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Sender: "Von" <
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Subject: Error - SVCHOST.EXE
Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 09:55:26 -0700
Whenever I try to do a download to upgrade my Windows for
a virus, etc. I end up getting this message and don't know
what to do about it or where it is coming from. I am
using Windows 2000 Professional.
"SVCHOST.EXE generated errors and will be closed by
windows. Need to restart program."
When I restart and try again I get the same message.
result is I never can update.
HELP!!!
Thanks
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The thing about SVCHOST is that it holds many processes, so if one crashes
than the whole .exe crashes
You may notice that there are generally a couple of instances of SVCHOST
running at any given time.
From what you say, it looks like it's the update service that is causing
the issue
You can configure the machine so that when wuauserv (Automatic Updates)
starts it is in it's own SVCHOST.
Then you can a) prove that it is only wuauserv that is causing the issue,
and b) call Microsoft Support to have the issue resolved
I am sorry that I don't know exactly what the fix for your issue is.
1.
- In the svchost key (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\SvcHost) create a new REG_MULTI_SZ value named "TempGrp".
- For the data, enter the name of the service you want to split out.
- So this will look like the following in our example: TempGrp
REG_MULTI_SZ wuauserv
2.
- Under the svchost key, create a new key with the name "TempGrp"
3.
- For the new TempGrp key create the following value:
CoInitializeSecurityParam REG_DWORD 1
4.
- Locate the wuauserv key
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv)
-Change the ImagePath value to read: %SystemRoot%\System32\svchost.exe -k
TempGrp
5.
- Restart the machine. The Automatic Updates service will now start in it's
own svchost.
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