Jump to content

Welcome to Geeks to Go - Register now for FREE

Need help with your computer or device? Want to learn new tech skills? You're in the right place!
Geeks to Go is a friendly community of tech experts who can solve any problem you have. Just create a free account and post your question. Our volunteers will reply quickly and guide you through the steps. Don't let tech troubles stop you. Join Geeks to Go now and get the support you need!

How it Works Create Account
Photo

Generic host process for win32 services


  • Please log in to reply

#1
ycy_82

ycy_82

    New Member

  • Member
  • Pip
  • 4 posts
My pc keep showing me this message "Generic host process for win32 services discovered a fault and need to close." every time i log in to windows. If i close the messagebox by click on "Dont Send" , screen will be freezed for the whole day.


Strange things is if i leave d messagebox open and wait for 10 to 15 minutes, then i can still do my things without any problem.

i came across with a lot article saying it's a virus/ adware problem , but i'd my avast and spyware doctor installed. i even do a full system scan yesterday. Eventhough spyware doc deleted some of suspected file, problems still appeared to be the same.

i tried to restore my pc, but the screen freezed before restart.

I am using windows xp sp2.

Any suggestion? please help me.... i dont want to format my drive...
  • 0

Advertisements


#2
Retired Tech

Retired Tech

    Retired Staff

  • Retired Staff
  • 20,563 posts
Click start then run, type chkdsk /f /r then press enter, type Y to confirm for next boot, press enter then reboot.

This will take an hour, it will appear to load normally then either the monitor will show progress or the screen will go blank, do not disturb this.

Click start then run, type
sfc /scannow then press enter, you need the XP CD and get a blue progress bar, when the bar goes, reboot.

Click start, all programmes, accessories, system tools to run disc clean up, click more options then clean up restore points, click confirm, click OK. Then from system tools, run disc defragmenter.

Click start then run, type prefetch then press enter, click edit then select all, right click any file then click delete, confirm delete, then reboot

When it gets to the desktop, the system files and the hard drive will be as they should


Download and install Tune Up 2006 Trial

Run disc clean up then registry clean up then click optimize to run reg defrag, which needs a reboot

After the reboot, click optimize then system optimizer to optimize the computer, select computer with an internet connection from the drop down menu, this also requires a reboot

After the reboot, click optimize then system optimizer to accelerate downloads, select the speed just above your actual connection speed, this requires a reboot

After the reboot, click optimize then system optimizer to run system advisor


If no change, the next thing to do would be a repair install, this will leave data and settings intact

XP Repair

If you are unable to run XP Repair

Alternate XP Repair

Use the last one, Windows Installation CD to repair the current installation, which uses a slightly different method


After running the repair it will be necessary to install all Windows Updates


Microsoft Update

Beyond this, it could be a hardware fault
  • 0

#3
ycy_82

ycy_82

    New Member

  • Topic Starter
  • Member
  • Pip
  • 4 posts
Thanks a lot for the reply , Keith ...

I give it a try tonight .... :tazz:
  • 0

#4
ycy_82

ycy_82

    New Member

  • Topic Starter
  • Member
  • Pip
  • 4 posts
:tazz:

i managed to repair my windows installation yesterday.... But, my current situation is all my taskbar buttons disappeared eventhough i still can get to those windows by click on ALT-Tab.
  • 0

#5
Retired Tech

Retired Tech

    Retired Staff

  • Retired Staff
  • 20,563 posts
Press ctrl + alt + del keys to get task manager, click file, new task, type explorer.exe then press enter
  • 0

#6
ycy_82

ycy_82

    New Member

  • Topic Starter
  • Member
  • Pip
  • 4 posts
well, i tried tat before yesterday , things didnt gone well also....
  • 0

#7
Retired Tech

Retired Tech

    Retired Staff

  • Retired Staff
  • 20,563 posts
You can try sfc /scannow though this should not be necessary after a repair, but as it does not take long, it is worth a go
  • 0






Similar Topics

0 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users

As Featured On:

Microsoft Yahoo BBC MSN PC Magazine Washington Post HP