[dba-Tech] Svchost.exe error

Tina, I had a similar situation about 6 weeks ago. I ran Spybot in Safe mode 
and it took care of it. Of couse, it was just a few weeks later when I had 
the big crash and had to wipe the hd and start over. I couldn't even do 
it -- could not recover Windows. The guy that did take care of it said 
Windows was trashed, and we all know that's not so uncommon -- been running 
that particular system for 10 years, so I guess it was inevitable.

Susan H.
]> Hi John,
>
> It's Windows XP Pro - but I have installed Sysinternals procexp.exe, so
> we can do the same procedure of checking each service to see who is
> making the mischief.
>
> Thanks,
> T
>
> John Bartow wrote:
>> If this is Windows 7 he can open task manager and right click on the 
>> svchost
>> processes, one at a time, and then choose go to services. It will jump 
>> over
>> to the service associated witht hat particular svchost process (there 
>> will
>> be many). He can then write down each service and check through which one
>> might be causing the problem. I would start with any third party apps and
>> disable them using autoruns. If one of those isn't the culprit then I'd 
>> move
>> on through various windows services, disabling the ones that can be
>> disabled, etc. Basically he's going to have to do some forensic work.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris
>> Fields
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 2:08 PM
>> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
>> Subject: [dba-Tech] Svchost.exe error
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I could use a little help figuring this one out.
>>
>> My son-in-law, Brad, has this problem:  during some operation, could be
>> booting up, could be almost anything, he gets the warning "svchost.exe
>> application error" usually with something like "instruction at referenced
>> memory at "0x00000010" and "memory could not be read."  It seems to me I
>> have recently seen this error with a corrupted or faulty update of some
>> software - I think I had that happen with an HP companion process, 
>> something
>> like "image monitor" that bogged down my whole system, and in my case the
>> problem was solved by a reinstall and a disabling of the culprit 
>> application
>> (it was hogging my CPU resources, and I really didn't need it).  Googling
>> the svchost.exe error postings, I find that it is likely caused by some
>> corrupted dll file that didn't get to finish whatever it was doing, and
>> nothing else could function because of that bottleneck.  Several of the
>> postings suggested that it might be a failed or incomplete or corrupted
>> Windows update, and the solution could be as easy as doing a manual 
>> Windows
>> update and rebooting.
>>
>> When I tried to get to the Windows update site from his computer, I could
>> not get there - IE consistently reported that it could not display the 
>> page.
>> This was true whether I used the Windows update command on the menu or I
>> launched the browser and typed in the URL.  I tried Googling the Windows
>> update and clicking the link from the Google search results, too. 
>> Nothing
>> worked.
>>
>> Because he is doing work, often using a VPN connection with his home 
>> office,
>> he has IT support available.  I told him that while I believe I can get 
>> this
>> figured out and fixed, it will probably be a lot faster to make use of 
>> his
>> IT guys.  Today, they have been working remotely on his computer - 
>> they've
>> uninstalled all his malware protection and reinstalled fresh copies, 
>> they've
>> updated his browser to IE8, they thought they had it fixed, and then it
>> popped up again, while they were getting ready to sign off.
>>
>> Does anybody on this list know what I'm really dealing with here?  I 
>> would
>> love some guidance!