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Re: Generic host error

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Mar 10th, 2005

Hi again

Ive finally got rid of the problem, thanks to you mentioning that Norton AV usually causes these problems i decided to wipe my pc again without installing Norton and its been about a week now with no error report so this must have been the source of the problem. I recommend no-one uses Norton

Thanks again for your help and i hope to be of some use in future.

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Re: Generic host error

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Originally Posted by costadelsmee

I recommend no-one uses Norton

Unfortunately, that advice is becoming more valid.

Norton used to make pretty good and reliable products, but it seems that all of the "features" they're adding in their new releases are bringing a lot of bugs/conflicts with them. Although in all fairness- McAfee's latest offerings suffer from the same sorts of problems.

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Re: Generic host error

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Originally Posted by DMR

Nope- it's part of your soundcard software.

Your HJT log is totally clean, and since you've encountered the "generic host" error with three installs of XP, I'd say that malicious infections aren't the problem.

The "Generic Host Process for Win32 Services" is a file named svchost.exe; it is a core Windows file which manages/handles various processes running on your system.

The error message that you're getting is basically svchost.exe telling you it is encountering problems with one of the processes it is handling. To determine the real culprit, you need to identify the process that is causing svchost to choke. You can usually do this by looking deeper into the information contained in the full error message; the info which identifies the specific problem will be similar to:
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szAppName : svchost.exe szAppVer : 5.1.2600.2180 szModName : ntdll.dll 
szModVer : 5.1.2600.2180 offset : 00018fea
szAppName : svchost.exe szAppVer : 5.1.2600.2180 szModName : ntdll.dll szModVer : 5.1.2600.2180 offset : 00018fea
The ModName and ModVer entries identify the specific .dll file that's causing svchost trouble.

Just FYI: Norton/Symantec products have a bit of a history of causing such errors.

This is the exact error message that I am getting; however, I don't know what to do about it. If it was explained somewhere earlier in the thread, I seem to be missing it and am sorry.

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Re: Generic host error

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Feb 12th, 2006

The error message would come up when my computer starts up, afterwards the sound goes out. While looking for other people with this problem, I found someone who could atleast get the sound working again. "The same happened to me and this is how I fixed it:

CONTROL PANE>ADMINISTRATION SERVICES>SERVICES>SCROLL DOWN TO 'WINDOWS AUDIO' AND START THE SERVICE (HIGHLIGHT IT AND THEN CLICK ON START)"

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Re: Generic host error

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May 30th, 2006

I have seen in this thread a similar problem that I am having. I am getting this error message and can't seem to get rid of it. I saw one user was having problems due to Norton Antivirus, I am using Panda Titanium, I don't know if that is the problem. Please help.

Generic Host Process for Win32 Services encountered a problem and needed to close.

EventType : BEX P1 : svchost.exe P2 : 5.1.2600.2180 P3 : 41107ed6
P4 : unknown P5 : 0.0.0.0 P6 : 00000000 P7 : 00c696bc
P8 : c0000005 P9 : 00000008

C:\DOCUME~1\CUSINB~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER05c5.dir00\svchost.exe.mdmp
C:\DOCUME~1\CUSINB~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER05c5.dir00\appcompat.txt

I'm hoping that someone can help me.

Thank you,
Bruce

Last edited by DMR; May 31st, 2006 at 4:34 am.

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Re: Generic host error

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May 31st, 2006

Hi Bruce,

First of all- welcome to DaniWeb

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