove it and ask for help.

If you still have problems, download/run HijackThis from:
http://www.richardthelionhearted.com/~merijn/downloads.html
http://majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html

Copy HJT to it's own folder, this is where the log files will be saved. Run
HJT in Normal Mode.
Do not remove anything with it until you get advice on what to remove, HJThis
will list many apps that are needed along with the bad ones. Removing items
listed hap-hazardly without knowing what they are can/will create a royal mess.
Read the quick start here on how to create a log file that can be copied/pasted
into a forum that can provide assistance on removal of unwanted pests.
http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/#quick

Then post the logs to an appropriate forum where they specialize in
spyware/hijacker removal. Please read any sticky notes for proper posting which
are most commonly posted first at the top in each specific forum. Read any
information under each forum category name for information on what that
particular one is used for, look for the proper one that you post logs to.
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/
http://aumha.net/
http://forum.aumha.org/

After running the above and assuring you have a clean machine:
It’s also a good idea to have a HOSTS file to block bad sites, scroll to HOSTS
File Manager here:
http://www.mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/Software.htm

Download/install/run SpywareBlaster which stops the badboys before they even get
a chance to install:
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
 
dimie71 said:
I have been experiencing a problem that its becoming more and more annoying.
My PC runs fine except this process. No, I dont have shutdown problems or
similar kinds of behaviour. What I have is this DirectDBNotifyWndProc
appearing all the sudden, out of nowhere. This thing appears for like 1
second, ALWAYS at the taskbar and straight after it disappears! It runs
numerous times, in a random sequence. I get no other notification, I dont
even find anything relative at my logged events. I dont know what kicks this
process, believe me I have tried a lot.
Now, since the PC is located in an office and there are various of
programs running (like a business administration program), it becomes
annoying through the following way. Whenever it runs at the taskbar, my PC
returns to desktop and I have to get back to the program I was using through
the taskbar. Yeah, in a way it minimizes my running applications when it
runs.
What can it be? How am I going to find out what causes it to run and then
disappear? Can that be realtive to some possible malfunction or some
virus-spyware?
Click to expand...

download and run Process Explorer
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html

You can change the refresh rate to catch it - or hit space to pause.

Double click on the process(s), reading it's image and command line
will tell you where to find them. stop the process and delete the
file/directory.

Use The toolbar FIND and search for what program uses that call.
(it should work)
 
dimie71 said:
Hello,
Before I analyze my problem I would like to say that I have read numerous
posts over the internet about DirectDBNotifyWndProc. None of them can even
come close to what I have to deal with.
I have been experiencing a problem that its becoming more and more annoying.
My PC runs fine except this process. No, I dont have shutdown problems or
similar kinds of behaviour. What I have is this DirectDBNotifyWndProc
appearing all the sudden, out of nowhere. This thing appears for like 1
second, ALWAYS at the taskbar and straight after it disappears! It runs
numerous times, in a random sequence. I get no other notification, I dont
even find anything relative at my logged events. I dont know what kicks this
process, believe me I have tried a lot.
Now, since the PC is located in an office and there are various of
programs running (like a business administration program), it becomes
annoying through the following way. Whenever it runs at the taskbar, my PC
returns to desktop and I have to get back to the program I was using through
the taskbar. Yeah, in a way it minimizes my running applications when it
runs.
What can it be? How am I going to find out what causes it to run and then
disappear? Can that be realtive to some possible malfunction or some
virus-spyware?
Can that also be relative to another problem I face which has to do with
the same computer when dialing and connecting to the internet? As soon as I
connect, everything freezes for an unknown amount of time. Usually in like
5-10 minutes, nothing works. I see apps running in the taskbar but they dont
disappear even when I manage to close them. Yes, in some, like Outlook
Express, I can close the app, but Internet Explorer, I can only minimize.
Outlook still shows in the taskbar like whatever was running PRIOR to
connecting, EVEN if I managed to close them. Other things I noticed are the
following.
1. Taskbar, Quick Launch, the icons to the right of the taskbar, all frozen.
2. Desktop (I get there ONLY with Alt+Tab) has clickable shortcuts but even
though you click on them, nothing makes to to run.
3. Alt+Ctrl+Del doesnt respond, even though you see the 3D mouse "working"
4. Upon connection the PopUp window that says "Connected to xxx provider"
freezes and stays semi-transparent until computer manages to get out of this
stage.
5. My Computer shortcut is the only one that responds.

When the computer exits this freeze, every shortcut I have clicked on, all
the Ctrl+Alt+Del attempts, generally everything I have been doing while it
was frozen, starts appearing all together, very fast, then the computer is
fine and I can continue working on it without any further problems! If I
disconnect and try to reconnect, I usually have less chances of being frozen
again, because most of the times it connects without freezing, although there
were times it froze again.

I wonder if anyone can help in the entire matter as a whole or separately in
the 2 serious problems I face.

Thanks!

P.S. Greetings to you PABear, hope you remember me! :)
Click to expand...

What troubleshooting steps have you tried? Does it happen in safe mode?
Besides the Nod32 have you done a thorough scan for other malware in
safe mode using a combination of programs such as adaware SE, Spybot
S&D, etc.?
 
dimie71 said:
Hello,
Before I analyze my problem I would like to say that I have read
numerous posts over the internet about DirectDBNotifyWndProc. None of
them can even come close to what I have to deal with.
I have been experiencing a problem that its becoming more and more
annoying. My PC runs fine except this process. No, I dont have
shutdown problems or similar kinds of behaviour. What I have is this
DirectDBNotifyWndProc appearing all the sudden, out of nowhere. This
thing appears for like 1 second, ALWAYS at the taskbar and straight
after it disappears! It runs numerous times, in a random sequence. I
get no other notification, I dont even find anything relative at my
logged events. I dont know what kicks this process, believe me I have
tried a lot. Now, since the PC is located in an office and there are
various of
programs running (like a business administration program), it becomes
annoying through the following way. Whenever it runs at the taskbar,
my PC returns to desktop and I have to get back to the program I was
using through the taskbar. Yeah, in a way it minimizes my running
applications when it runs.
What can it be? How am I going to find out what causes it to run
and then disappear? Can that be realtive to some possible malfunction
or some virus-spyware?
Can that also be relative to another problem I face which has to do
with the same computer when dialing and connecting to the internet?
As soon as I connect, everything freezes for an unknown amount of
time. Usually in like 5-10 minutes, nothing works. I see apps running
in the taskbar but they dont disappear even when I manage to close
them. Yes, in some, like Outlook Express, I can close the app, but
Internet Explorer, I can only minimize. Outlook still shows in the
taskbar like whatever was running PRIOR to connecting, EVEN if I
managed to close them. Other things I noticed are the following.
1. Taskbar, Quick Launch, the icons to the right of the taskbar, all
frozen.
2. Desktop (I get there ONLY with Alt+Tab) has clickable shortcuts
but even though you click on them, nothing makes to to run.
3. Alt+Ctrl+Del doesnt respond, even though you see the 3D mouse
"working"
4. Upon connection the PopUp window that says "Connected to xxx
provider" freezes and stays semi-transparent until computer manages
to get out of this stage.
5. My Computer shortcut is the only one that responds.

When the computer exits this freeze, every shortcut I have clicked
on, all the Ctrl+Alt+Del attempts, generally everything I have been
doing while it was frozen, starts appearing all together, very fast,
then the computer is fine and I can continue working on it without
any further problems! If I disconnect and try to reconnect, I usually
have less chances of being frozen again, because most of the times it
connects without freezing, although there were times it froze again.

I wonder if anyone can help in the entire matter as a whole or
separately in the 2 serious problems I face.

Thanks!

P.S. Greetings to you PABear, hope you remember me! :)
Click to expand...

Remove "SpySweeper" from your system.
 
@HeyBub...I dont have and I never had SpySweeper. Never installed it.

@Brian A. ...I already have Ad-Aware SE, updated to the latest definitions
(SE1R121-28.08.2006), I run a scan every week and I get nothing apart from
cookies... I have already used HijackThis, there is nothing in there that is
not normal. The processes running are the expected ones, nothing unknown or
unexpected. I dont have Spybot Search & Destroy, do you really think it makes
such a huge difference?

@[email protected] dont need to catch the process! I already
caught the process accidentally one of those times the PC froze! lol...It was
there when I used Alt+Tab, frozen, thats how I found out that the thing
running was DirectDBNotifyWndProc.
What do you mean when you say "use the toolbar FIND"???

@Rock...As you see above I have tried a lot. The WinXP installation is only
2 months old. I even tried system restore, its still there. I have done all
kinds of thorough scans with Ad-Aware and Nod32. Everything is TOTALLY
updated.

@everybody!
Do you think there might be a connection on DirectDBNotifyWndProc and my
computer freezing upon connection? DirectDBNotifyWndProc doesnt always run
upon connection. It might not run for 30 minutes AFTER connection, AFTER the
computer exits the freeze mode. So I cannot assume that this process causes
the freeze because even when it doesnt run, the PC freezes upon connection.
Yeah, I have tried safe mode too. There is nothing appearing when I use
Nod32, Ad-Aware, HijackThis...

Any other suggestions?
 
dimie71 said:
@HeyBub...I dont have and I never had SpySweeper. Never installed it.

@Brian A. ...I already have Ad-Aware SE, updated to the latest definitions
(SE1R121-28.08.2006), I run a scan every week and I get nothing apart from
cookies... I have already used HijackThis, there is nothing in there that is
not normal. The processes running are the expected ones, nothing unknown or
unexpected. I dont have Spybot Search & Destroy, do you really think it makes
such a huge difference?

@[email protected] dont need to catch the process! I already
caught the process accidentally one of those times the PC froze! lol...It was
there when I used Alt+Tab, frozen, thats how I found out that the thing
running was DirectDBNotifyWndProc.
What do you mean when you say "use the toolbar FIND"???

@Rock...As you see above I have tried a lot. The WinXP installation is only
2 months old. I even tried system restore, its still there. I have done all
kinds of thorough scans with Ad-Aware and Nod32. Everything is TOTALLY
updated.

@everybody!
Do you think there might be a connection on DirectDBNotifyWndProc and my
computer freezing upon connection? DirectDBNotifyWndProc doesnt always run
upon connection. It might not run for 30 minutes AFTER connection, AFTER the
computer exits the freeze mode. So I cannot assume that this process causes
the freeze because even when it doesnt run, the PC freezes upon connection.
Yeah, I have tried safe mode too. There is nothing appearing when I use
Nod32, Ad-Aware, HijackThis...

Any other suggestions?






:
Click to expand...

Does the problem occur in Safe Mode? If not do some clean boot
troubleshooting.

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434

How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353
 
dimie71 said:
@[email protected] dont need to catch the process! I already
caught the process accidentally one of those times the PC froze! lol...It was
there when I used Alt+Tab, frozen, thats how I found out that the thing
running was DirectDBNotifyWndProc.
What do you mean when you say "use the toolbar FIND"???
Click to expand...

But do you know what process is run from? DirectDBNotifyWndProc isn't
a process, it's a call from the process.

In Process Explorer is a find option the tool bar, insert
DirectDBNotifyWndProc in the space provided and see what process it's
from. - not sure if this will really work or not, but it's worth a try
 
dimie71 said:
@Brian A. ...I already have Ad-Aware SE, updated to the latest definitions
(SE1R121-28.08.2006), I run a scan every week and I get nothing apart from
cookies... I have already used HijackThis, there is nothing in there that is
not normal. The processes running are the expected ones, nothing unknown or
unexpected. I dont have Spybot Search & Destroy, do you really think it makes
such a huge difference?
Click to expand...
Not huge, but it can be said that Ad-aware and SB S&D compliment each other,
since each may/can/do find things the other didn't.


--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
 
Will try what you suggest tomorrow. Tell me something else. Is there anyway
that what I describe has to do with my PC freezing upon connection? So far
nobody has specifically referred to the PC freezing problem.
So does anybody believe that the 2 problems I describe can be relative?
 
Ok now dimie, it appears that a very large percentage of this problem is due
to OE. First to possibly confirm or identify it:
Click Start > Run, type in: eventvwr.msc and press Enter.
Look through the App and System events to see if any errors have to do with
msimn.exe.

Also see if any of this helps:
How to manually remove and reinstall Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q263837/

How to reinstall or repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q318378



--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
 
Do you really think it has to do with OE? Let me make clear that the freeze
occurs even when I dont use OE at all...I mean I connect various times
without using OE and the PC still freezes!
 
I also want to add that Windows Defender is running, with fully updated
definitions. I apologize forgetting about this...
 
Managed to "freeze" with Process Explorer. At the moment of "impact" (lol), 2
things appear. One is hptskmgr.exe which runs under svchost.exe and its the
HP task management component. I have an HP printer connected to the PC.
The other one is userinit.exe which is Usernit Logon Application.

In my events everything is clear, apart from Windows Defender reporting that
Process Explorer is spyware or other potentially unwanted software!!! Hahaha!
It seems to me that whatever can help Windows operate smoothly is UNWANTED
software!
Hey, who updates these definitions, he deserves a medal for terrorizing
Windows users!

So, what do I do now?
 
Anybody with a suggestion?
I am almost certain that the HP task manager is causing all this. Can it be
that this problem appears just because the driver is unsigned?
I wonder why noone posts back at me all the sudden...
 
Nice...
I am left without any option, without any support from Microsoft I guess.
Too bad for a product I have BOUGHT. I think support and the recent note in
microsoft's first website page about the quality of their support, is
eventually nothing but words...

I really wonder if anybody got irritated by my comments on Windows Defender
Definitions. If that is the case, then to my logic, that is pathetic. What
should a user like me do when he/she realizes that the so called "reliable"
product, including its additions, behaves unexpectedly, causes problems, and
most of all when the additives cause more problems thatn the ones already
existing? Should he/she stay silent and accept it, in order not to risk of
microsoft ignoring him/her?

I doubt anybody realizes how negative that is for Microsoft. Leaving
somebody in the dark, makes him search for alternatives...Why should you
care? You already got the money for my copy of Windows, right? So who cares...
 
No you're not optionless yet, sorry but I've been elswhere. If you believe
the issue is caused by HP's task manager, try uninstalling it or disbaling it if
you can to see if it clears it up. If not check into OE, as mentioned before,
everwhere I checked OE came up.

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
 
dimie71 said:
Nice...
I am left without any option, without any support from Microsoft I guess.
Too bad for a product I have BOUGHT. I think support and the recent note in
microsoft's first website page about the quality of their support, is
eventually nothing but words...

I really wonder if anybody got irritated by my comments on Windows Defender
Definitions. If that is the case, then to my logic, that is pathetic. What
should a user like me do when he/she realizes that the so called "reliable"
product, including its additions, behaves unexpectedly, causes problems, and
most of all when the additives cause more problems thatn the ones already
existing? Should he/she stay silent and accept it, in order not to risk of
microsoft ignoring him/her?

I doubt anybody realizes how negative that is for Microsoft. Leaving
somebody in the dark, makes him search for alternatives...Why should you
care? You already got the money for my copy of Windows, right? So who cares...
Click to expand...

<snip>

I can understand you're frustration, but there are a few things you are
mixing up here. First you have isolated your problem to third party
software. It's their problem and yours. Uninstall it, talk to HP. Not
all printer software is needed for the printer to work.

Second you are not talking to Microsoft here. The people who post here
are volunteers who help out on their own time. Many people helped you,
and through their help the problem was isolated.

If you want MS support call then though you'll need to pay for it, and
since it's been tracked down to a 3rd party program, then the answer
will be as stated above.

Don't take out your frustration on the good folks here who helped you.
 
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