Errors when shutting down

[Mervin Williams]

I receive the following errors when shutting down my Windows XP SP2 laptop:

1. "dwwin.exe - DLL Initialization Failed - The application failed to
initialize because the window station is shutting down."
2. "End Program - sw - The system cannot end this program because it's
waiting for a response from you."
3. "sw:AcroRd32.exe - Application Error - the instruction at... The memory
could not be read."

Any assistance in helping me to resolve this problem would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Mervin Williams

 

[Pedro Lerma]

For DWWIN.EXE error (this seems an doctor watson error)

click on START/ RUN then type MSCONFIG, then OK
in the next windows you should click on SERVICES then disable services of
error report, then restart your PC.
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/dwwin/

The next two questions sound like acrobat reader error, try to run regclean
from microsoft or try with Windows onecare`s online scan to check for any
registry problems.

Pedro

 

[Curt Christianson]

Hi Mervin,

See MS-MVP Jim Eshelmans' site for some good XP shutdown t-shooting :
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

HTH,