It sounds like an unregistered dll, probably in "Dr Watson" cache. Dr Watson is a debug program. It isn't serious, just annoying.
click Start, click Run, and then type drwtsn32
then press OK
See what happens

Hi
I had the same problem since I bought a Dell Laptop (D810) and the solution is the following:
I have downloaded and installed the latest version of Dell QuickSet from Dell web site and now, everthing works fine. No more error message occurs during this last month.
I have flashed the BIOS too the same day.
Yours sincerely

Bonjour
J'ai le même message depuis plusieurs mois sur mon Portable Dell (D810) et la solution est la suivante:
J'ai téléchargé et installé la version la plus récente de Dell QuickStet et tout fonctionne désormais correctement. Je n'ai plus aucune erreur depuis un mois.
J'ai aussi flashé le BIOS le même jour.

Cordialement

Hi I have the same issue: "I received the following message while shutting down my computer the other day. "dwwin.exe-DLL Initialization Failed". And also, upon shutting down an error about "Groove Monitor", which fails to initialize.

Can anyone help me solve these 2 errors, please?

 

Any help greatly appreciated.

Simona

Go here Uh, I don't know if that link's worked, of not, ciut and paste this:

http://help.lockergnome.com/windows/dwwin-exe-DLL-Initialization-Failed-ftopict560970.html

 

Hi,, thanks for the reply, but my problem is a little bit different. Here's what I got from the events that appear upon shuting down the laptop:

 

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 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

If anyone  can find what's happening, please let me know.

 

My pc cannot access the above link.

 

Many thanks,

 

simona

You could try here. http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1029715523 Read all the thread. Only proceed if you are happy with hacking the registry. Note the space before /