DDE Server Window

Hi,

getting the following error on a few pc's on our network:
When trying to shut-down the pc a dialog box appears which says:

'End Program - DDE Server Window'

only option is 'End Now'

If you click 'End Now' it usually disappears for a few seconds and then
the same box appears again about 3 or 4 times before it eventually
shuts down about 5 mins after you began the process so it can get quite
annoying!

The workstations in question are mostly WindowsXP but also a few
Win2000. (some with SP!, some with SP2 and win2000 with SP4) We are
running an Exchange 2003 Server with ISA Server 2004 - the ISA client
is installed on each workstation - I have a feeling this may be the
root of the problem...

I have checked Administrative Tools > Services and both 'Network DDE'
and 'Network DDE DSDM' services are disabled on all clients.

any suggestions appreciated.

thanks!

b1888 wrote:
[snip -- weird problems with shutdown on machines with lots of shoddy
Microsoft software installed]

I suggest finding a better software vendor. Business and server stuff
especially is better off being based on unix -- linux, *bsd. Even MacOS
X would probably be better(!) ... end-user desktops need usability, an
area in which unix tends to perform poorly, but servers maintained by
gurus need reliability more, and headless servers no-one directly sits
down at have no need of human factors anyway, so unix's HCI losses are
moot there but its big wins in security and reliability aren't.

--
[url]http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html[/url]
Palladium? Trusted Computing? DRM? Microsoft? Sauron.
"One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them
One ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them."