Error Message upon Bootup

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Bruce,
Did the problem start after you downloaded the February windows updates ?
But firstly, rule out virus activity, spyware, malware etc, plus the known
issue with hp printers (do a search on 'generic host prcess' on the microsoft
home page search facility). Like you, I've been getting this problem
intermittently, and while researching it on the web plus lots of postings on
here, I've concluded that it is related to windows update KB873333 (one of 9
updates in February). I uninstalled this update over 2 weeks ago, and
haven't had a reoccurrence. To do this, go to add/remove programs on the
control panel, click on 'show updates' at the top of this window, and remove
the February windows update KB873333. You may have to uninstall the other
Feb updates as well, and some restarts may be required. Then apply all the
updates again without kb873333. This will fix the problem, and microsoft will
eventually offer a fix for kb873333. You can install all other updates since
then as well. Microsoft do know about this problem, and are working on it.

Hope this helps.
Ronaldo


"Bruce Harris" wrote:

> I need help in troubleshooting a problem that occurs when I bootup WinXP
> Home SP2.
>
> I receive the error message, "Generic Host Process for Win32 Services
> encountered a problem and needed
> to close."
>
> The error signature is as follows:
>
> szAppName: svchost.exe szAppVer: 0.0.0.0 szModName: unknown szModVer:
> 0.0.0.0 offset: 00000000
>
> I assume the problem occurs on the previous shutdown. This error msg comes
> up quite often, although not every
> bootup. Also, the icons in the notification area do not load completely
> unless I log off and then back on (same user).
>
> Please, any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bruce Harris
> bruce-bonnie@sbcglobal.net
>
>
>

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Bruce Harris Wrote:
> I need help in troubleshooting a problem that occurs when I bootup
> WinXP
> Home SP2.
>
> I receive the error message, "Generic Host Process for Win32 Services
> encountered a problem and needed
> to close."
>
> The error signature is as follows:
>
> szAppName: svchost.exe szAppVer: 0.0.0.0 szModName: unknown
> szModVer:
> 0.0.0.0 offset: 00000000
>
> I assume the problem occurs on the previous shutdown. This error msg
> comes
> up quite often, although not every
> bootup. Also, the icons in the notification area do not load
> completely
> unless I log off and then back on (same user).
>
> Please, any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bruce Harris
> bruce-bonnie@sbcglobal.net

Bruce, Go to 'Trend Micro'
(http://housecall-beta.trendmicro.com/en/start_corp.asp) and do an
online scsn.
Treeman


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Treeman

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Thank you, Ronaldo and Treeman for your valuable suggestions. I have
applied all of them and am awaiting a test period to see if the problem
remains gone.

Ronaldo, I was unable to reply to your msg. My replies to
ronaldo@discussions.microsoft.com bounced.

Good luck to you both,

Bruce

"Bruce Harris" <bruce-bonnie@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:vzI8e.226$yd7.47@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com...
>I need help in troubleshooting a problem that occurs when I bootup WinXP
>Home SP2.
>
> I receive the error message, "Generic Host Process for Win32 Services
> encountered a problem and needed
> to close."
>
> The error signature is as follows:
>
> szAppName: svchost.exe szAppVer: 0.0.0.0 szModName: unknown
> szModVer: 0.0.0.0 offset: 00000000
>
> I assume the problem occurs on the previous shutdown. This error msg
> comes up quite often, although not every
> bootup. Also, the icons in the notification area do not load completely
> unless I log off and then back on (same user).
>
> Please, any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bruce Harris
> bruce-bonnie@sbcglobal.net
>
>

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Ronaldo,
how do you know Microsoft is working on this? Where are they at in fixing
this?

"Ronaldo" wrote:

> Bruce,
> Did the problem start after you downloaded the February windows updates ?
> But firstly, rule out virus activity, spyware, malware etc, plus the known
> issue with hp printers (do a search on 'generic host prcess' on the microsoft
> home page search facility). Like you, I've been getting this problem
> intermittently, and while researching it on the web plus lots of postings on
> here, I've concluded that it is related to windows update KB873333 (one of 9
> updates in February). I uninstalled this update over 2 weeks ago, and
> haven't had a reoccurrence. To do this, go to add/remove programs on the
> control panel, click on 'show updates' at the top of this window, and remove
> the February windows update KB873333. You may have to uninstall the other
> Feb updates as well, and some restarts may be required. Then apply all the
> updates again without kb873333. This will fix the problem, and microsoft will
> eventually offer a fix for kb873333. You can install all other updates since
> then as well. Microsoft do know about this problem, and are working on it.
>
> Hope this helps.
> Ronaldo
>
>
> "Bruce Harris" wrote:
>
> > I need help in troubleshooting a problem that occurs when I bootup WinXP
> > Home SP2.
> >
> > I receive the error message, "Generic Host Process for Win32 Services
> > encountered a problem and needed
> > to close."
> >
> > The error signature is as follows:
> >
> > szAppName: svchost.exe szAppVer: 0.0.0.0 szModName: unknown szModVer:
> > 0.0.0.0 offset: 00000000
> >
> > I assume the problem occurs on the previous shutdown. This error msg comes
> > up quite often, although not every
> > bootup. Also, the icons in the notification area do not load completely
> > unless I log off and then back on (same user).
> >
> > Please, any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bruce Harris
> > bruce-bonnie@sbcglobal.net
> >
> >
> >