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Tom,
This a Windows Update file. I have no idea which one.
C:\WINNT\$NTServicePackUninstall$
The svchost.exe file in this folder is the one that actually runs.
C:\WINNT\system32
I'm not sure what this folder is for. Maybe old Windows Update
version4.
C:\WINNT\ServicePackFiles\i386
This folder added by Windows Update version5.
C:\WINNT\SoftwareDistribution\Download\6ca7b3a8efd5a9b6f87fff295a2eb989
Both of these are the result of your error(s) and you have Error
Reporting enabled. There will also be an appcompat.txt file(s) which is
the text that was sent in each error report.
hdmp extension is the uncompressed version of an error dump. The .MDMP
file is the compressed version and is the file sent to Microsoft.
svchost.exe.hdmp in
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\local Settings\Temp\WERcf77.dir00
svchost.exe.mdmp in
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\local Settings\Temp\WERcf77.dir00
You can delete anything in the
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\local Settings\Temp folder. This your
Temporary folder.
I have no earthy idea what this is. Something to do with AOL obviously.
svchost.bin in
C:\Program Files\Common Files\AOL\1102551284\EE
I also have no idea what's causing the errors. Did you try Rich Barry's
suggestion?
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:A942D4F5-9769-40DB-8211-A9E489B8611F@microsoft.com,
Tom <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Hi Wes,
>
> Thanks for the info.
> I did a new search on just svch and that returned the following:
>
>
> SVCHOST.EX_ in
> C:\I386 (you've already covered)
>
> svchost.exe in
> C:\WINNT\$NTServicePackUninstall$
> C:\WINNT\system32
> C:\WINNT\ServicePackFiles\i386
>
C:\WINNT\SoftwareDistribution\Download\6ca7b3a8efd5a9b6f87fff295a2eb989
>
> svchost.exe.hdmp in
> C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\local Settings\Temp\WERcf77.dir00
>
> svchost.exe.mdmp in
> C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\local Settings\Temp\WERcf77.dir00
>
> svchost.bin in
> C:\Program Files\Common Files\AOL\1102551284\EE
>
> Odd thing is I receive this error message when I bootup in the
> morning but the date/time of the error is from the night before when
> I shutdown
>
> Norton is up-to-date and daily scans are clean
>
> Thanks again
>
>
> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>
>> Generic Host Process for Win32 Services encountered a problem a
>> needs to close.
>>
>> Lot of that going around lately. I don't know the fix.
>>
>> What seven locations are copies of SVCHOST.EXE in?
>>
>> I have two copies SVCHOST.EXE. One each in C:\WINDOWS\system32 and
>> C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache
>>
>> SVCHOST.EX_ and SVCHOST.EXE-08EA1B75.pf don't count.
>>
>> SVCHOST.EX_ is a compressed version of SVCHOST.EXE. The underscore
>> (_) denotes that fact.
>>
>> SVCHOST.EXE-08EA1B75.pf is prefetch file, used to make SVCHOST.EXE
>> start faster.
>>
>> The C:\I386 folder contains the source files for XP installation and
>> Windows File Protection. If you add a Windows Component, Add or
>> Remove Programs finds the files there instead of asking you for a
>> CD. You probably have this folder because you didn't get a real XP
>> CD when you purchased your machine.
>>
>> A Description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314056
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:577C0EA9-67C7-4C5B-911F-E8B2DC661855@microsoft.com,
>> Tom <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
>>> Recieved an error upon bootup: "Generic Host Process for Win32". So
>>> far, without rebooting, everything appears fine. Searched for
>>> svchost in Windows Explorer and returned 7 files in 7 different
>>> locations. 5 of files show Microsoft under the properties/version
>>> tab. 2 of the files, coincidentally the only filenames in
>>> uppercase, have no company or version info. Can't find any info on
>>> SVCHOST.EX_ in C:\I386 or SVCHOST.EXE-08EA1B75.pf in
>>> C:\WINNT\Prefetch. Even more curious is that they were created
>>> within the past few days. I updated my JRE right around the same
>>> time as these file create dates but I have a feeling that it's
>>> unrelated.
>>>
>>> Not sure what, if anything, should be done with these files.
>>> Probably just a big over-reaction on my part but any
>>> thoughts/suggestions are welcomed and appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks