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Generic Host Process for Win32 DEAD
Name: Lord Ac Date: August 23, 2004 at 02:41:12 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 128?
Comment:
I had Adaware remove suspicous files and i think it took out some svchost.exe files and stuffed up my Generic Host Process for Win32 Services because i got an error saying that 'Generic Host Process for Win32 Services' is busted ... it stuffed up my norton ... i also cant access basic windows stuff like system restore, help and support, search etc (on XP)
Do i have to resintall Generic Host Process for Win32 Services or soemthing like that, because i think its stuffed on my comp!
Name: salgolf Date: August 23, 2004 at 03:02:28 Pacific
Reply:
Try sfc /scannow from Start, Run. Should restore whatever's missing, if anything.
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Response Number 2
Name: Lord Ac Date: August 23, 2004 at 05:34:35 Pacific
Reply:
I did that and threw in my XP (home) cd, but it kept coming up asking for the installation cd for some dll files ... i kept pressing retry and it kept going on, then asking again... it finally got to the end but it changed nothing ...
Ac
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Response Number 3
Name: Lord Ac Date: August 24, 2004 at 15:56:24 Pacific
Summary: What is Generic Host Process for Win32, and why does it want to access internet? DOes it use much bandwidth? I'm on a dial-up. Likewise for Windows Explorer. What business does that have on-line? ...
Summary: when i boot my computer up and log on the SEND or DON"T SEND ERROR pops up with this Generic Host Process for Win32 Services thing how do i fix it?? ...
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