generic host dooodaaaa thingy problem help

[Guest]

hello this is my first time using this so I hope someone out there can help me. I keep getting an error message everytime I do anything on the computer. It reads "Generic host process for win32 services has encountered a problem and needs to close".

The screen flickers and changes colour the the egg timer comes up every few seconds, a couple of programs won't start unless I restart the pc everytime and the sound comes and goes as is wishes. Now I either have one problem thats easy to fix or half a dozen difficult ones. I tested for bugs, no bugs I've let scandisk do its thingy and fix errors it says it has and still the problem continues. I've even gone back 10 days hoping that would sort it out but no luck

Does anybody know what the heck is happening and what he heck is a generic host dooodaaa thingy anyway

Thanks a lot for your time

 

[Guest]

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[Mary Sauer]

Generic Host Process Error Message and a Flashlight Icon Appear
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;821690&Product=winxp

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hello this is my first time using this so I hope someone out there can help me. I

keep getting an error message everytime I do anything on the computer. It reads
"Generic host process for win32 services has encountered a problem and needs to
close".

The screen flickers and changes colour the the egg timer comes up every few

seconds, a couple of programs won't start unless I restart the pc everytime and the
sound comes and goes as is wishes. Now I either have one problem thats easy to fix or
half a dozen difficult ones. I tested for bugs, no bugs I've let scandisk do its
thingy and fix errors it says it has and still the problem continues. I've even gone
back 10 days hoping that would sort it out but no luck.