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Post by mar on Jan 22, 2009 4:12:41 GMT -5
ever since i installed a later version of powerdvd i keep getting this "host process for windows services has stopped working and was closed" i uninstalled powerdvd but keep getting it have trawled the net and microsoft help but cannot find a resolution-i tried to install/use microsoft debugging tools but its too complicated for me it is NOT the rundll message im running vista-it seems to be a known problem anyone please?  |
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Post by globe on Jan 22, 2009 5:03:48 GMT -5
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Post by johnlennon696 on Jan 22, 2009 5:11:51 GMT -5
I ha something like this: "Generic Host Process for Windows32 has to close", i DL windows security update and service pack 3 for XP and it SEEMS ok now....
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Post by mar on Jan 22, 2009 5:35:40 GMT -5
yea i did mate there was actually multiple referneces to something else..cant remember what....posted detail to microsoft technet but no reply ill see if i can find it again |
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Post by mar on Jan 22, 2009 7:13:54 GMT -5
looking thru event logs now this seems unrelated but theres LOADS of these messages:- Log Name: System Source: disk Date: 22/01/2009 10:10:20 Event ID: 7 Task Category: None Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: laptop Description: The device, \Device\Harddisk0\DR0, has a bad block. Event Xml: <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"> <System> <Provider Name="disk" /> <EventID Qualifiers="49156">7</EventID> <Level>2</Level> <Task>0</Task> <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2009-01-22T10:10:20.608Z" /> <EventRecordID>41508</EventRecordID> <Channel>System</Channel> <Computer>laptop</Computer> <Security /> </System> <EventData> <Data>\Device\Harddisk0\DR0</Data> <Binary>030068000100000000000000070004C0000100009C0000C0000000000000000000400433040000003E1C360000000000FFFFFFFF01000000400000840200000000200A1240032040000000003C0000000000000008F3CC8400000000582A8884506C8C842082190228000219822000008000000000000000F00003000000000B00000000000000000000000000000000</Binary> </EventData> </Event> |
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Post by mar on Jan 22, 2009 7:31:59 GMT -5
this seems to be fairly critical from the google searches iv done
fuckin microsoft sites have NO INFO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
most definitive suggestion iv found is below but its for xp and im running vista
since the "windows host" message has not come up today and this sounds more important can anyone help?
In Windows XP you attempt repair on bad clusters/sectors by doing this.
Go to My Computer
Right Click on the drive you want to do this on, and choose Properties
Go to the Tools tab.
Go to Error Checking and click the Check Now button
You have an option there to Attempt recovery of bad sectors.
Note: In most cases bad sectors or clusters are not recovered but marked as bad so the system avoids them in future. Recovery of bad sectors mainly will attempt to move or recover any data kept in the bad sectors, not actually fix the sector. That is usually impossible.
This is as bad clusters/sectors are usually physical damage to the disk surface/s. When you have bad sectors they often grow in number progressively and you should replace the disk or at least backup up a lot if you have them, as the disk will likely fail at some time soon or get an area corrupted you dont want, like a FAT table or data area. You can lose the lot if you arent careful!
Some people get lucky and the bad area doesnt grow and it works for years afterwards, but risking this should not happen if the PC is important or contains critical data.
The most common cause of bad sectors is an aging hard disk, as the Read/Write heads in the disk can dip and hit the disk surface, when normally they do not ever touch the disk/s. This happens because the head arms and mechanisms loosen and/or lose alignment. They wear out. The actual disk surfaces (there are multiple disks in a hard drive) are very durable and would last decades if the heads didnt wear out. But they do.
So do what i describe at the top about scanning and attempting repair on bad sectors, but also start backing up anything you dont want to lose, and do it more than ever, and if you can afford it, buy a new hard disk ASAP.
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