If I knew that, I'd be a geniusOriginally Posted by maxorator
The only guaranteed stable way is to slipstream the pack into the installation and install. Installing a service pack can sometimes be risky, too, but far less so than installing all fixes manually.
Check the box of your XP to see if it isn't the "Windows XP Annoying Edition".
I have to admit I have had no problems installing patches and fixes.
"The Internet treats censorship as damage and routes around it." - John Gilmore
No, my Windows is 'Home Edition', and is upgraded to SP2. Also, I haven't seen the 'Windows Update' dialog box since upgrading my comp initially to SP2. I think the progs giving me a problem only act up if I manually kill the errant instance of svchost.exe, since Windows killed it for referencing memory at 0x000000 (or however many zeros it is), and I haven't had any problems since.
It is just a synonimmy Windows is 'Home Edition'
All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection,
except for the problem of too many layers of indirection.
– David J. Wheeler
Actually help with my problem if you post, ok?
The only help I can give - an advice - change your OS to something serious... XP Pro for example
All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection,
except for the problem of too many layers of indirection.
– David J. Wheeler
Ok, update: At the time of this post, svchost.exe has yet again eaten my CPU usage. The owner of the process is 'SYSTEM'. Shutting it down... Again, sound is gone. I thought Windows had killed the rouge process. Any help now?
EDIT: 11:58 AM
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I rebooted and Windows displayed a message box that said "Data Excecution Prevention" and shut down a rouge instance of svchost.exe. I haven't lost sound yet.
Last edited by DarkAlex; 03-25-2008 at 12:01 PM.
What difference between Home and Pro Edition is it that makes XP Pro more serious :S?
How I need a drink, alcoholic in nature, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics.
Oi! No go on side topics! XP Pro has better security features than XP Home. That's it! Now posters please help!
You have bad drivers for something or a virus. Thats basically all it could be.
"There's always another way"
-lightatdawn (lightatdawn.cprogramming.com)
Please elaborate and tell me how to fix. Remember, I have Norton Antivirus 2007 and it doesn't detect anything.
Norton, as the name implies, gets rid of VIRUSES. There is absolutely nothing it can do about BUGS in the operating system.
Try the hotfix. If that doesn't work, turn off automatic updates until SP3 comes out.
(Actually, there is already a pre-release of SP3 available, but I don't recommend downloading it until the release version is made available.)
I copied it from the last program in which I passed a parameter, which would have been pre-1989 I guess. - esbo
The standard first try for something like this is to update everything. Make sure all your drivers are new, especially the sound ones in your case. Run Windows Update and get whatevers available.
Try an online virus scanner just in case. It's easy and costs you nothing. BitDefender pops to mind but there are a few others. It's always nice to rule out the simplest answers first.
Failing those I'd try SpyBot Search & Destroy and failing any of that easy stuff, your into some real diagnostics.
"There's always another way"
-lightatdawn (lightatdawn.cprogramming.com)
Norton is a very poor AV software. You can try NOD32, the best one of the market, for free in 30 days. It gets rid of most viruses. But there's no telling it might be a virus. Scanning for spyware using Spybot might also help, as they say.
Otherwise a google search for svchost.exe 100% might help?
