After windows XP had started, the PC would pop up a window titled: SQL Writer

The window would say something like: sqldumper library failed initialization.

Its an inconvenience, and the customer wanted it removed.

I looked at various startup programs, but I couldn’t find anything obvious.

But after some research, I found an elegant solution:

Disable the SQL server service

ie:

Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> Services

or

Start -> run -> services.msc

go to the SQL server entry and change it from automatic to manual (or even disabled)