Suspected DWM malfunctioning

Discussion in 'Software' started by itstony, Feb 11, 2014.

  1. itstony

    itstony Private E-2

    Hi,
    i'm having an irritating issue, every couple of hours after i start up my computer, i get one of a number of small error boxes saying something along the lines of, windows IP has crashed or the color scheme has been changed, they don't seem to come in any order, and they don't seem to affect the computer's capabilities at all, baring the fact that they stop aero theme's from working, and revert it to windows 7 basic color scheme.
    At first i assumed a graphical problem and updated my drivers to the latest from ATI(not the beta drivers) but that has had little effect.
    I had a quick blast over google, but as i can't really narrow down my problem other than it seems to be to do with windows, and effects the theme, i didn't find much helpful and you guys were my next port of call.
    Thanks in advance,

    Tony
     
  2. itstony

    itstony Private E-2

    It has just brought up one of the many different error messages, and i managed to think on and print screen it, i was just scrolling through reddit when it popped up and to my knowledge the computer wasn't doing anything else.
     

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  3. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi Tony

    Have your tried to boot into Safe Mode (F8 at boot and choose Safe Mode with Networking so you have internet access) and see if you get same issues, if you don't then suspect malware so scan your PC or run the steps HERE (if anything found then post in our malware forum and attach the logs)

    or if no malware disable all startups in msconfig (startup tab) and reboot and check if all is ok, if so enable and reboot on each startup to try and find the causing application.

    Also check in Services that the User Profile Service is Started and Running, as it should be Running.
     
  4. itstony

    itstony Private E-2

    I ran a Full computer malware scan and it didn't fetch up anything, and i checked the services and the ups seemed fine and was running, so i'm going to give it a go in safe mode and check the start ups now, i caught another one of the errors that popped up.
    Also i tried disabling the aero themes myself and switching to a standard one and there is a marked improvement though the issue is still there.
     

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