COM surrogate has stopped working??

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i keep getting the message saying 'COM surrogate has stopped working', can
someone explain what this is and how i can fix this??

any help appreciated.

kevin
 
Probably due to an incompatible codec being installed, DivX I know causes
this when trying to generate thumbnails.

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Ok, here's a new 'wrinkle' on this one--I get "COM Surrogate Has Stopped
Working" every time on *bootup.* I haven't intalled DivX. Or Nero. I just
have the standard codecs Vista comes with installed. And there aren't any
thumbnails on my desktop (other posts mentioned video or picture thumbnails
as a potential cause), just standard icons.

I started getting it right after I hooked up a new monitor, a 27-inch Dell
2707FP. I'm not sure why that would cause a COM problem, though.

I'm scratchin' my head on this one. Any help would be tremendously
appreciated.
 
Jeeshman said:
Ok, here's a new 'wrinkle' on this one--I get "COM Surrogate Has Stopped
Working" every time on *bootup.* I haven't intalled DivX. Or Nero. I just
have the standard codecs Vista comes with installed. And there aren't any
thumbnails on my desktop (other posts mentioned video or picture thumbnails
as a potential cause), just standard icons.

I started getting it right after I hooked up a new monitor, a 27-inch Dell
2707FP. I'm not sure why that would cause a COM problem, though.
Click to expand...

I don't know why the problem would have occurred with a new monitor but
that may just be coincidental. See this link for the "COM Surrogate" fix:

Fix for COM Surrogate Has Stopped Working Error
(from the How-To-Geek)

http://tinyurl.com/3ahbyu


Malke
 
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