svchost.exe application error xp sp3

Folks,

Another variation on the svchost.exe application error which appears to keep
manifesting itself after certain Windows Updates. This time, I suspect with
XP SP1.

On startup I'm getting several warning messages that Generic Host Process
Services has encountered a problem and needs to close along with the
svchost.exe Application Error

The instruction at "0x00df96bc" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The
memory could not be "written".

Once I step through all of these, things settle down, and applications seem
to function correctly, with the exception of Windows Explorer. When I
display folders that contain photo image files as thumbnails, these start to
display, but several do not, while others down the list do. I then get the
same svchost.exe Application Error every time.

No such problem with other applications that display thumbnail images like
Roxio and HP Premier and the problem doesn't seem to occur in Explorer when
displaying thumbnails for other Office documents that are not photo image
files.

I'm right up to date with all my Windows Updates and my history suggests
that there have not been any update failures since an apparent successful
install of SP3.

Any suggestions (be nice now!) on how to resolve this error would be
appreciated.

--
Regards,

kayarbe

Sorry, I meant to say XP SP3 not SP1.
--
Regards,

kayarbe


"kayarbe" wrote:

Folks,

Another variation on the svchost.exe application error which appears to keep
manifesting itself after certain Windows Updates. This time, I suspect with
XP SP1.

On startup I'm getting several warning messages that Generic Host Process
Services has encountered a problem and needs to close along with the
svchost.exe Application Error

The instruction at "0x00df96bc" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The
memory could not be "written".

Once I step through all of these, things settle down, and applications seem
to function correctly, with the exception of Windows Explorer. When I
display folders that contain photo image files as thumbnails, these start to
display, but several do not, while others down the list do. I then get the
same svchost.exe Application Error every time.

No such problem with other applications that display thumbnail images like
Roxio and HP Premier and the problem doesn't seem to occur in Explorer when
displaying thumbnails for other Office documents that are not photo image
files.

I'm right up to date with all my Windows Updates and my history suggests
that there have not been any update failures since an apparent successful
install of SP3.

Any suggestions (be nice now!) on how to resolve this error would be
appreciated.

--
Regards,

kayarbe

Test your RAM.
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...ardware_Tshoot


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


kayarbe wrote:
Sorry, I meant to say XP SP3 not SP1.

Folks,

Another variation on the svchost.exe application error which appears
to keep manifesting itself after certain Windows Updates. This
time, I suspect with XP SP1.

On startup I'm getting several warning messages that Generic Host
Process Services has encountered a problem and needs to close along
with the svchost.exe Application Error

The instruction at "0x00df96bc" referenced memory at "0x00000000".
The memory could not be "written".

Once I step through all of these, things settle down, and
applications seem to function correctly, with the exception of
Windows Explorer. When I display folders that contain photo image
files as thumbnails, these start to display, but several do not,
while others down the list do. I then get the same svchost.exe
Application Error every time.

No such problem with other applications that display thumbnail
images like Roxio and HP Premier and the problem doesn't seem to
occur in Explorer when displaying thumbnails for other Office
documents that are not photo image files.

I'm right up to date with all my Windows Updates and my history
suggests that there have not been any update failures since an
apparent successful install of SP3.

Any suggestions (be nice now!) on how to resolve this error would be
appreciated.

--
Regards,

kayarbe

Gerry,

That was one of my first thoughts. In fact I have just replaced the
original Dell Dimension 5100 1Gb RAM (2x512 modules) with 4Gb (4x1Gb) NECC
Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz SDRAM. The problem persists, so I doubt that it is
a physical memory issue.

--
Regards,

kayarbe


"Gerry" wrote:



Test your RAM.
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...ardware_Tshoot


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


kayarbe wrote:
Sorry, I meant to say XP SP3 not SP1.

Folks,

Another variation on the svchost.exe application error which appears
to keep manifesting itself after certain Windows Updates. This
time, I suspect with XP SP1.

On startup I'm getting several warning messages that Generic Host
Process Services has encountered a problem and needs to close along
with the svchost.exe Application Error

The instruction at "0x00df96bc" referenced memory at "0x00000000".
The memory could not be "written".

Once I step through all of these, things settle down, and
applications seem to function correctly, with the exception of
Windows Explorer. When I display folders that contain photo image
files as thumbnails, these start to display, but several do not,
while others down the list do. I then get the same svchost.exe
Application Error every time.

No such problem with other applications that display thumbnail
images like Roxio and HP Premier and the problem doesn't seem to
occur in Explorer when displaying thumbnails for other Office
documents that are not photo image files.

I'm right up to date with all my Windows Updates and my history
suggests that there have not been any update failures since an
apparent successful install of SP3.

Any suggestions (be nice now!) on how to resolve this error would be
appreciated.

--
Regards,

kayarbe

Matter resolved in a somewhat convoluted way.

I received notification of several HP printer/software updates. HP
Photosmart Premier wasn't experiencing the same display problems that Windows
Explorer was with thumbnails, but I decided to install the updates anyway.
On restart of the system, the svchost.exe Application Error message - The
instruction at "0x00df96bc" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory
could not be "written" - has disappear.

However, I was still received several Generic Host Process messages, but
Windows Explorer displayed thumbnails correctly. This lead me to look into a
number of other applications. I found that none of the applications within
Roxio Easy Media Creator would launch. I ran a repair on this, but the
problem persisted. So, I took the sledgehammer approach and uninstalled the
application. Problem solved! No more Generic Host Process error messages on
startup. I have yet to try to reinstall Roxio.

--
Regards,

kayarbe


"kayarbe" wrote:

Gerry,

That was one of my first thoughts. In fact I have just replaced the
original Dell Dimension 5100 1Gb RAM (2x512 modules) with 4Gb (4x1Gb) NECC
Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz SDRAM. The problem persists, so I doubt that it is
a physical memory issue.

--
Regards,

kayarbe


"Gerry" wrote:



Test your RAM.
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...ardware_Tshoot


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


kayarbe wrote:
Sorry, I meant to say XP SP3 not SP1.

Folks,

Another variation on the svchost.exe application error which appears
to keep manifesting itself after certain Windows Updates. This
time, I suspect with XP SP1.

On startup I'm getting several warning messages that Generic Host
Process Services has encountered a problem and needs to close along
with the svchost.exe Application Error

The instruction at "0x00df96bc" referenced memory at "0x00000000".
The memory could not be "written".

Once I step through all of these, things settle down, and
applications seem to function correctly, with the exception of
Windows Explorer. When I display folders that contain photo image
files as thumbnails, these start to display, but several do not,
while others down the list do. I then get the same svchost.exe
Application Error every time.

No such problem with other applications that display thumbnail
images like Roxio and HP Premier and the problem doesn't seem to
occur in Explorer when displaying thumbnails for other Office
documents that are not photo image files.

I'm right up to date with all my Windows Updates and my history
suggests that there have not been any update failures since an
apparent successful install of SP3.

Any suggestions (be nice now!) on how to resolve this error would be
appreciated.

--
Regards,

kayarbe

Thanks for reporting how you resolved your problem.

--
Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
kayarbe wrote:
Matter resolved in a somewhat convoluted way.

I received notification of several HP printer/software updates. HP
Photosmart Premier wasn't experiencing the same display problems that
Windows Explorer was with thumbnails, but I decided to install the
updates anyway. On restart of the system, the svchost.exe Application
Error message - The instruction at "0x00df96bc" referenced memory at
"0x00000000". The memory could not be "written" - has disappear.

However, I was still received several Generic Host Process messages,
but Windows Explorer displayed thumbnails correctly. This lead me to
look into a number of other applications. I found that none of the
applications within Roxio Easy Media Creator would launch. I ran a
repair on this, but the problem persisted. So, I took the
sledgehammer approach and uninstalled the application. Problem
solved! No more Generic Host Process error messages on startup. I
have yet to try to reinstall Roxio.


Gerry,

That was one of my first thoughts. In fact I have just replaced the
original Dell Dimension 5100 1Gb RAM (2x512 modules) with 4Gb
(4x1Gb) NECC Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz SDRAM. The problem persists,
so I doubt that it is a physical memory issue.

--
Regards,

kayarbe


"Gerry" wrote:



Test your RAM.
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...ardware_Tshoot


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


kayarbe wrote:
Sorry, I meant to say XP SP3 not SP1.

Folks,

Another variation on the svchost.exe application error which
appears to keep manifesting itself after certain Windows Updates.
This time, I suspect with XP SP1.

On startup I'm getting several warning messages that Generic Host
Process Services has encountered a problem and needs to close
along with the svchost.exe Application Error

The instruction at "0x00df96bc" referenced memory at "0x00000000".
The memory could not be "written".

Once I step through all of these, things settle down, and
applications seem to function correctly, with the exception of
Windows Explorer. When I display folders that contain photo image
files as thumbnails, these start to display, but several do not,
while others down the list do. I then get the same svchost.exe
Application Error every time.

No such problem with other applications that display thumbnail
images like Roxio and HP Premier and the problem doesn't seem to
occur in Explorer when displaying thumbnails for other Office
documents that are not photo image files.

I'm right up to date with all my Windows Updates and my history
suggests that there have not been any update failures since an
apparent successful install of SP3.

Any suggestions (be nice now!) on how to resolve this error would
be appreciated.

--
Regards,

kayarbe

Hi, I recently got the following application error regarding the
svchost.exe.
The instruction at "0x7c80aeb3" referenced memory at "0x80040119" could
not be read.
After I pressed OK then the desktop started flashing every 5 seconds.
How can I fix this error using the command prompt?

Thanks


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Does the error reoccur after you have restarted your computer?


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krepalis wrote:
Hi, I recently got the following application error regarding the
svchost.exe.
The instruction at "0x7c80aeb3" referenced memory at "0x80040119"
could not be read.
After I pressed OK then the desktop started flashing every 5 seconds.
How can I fix this error using the command prompt?

Thanks

Yes it does.


Gerry;4497332 Wrote:
Does the error reoccur after you have restarted your computer?


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Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


krepalis wrote:
Hi, I recently got the following application error regarding the
svchost.exe.
The instruction at "0x7c80aeb3" referenced memory at "0x80040119"
could not be read.
After I pressed OK then the desktop started flashing every 5
seconds.
How can I fix this error using the command prompt?

Thanks


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Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for
Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any more than 48
hours ago.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
are important.

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event Viewer.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


krepalis wrote:
Yes it does.


Gerry;4497332 Wrote:
Does the error reoccur after you have restarted your computer?


--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


krepalis wrote:
Hi, I recently got the following application error regarding the
svchost.exe.
The instruction at "0x7c80aeb3" referenced memory at "0x80040119"
could not be read.
After I pressed OK then the desktop started flashing every 5
seconds. How can I fix this error using the command prompt?

Thanks

Can you tell me how I can do that from the command prompt? I can't use
the Start etc. because the screen will start flashing every 5 seconds.

Thanks

Gerry;4497416 Wrote:
Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for
Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any more than 48
hours ago.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
are important.

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event Viewer.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


krepalis wrote:
Yes it does.


Gerry;4497332 Wrote:
Does the error reoccur after you have restarted your computer?


--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


krepalis wrote:
Hi, I recently got the following application error regarding the
svchost.exe.
The instruction at "0x7c80aeb3" referenced memory at "0x80040119"
could not be read.
After I pressed OK then the desktop started flashing every 5
seconds. How can I fix this error using the command prompt?

Thanks


--
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Does the problem occur in Safe Mode?

A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315222/en-us

What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements?


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FCA
Stourport, England
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krepalis wrote:
Can you tell me how I can do that from the command prompt? I can't use
the Start etc. because the screen will start flashing every 5 seconds.

Thanks

Gerry;4497416 Wrote:
Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for
Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any more than 48
hours ago.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
are important.

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which
appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and close
Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the
body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting
from Event Viewer.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


krepalis wrote:
Yes it does.


Gerry;4497332 Wrote:
Does the error reoccur after you have restarted your computer?


--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


krepalis wrote:
Hi, I recently got the following application error regarding the
svchost.exe.
The instruction at "0x7c80aeb3" referenced memory at "0x80040119"
could not be read.
After I pressed OK then the desktop started flashing every 5
seconds. How can I fix this error using the command prompt?

Thanks