Generic Host Win32 Problem at startup

[johnny223]

Today the error happened again, so i sent an error report to microsoft, the different is that this time, after sending the report, they provided a link for me to go to, it's a survey asking when the error happen and a little info about your pc so they can come up with something to fix it.  Looks like they finally realized the problem thanks to Vlk contacting microsoft.  Hopefully they come up with a solution soon 'cause this is getting annoying.

Thanks Vlk!

[SUSZANNAH]

I get this message on occasions too, I would also like to know what  'generic Host'  means   

[Vlk]

Good to know they started the survey.

To answer your question about what the Generic Host Process is, I don't know how proficient you're with computers but to put it simply, it's the process where the OS runs a number of its services. In other words, it's per se an empty shell that can contain some worker processes that do some helpful stuff though

Here's a link to the MS site that explains the same thing in MUCH more detail: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q314056&

Thanks
Vlk

[Falcon]

Hi,

After installing TweakUI (from Microsoft), I begin to have again the same problem.

Does this problem only occured for Avast users or does this Microsoft problem is generic and come even if Avast is not installed ?

Thanks for all effort being done by VLK to move Microsoft. Alwil is not only doing Antivirus, but make others softs being not infected 

Thanks !

[johnny223]

So is anything else being done besides starting the survey, because i'm still gettting the error message with the timestamp indicating the last time i shutdown the computer, not when the computer is starting up(which was what i expected), just like what  Kantjer said.

Can anyone give me an update on what's being done?  By the way, what's OLE?

Thanks.

[Lisandro]

By the way, what's OLE?

OLE means object linking and embedding (Microsoft functional components interfaces) 
Sorry, this is bla, bla, bla...
OLE is related to MS Office files: a Word document (.doc) is an OLE object. The same for an Excel sheet (.xls) or Access data base (.mdb). 

[Lisandro]

After installing TweakUI (from Microsoft), I begin to have again the same problem.

I use TweakUI and never has this problem at the startup or boot  
But I think this TweakUI can't be buggy: http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_download.asp?fid=2803&fileidx=2
I used it for years!?!

[Falcon]

Hi,

Do you have some news fom microsoft about this problem ? It starded again and I am fed up with this problem.

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,

[kantjer]

Message still appears several times a day. I'm also getting sick of it 

[Vlk]

Interesting development!

They finally released a patch (a patch of a patch, really) that should fix the problem!
See here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894391


Thanks
Vlk

[Lisandro]

They finally released a patch (a patch of a patch, really) that should fix the problem!
See here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894391

I never had that problem so I don't have to appy this patch.
But, for the others, it's available in very few languages only  :'(

[emma]

Interesting development!
They finally released a patch (a patch of a patch, really) that should fix the problem!
See here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894391

Has anyone applied this patch?  I had this problem but it doesn't happen all the time.  The following was copied from the patch website.  And I am thinking of waiting until it is further tested.  No guinea pig me. 
RESOLUTION
Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Windows service pack that contains this hotfix

[kantjer]

I installed the patch, so far the error message did not pop up, but like others mentioned it was very infrequent be for sometimes it was there at almost every (re)boot and sometimes I did not see it for days.

No negative sideeffects also.

[FreewheelinFrank]

There's an update available from Microsoft now to fix this problem:

Windows XP (KB894391)

and the link is:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a87b44b9-7a6a-49b6-bd89-afad4e049c48&displaylang=en&Hash=BPPV7RC

Edit: Sorry, I must have missed page 2 here folks.