Solved dwm.exe has stopped working every 2 minutes.

[tomsterley]

Every 2-3 minutes I get this popup:


I have copied the error information and have shown it here:

Problem Event Name:	APPCRASH
  Application Name:	dwm.exe
  Application Version:	0.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:	000e6bfc
  Fault Module Name:	dwm.exe
  Fault Module Version:	0.0.0.0
  Fault Module Timestamp:	000e6bfc
  Exception Code:	c000001d
  Exception Offset:	000000000005c0a8
  OS Version:	6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
  Locale ID:	1033
  Additional Information 1:	a681
  Additional Information 2:	a6815bd14801eb6a5d654ae1c7fe8bc1
  Additional Information 3:	2769
  Additional Information 4:	27699c8391b48bdc18ca43cf2940f9c4

If anyone knows how to fix this please tell me as this is driving me crazy!

 

[NoN]

Have you installed the lastest windows update patches, today?

 

[tomsterley]

No, but I will...

 

[NoN]

Look at this thread before: Windows 7 will be getting patches in Windows Update later today there's link to knowledge base articles. One is for the Desktop Window Manager.

We could also quickly check your settings in the taskbar properties.

 

[NoN]

Could look at the services.msc if the Desktop Windows Manager Session Manager is set to start, automatic.

Here you can see all the services to their default settings: Restore Default Services in Windows 7