" windows forms parking window" infection?

[TwoRails]

Hi All,

Trying to help a friend via email. His system has slowed to a crawl and he is getting a popup window on shut down. All the fino I have is:

a window pops up that says windows forms parking window

I advised the standard full virus scan, Spybot scan, and Ad-Aware SE scan.

Just wondering if anybody has run into this one before? I didn't find anything on a search.

TIA

TwoRails

[TwoRails]

Nobody's run into this?

[rightcoast]

I've never seen that before for what is worth, I see at least one infected machine a day too. Not sure what that is....

[TwoRails]

Hi again, rightcoast - I've searched a little and found nothing. I'll just have to let him know I haven't found anything on it.

[munderwood]

Yes, I have seen exactly that pop up and yes, the machine is running very slowly. I have run (fresh) full virus scans and it is always protected anyway. I also run Ad-Aware, Spybot and the new Microsoft ASW Beta. Nothing detected anywhere.

I did try eliminating MS Office from the startup folder. I have yet to determine if that helped. (I was thinking perhpas it is some MS "Forms" widget that the user inadvertantly fired up.)

At any rate if anyone gets a handle on this I would appreciate a followup.

Regards,
Mike

[rjfvillarosa]

Hey Rails how you doing?
I came across this problem once before, it seems the problem is a piece of badly written script associated with a HP all in one printer.
If the "WindowsFormsParkingWindow" is in XP (ie shutdown). Make sure you don't have HP Image Zone Fast Start (hpqthb08.exe) in your startup folder.

[TwoRails]

I'm doing good, all things considered, rjfvillarosa!! Been working a lot of 13+ hour days, and some weekends, but I'm (barely) alive

The guy I was trying to help said thru email that he got it fixed. The reply was vague and it was something about contacting customer support....

Since munderwood (and possible others) are having problems with it, I'll try to get more details. (Hi munderwood )

If I find out anything useful, I'll post back.

BFN

[TwoRails]

Welcome to PC Mechanic, munderwood !!

(Sorry, I'm a little slow sometimes )

[Twinky1]

Hello. This has a bit of detail which I received from an HP Chat Technician. I have the HP PSC 2355 All In One, and ran into this same issue, I did all the searches with Ad-Aware, Spybot, Anti-Virus, and found nothing...here's your solution(s):

1. Click on the Start button.
2. Click Run.
3. In the Run dialog box, type c:/program files/hewlett-packard/digital imaging/bin.
4. Click OK.
5. After the bin window opens, click the file hpqthb08.exe
6. Click OK.
7. Type a name for the picture gallery, such as My Gallery
8. Click Finish.

If that does not work, or you cannot find the ".exe." file:

1. Click Start and select Run.
2. Type MSCONFIG and press Enter.
3. Click the Startup tab.
4. Uncheck the boxes for all HP related applications.
5. Click OK.
6. Restart the system

I had to do option #2. This is what I unchecked:
I unchecked hpcmpmgr, HPWuSchd2, HP Digital Imaging Monitor, and HP Image Zone Fast Start., I have the HP PSC 2355 All In One.

I haven't had a problem of this nature any more.
I hope this helps you all.

Sam

[TwoRails]

Hi Twinky1,

Welcome to PC Mechanic !!

Thanks for the tip, and the PM. Now all I have to do is remember who it was that was having the problem and pass the info along

TwoRails

[bozo]

I can vouch for this being HP all-in-one machines & the SW. I had the same nag shutting down, and it was due to a HP program running constantly in the background. I recall that I just stopped it from loading on startup.

[rcwillsjr]

Thanks, Twinkie! Very helpful!

My Dell PC now only takes about 20 seconds to shut down, instead of the previous 3 minutes or so. I had to use msconfig to uncheck all the HP commands, as (I found out later) my "Hewlett-Packard" folder was only called HP. Found a couple others that I really didn't care about, too.

Now all I need to do is find out what the "Error Loading NvQTwk" (rundll) message is all about.

Thanks, again!
rob

[juppy]

Nvqtwk is a graphics module for an Nvidia video chipset. Have you tried downloading the latest video drivers for your system, uninstalling the old ones, and installing the new drivers to see if that helps?

[rcwillsjr]

Turns out - I figured out how to re-install the original driver - the "annoyance" has now been removed. Probably should get the update, tho - don't really want the annoyance back - thanks.
rob

[TENERIFEboy]

I am from Spain. Excuse my language.
I got the problema about windows forms parking window.
HP knows nothing here. I began with the problem when I got HP 4255 all in one. In presence of Panda Titanium the error occurs.
When Panda is desinstalled the error disappear.
What can I do ?
The support from HP don't recognize this error to be of their responsability. Panda sent me an utility with no results and say me anything more.

Thanks

[glc]

The solution is already posted, please review the entire thread.

[gradymorris]

Thanks Twinky1,
I found the exact same files on my machine and used option #2 to disable startup. I have the HP 6100xi all in one.

[TimPoet]

Well, this thread is getting its mileage in....

I just bought an HP all in one, the C3180, I haven't loaded the programs for it, yet, but now I know what to do if I get a nag.