win32 services error

[pangsans]

hullo all!
sometimes when i am browsing the internet,sudden ly there is an error message that says "win32 services need to close and sorry for the inconvinience"this mostly happens once in a while
after this message nothing works!not even the start menu!i have winxp pro and mcafee antivirus!
wat do i do?why does this error occur?

[Colloid Snake]

hullo all!
sometimes when i am browsing the internet,sudden ly there is an error message that says "win32 services need to close and sorry for the inconvinience"this mostly happens once in a while
after this message nothing works!not even the start menu!i have winxp pro and mcafee antivirus!
wat do i do?why does this error occur?

pangsans-

Have you looked in McAffee's Control Panel to make sure the LiveUpdates are connecting and installing? Have you manually run a scan recently?

I would start there, or next time it happens, try pulling up TaskMgr (Ctrl+Shift+Esc ), and running explorer as a new task - see if you get your desktop back (though I'd start with the above first - this is more just a temporary workaround that might not work anyway!)

[sashi]

hullo all!
sometimes when i am browsing the internet,sudden ly there is an error message that says "win32 services need to close and sorry for the inconvinience"this mostly happens once in a while
after this message nothing works!not even the start menu!i have winxp pro and mcafee antivirus!
wat do i do?why does this error occur?

Hi there,

I've seen a number of these associated with Windows Update problems. To test, open the Security Center in the Control panel, select "Automatic Updates" and disable it.

Then run services.msc and find Autotmatic Updates there, double click to change its configuration, set it to "disabled" and reboot.

If you stop having these svchost.exe errors you will need to install all pending updates manually. Then reenable what you disabled. Do this anyway if it has no effect.

I found this article on the NET, hope it helps. Good luck & Take care.

[Colloid Snake]

Hi there,

I've seen a number of these associated with Windows Update problems. To test, open the Security Center in the Control panel, select "Automatic Updates" and disable it.

Then run services.msc and find Autotmatic Updates there, double click to change its configuration, set it to "disabled" and reboot.

If you stop having these svchost.exe errors you will need to install all pending updates manually. Then reenable what you disabled. Do this anyway if it has no effect.

I found this article on the NET, hope it helps. Good luck & Take care.

pangsans-

I would definitely try this first - as I have said, the Recovery Console might do damage to personal data/other programs.

(And thanks sashi, I never would have thought of that being associated with Windows Update.)

[pangsans]

thanks all!i ll try this!my windows update are turned off!my virus scan updates every week!thanks for ur valuable suggestions!:-)

[sashi]

thanks all!i ll try this!my windows update are turned off!my virus scan updates every week!thanks for ur valuable suggestions!:-)

Hi there,

Do let us know of the outcome if the suggestion above really works, hope it works. Good luck & Take care.

[bartonc]

thanks all!i ll try this!my windows update are turned off!my virus scan updates every week!thanks for ur valuable suggestions!:-)

I update antivirus every day (just in case)...

[Cyberdyne]

So did it work?

[pangsans]

i did what all you guyz told me!it seems to have worked out!i am not getting that error now!will tell u if it pops up again!

thanx

[pangsans]

nope! as soon as i posted my previous post, i had to close down. the error occured!

do you think i should reinstall my os?

[Cyberdyne]

Have you tried switching form Internet Explorer to Firefox, try it out and see if the error persists? You can get Firefox here click here

You could reinstall OS but try fixing the problem first.

Good luck, Cyberdyne.

[pangsans]

Have you tried switching form Internet Explorer to Firefox, try it out and see if the error persists? You can get Firefox here click here

You could reinstall OS but try fixing the problem first.

Good luck, Cyberdyne.

yes this error persists even after i have switched over.in fact it occurs more than ever now.so i reinstalled my os too.still this occurs!
pls help

[rwb8ser]

I have also been having this problem; (1) "Generic Host Process for Windows32 Services has encounted problems" etc. and (2) at the same time "svchost.ex e Application error the instruction at 0x745f2780 referenced memory at 0x000000000 The memory could not be read. Click OK to terminate ... Click on CANCEL to debug the program"
Usually the only way out of it was to reset the computer.
Using mcconfig I tracked the problem down to "Automatic Updates". Disabeling Auto Updates allows the computer to nun normally.

Does anyone know of a fix? I have re installed XP and the problem returned.

[Cyberdyne]

If after reinstall you still have this problem, I would do a backup and do a clean install by booting from a winxp CD and formatting the drive. I would then see if the error persists and if it does, chances are that your hardware is malfunctioning, most likely your memory modules. Try swapping those out.

The disable automatic updates fix sounds interesting, did this work for everybody? If so, its no big deal to disable them and just check periodically for new updates by turning the update feature back on.

Good luck and let us know if you were able to fix this through hardware or software check.


Cyberdyne.

[aloysiusttl]

pangsans-

I would definitely try this first - as I have said, the Recovery Console might do damage to personal data/other programs.

(And thanks sashi, I never would have thought of that being associated with Windows Update.)

What Sashi suggests works although, in my case, the error occurs only after I installed SP3 and when I wake up my PC from hibernation mode.

Aloysius Tan