Win XP Home SP3 svchost.exe
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From: Tye77 on 20 Jun 2010 16:24 As the title says, I'm running WinXP Home edition, Service Pack 3. I'm having issues with my svchost.exe. Specifically, I've been getting errors saying that svchost.exe has encountered a problem and needs to shut down. I then have to go back in and restart various services thru the control panel>administrative tools>services. Also, I've had issues with various services connected with svchost.exe -k netsvcs not starting automatically, even though they're set to start automatically. The different services vary each start-up, but always include the DHCP client, Themes, and usually Windows sound, plus a random number of other random services, all of them connected to the svchost.exe -k netsvcs. I'm wondering if there's an issue with the registry key for this particular application, and if so, what do I need to do to fix it? Or am I completely off-base as to this being a registry error? I've searched the 'Net for days now, and I can't find anyone else who's had the exact same problem with svchost.exe as I have. Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me. -- Tye77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tye77's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/234902.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1347681.htm http://forums.techarena.in
From: Db on 20 Jun 2010 17:24 you might try running msconfig. then under the startups disable all of them. you may want to jot which ones were enabled. then under services "hide" all microsoft services and disable what remains on the revised listing. again, you may want to jot them down. then reboot and see if the issue resolves. -- -- db���`�...�><)))�> DatabaseBen, Retired Professional ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This NNTP newsgroup is evolving to: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx "Tye77" <Tye77.4cvhla(a)DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message news:Tye77.4cvhla(a)DoNotSpam.com... > > As the title says, I'm running WinXP Home edition, Service Pack 3. I'm > having issues with my svchost.exe. > > Specifically, I've been getting errors saying that svchost.exe has > encountered a problem and needs to shut down. I then have to go back in > and restart various services thru the control panel>administrative > tools>services. > > Also, I've had issues with various services connected with svchost.exe > -k netsvcs not starting automatically, even though they're set to start > automatically. The different services vary each start-up, but always > include the DHCP client, Themes, and usually Windows sound, plus a > random number of other random services, all of them connected to the > svchost.exe -k netsvcs. > > I'm wondering if there's an issue with the registry key for this > particular application, and if so, what do I need to do to fix it? > > Or am I completely off-base as to this being a registry error? > > I've searched the 'Net for days now, and I can't find anyone else who's > had the exact same problem with svchost.exe as I have. > > Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me. > > > -- > Tye77 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Tye77's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/234902.htm > View this thread: > http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1347681.htm > > http://forums.techarena.in >
From: Jose on 20 Jun 2010 21:29
On Jun 20, 4:24 pm, Tye77 <Tye77.4cv...(a)DoNotSpam.com> wrote: > As the title says, I'm running WinXP Home edition, Service Pack 3. I'm > having issues with my svchost.exe. > > Specifically, I've been getting errors saying that svchost.exe has > encountered a problem and needs to shut down. I then have to go back in > and restart various services thru the control panel>administrative > tools>services. > > Also, I've had issues with various services connected with svchost.exe > -k netsvcs not starting automatically, even though they're set to start > automatically. The different services vary each start-up, but always > include the DHCP client, Themes, and usually Windows sound, plus a > random number of other random services, all of them connected to the > svchost.exe -k netsvcs. > > I'm wondering if there's an issue with the registry key for this > particular application, and if so, what do I need to do to fix it? > > Or am I completely off-base as to this being a registry error? > > I've searched the 'Net for days now, and I can't find anyone else who's > had the exact same problem with svchost.exe as I have. > > Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me. > > -- > Tye77 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Tye77's Profile:http://forums.techarena.in/members/234902.htm > View this thread:http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1347681.htm > > http://forums.techarena.in As I think you are aware, there are things running under the multiple svchost processes you might see in TM (but you can't see what!). Malicious software knows this too and may hide something under one of your svchost processes, so you should try to be reasonably sure you are clear of malicious software first, then address any remaining issues. If you are getting errors, you need to tell us what the errors say - exactly, or take a screen shot (if you want to do that I can tell you how). I am not sure why sometimes people automatically start thinking they have a registry problem when things are not going smoothly. I would start with the easy and most likely stuff first. It could be something in the registry, but it is probably something else. Perform some scans for malicious software, then fix any remaining issues: Download, install, update and do a full scan with these free malware detection programs: Malwarebytes (MBAM): http://malwarebytes.org/ SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/ They can be uninstalled later if desired. Here is my standard copy/paste to help with the understanding of svchost (you may already know this). .... get Process Explorer so you can see what is "really" running, expecially behind those multiple svchosts you see running in Task Manager. You'll like PE when you get the hang of it. PE is the Windows Task manager on steroids. PE installs nothing, add no additional overhead to your system and runs on demand. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx Expand the columns, make the screen bigger, etc. so you can see the most information in the window. The CPU column is usually the most interesting to get started with performance issues - who is using the most? It is okay and normal to have multiple svchost processes running, but there could be a problem behind any one of them. This will help once you get PE running: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial129.html Or, you might try running msconfig. |