DWM adopts Windows? [DWM adopts Windows?]

GamlerHart — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:42:14 GMT

I've occasionally a really strage behavior on my vista-machine:

Somethims if I''m killing the Java-VM with a debugger attached, a windows doesn't die together with the java.exe process. It just
"hangs" around, no-movable and black.

When I'm inspecting the windows in Spy++, the window got adopted by the desktop window manager (dwn). The windows is a "Ghost" and "disabled". And if I kill the window with "task->bar-right-klick->close" the dwm-process gets restarted.

Has someone an idea how to explain this behavior? It isn't a problem, but I'm curious.

Sceen (black window and spy++):

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Mad windows service [Mad windows service]

GamlerHart — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:49:45 GMT

A service on my Windows Vista (SP1 RC) is regularly running mad. If it is using 50% of the Dual-Core-CPU and never stops. If it is doing this, I can't open the windows-taskmanager and some other applications. Somehow it is locked up. Even the UAC has problems to show up, if I launch the Sysinternals Process Explorer as admin-user.

With the Process Explorer I can see that on Thread of the "wevtsvc.dll" seems to do somehow a busy-wait on "ntkrnlpa.exe!KeWaitForMultipleObjects" =(.

Now I've no idea what I should do. Just re-install windows or troubleshoot further. My question is if you guy know a strategy for exploring such problems or know a excellent forum to ask?

thx gamlor

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