Did you guys just give up?

Originally Posted by Giraffe }{unter

Hey, this problem drove me nuts last night. My media Center PC out of the blue just started acting up with the generic host process for win32 services encountered a problem and needs to close (see error desc below) Also there was no sound, but everything was installed in HW manager.

I tried the usual reboots, made sure all my cards were snug, but no luck. Googling the error only got me a bunch of HP printer scanner driver issues that cause this, and of course the usual you got a virus etc...

No printers installed and no viruses here. So I went on my own.

Turns out almost 2 weeks ago I updated my ATI drivers to the latest catalyst, which reeked havoc on my TV output so I completely uninstalled all ATI software, and that annoying ATI control panel then reverted to an OLDER version on my drive that I knew worked. I experienced no issues until last night.

I noticed an ATI driver update was available so I uninstalled my working driver version and the ATI control panel and let windows update take care of the driver this time. After reboot all was well again.

I'm guessing this problem can relate to any hardware driver My guess is the new services added by the ATI control panel caused my problem, not sure why it took so long to surface.

My advice would be go back to the last driver you updated, uninstall it then re-install either the newest version. It's your call weather you want to get the driver from windows update or the manufacturer's site. If that doesn't work do them all it may take a little while, but at least you will be updated.

Good luck.

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Event Type:    Error
Event Source:    Application Error
Event Category:    (100)
Event ID:    1000
Date:        4/5/2005
Time:        11:35:19 PM
User:        N/A
Computer:    MEDIA-CENTER
Description:
Faulting application svchost.exe, version 5.1.2600.2180, faulting module ole32.dll, version 5.1.2600.2595, fault address 0x000020bb.
 
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74   Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c   ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 73 76 63   ure  svc
0018: 68 6f 73 74 2e 65 78 65   host.exe
0020: 20 35 2e 31 2e 32 36 30    5.1.260
0028: 30 2e 32 31 38 30 20 69   0.2180 i
0030: 6e 20 6f 6c 65 33 32 2e   n ole32.
0038: 64 6c 6c 20 35 2e 31 2e   dll 5.1.
0040: 32 36 30 30 2e 32 35 39   2600.259
0048: 35 20 61 74 20 6f 66 66   5 at off
0050: 73 65 74 20 30 30 30 30   set 0000
0058: 32 30 62 62               20bb

Event Type: Error Event Source: Application Error Event Category: (100) Event ID: 1000 Date: 4/5/2005 Time: 11:35:19 PM User: N/A Computer: MEDIA-CENTER Description: Faulting application svchost.exe, version 5.1.2600.2180, faulting module ole32.dll, version 5.1.2600.2595, fault address 0x000020bb. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Data: 0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat 0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail 0010: 75 72 65 20 20 73 76 63 ure svc 0018: 68 6f 73 74 2e 65 78 65 host.exe 0020: 20 35 2e 31 2e 32 36 30 5.1.260 0028: 30 2e 32 31 38 30 20 69 0.2180 i 0030: 6e 20 6f 6c 65 33 32 2e n ole32. 0038: 64 6c 6c 20 35 2e 31 2e dll 5.1. 0040: 32 36 30 30 2e 32 35 39 2600.259 0048: 35 20 61 74 20 6f 66 66 5 at off 0050: 73 65 74 20 30 30 30 30 set 0000 0058: 32 30 62 62 20bb

Originally Posted by kriskin

hi i had the same prob: is it allowing you to do updates?if not then you need a file call enable your xp for updates if you dont have it email me and ill send it ....i installed it and worked fine havent had generic host 32 pop up ...what generic host 32 is that its not a virus its a file in xpsp2 that causes the error so you need to to do the updates hope this helps

Originally Posted by Sassy

Hi!

About four weeks ago now, out of the blue the "Generic Host Process for Win32 Services ERROR" popped up. I reformatted my hard drive (had some other nasties in there too) and updated to XP Pro, and installed SP2 for the first time. Then the error popped up again, and i installed a Microsoft patch, and for a couple of weeks there, the error seemed to disappear. But now, as of two or so days ago now, it comes up every half our or so and all I can do is reboot my computer as the internet automatically stops working.

I did the suggestion to help you have more details on my system.. my event log is as follows.

Faulting application svchost.exe, version 5.1.2600.2180, faulting module netapi32.dll, version 5.1.2600.2180, fault address 0x0000a3c0.

Event ID: 1000.

and its just popped up (saying "Generic Host Process for Win32 Services has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." so before im disconnected, i'll post this. any help would be appreciated! (and AVG and PANDA active havent found any viruses).

ThankyoU!

Originally Posted by Sassy

thankyou thankyou!!

thanks for all your suggestions and help :]

Around the time I first had the problem pop up I had put a new drive in my computer, I'm not sure if that had anything to do with a conflict or not.

and I've used the utility and blocked the ports and haven't had the problem since so hopefully that's done the fix!

thanks so much.. hopefully I wont be back around for a while lol.