I have just installed the latest version of kazaa lite and have since received this error message many times

'generic host process for win 32 services'

encountered a problem....

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e70a0d8b-fe98-493f-ad76-bf673a38b4cf&DisplayLang=en

go get the patch for the lovsan worm and save it to a different disk that you are formatting then after format install THAT patch BEFORE connecting to the net for the windows updates.

I thought this damn thing was somehow living through a complete format but it was latching onto my fresh machine right before downloading the updates from Microsoft that would protect me from it.

The bastard. I did the above and now everything is fine.

Hope this helps.

search yesterday and today's news MSN, and Foxnews for articles on it.

It screws with the RPC and stuff. Good luck.

solution for Xp: this patch:
http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2354406c-c5b6-44ac-9532-3de40f69c074&displaylang=en

WAIT WAIT WAIT
A friend told me that last night at 7.00 pm, a virus called MBLASTER
caused the RPC to shut down...

THERE IS NO DEFENSES AGAINST IT YET

Solutions ?

1- go to microsoft site to download updates. (they sure to include a defense against mblaster soon)

2- find a anti-virus dat, updated with mblaster

Im going to investigate nš2 solution

If i go to administrative tools-services-and disable pc shutdown
i can surf internet BUT i have memory problems, i can not copy & past, access some downloads, etc

I have particionated/formated my hard disk at low level, and re-installed XP.

I still have the shutdown message happening,
BUT the Generic host process message is gone.

No the less i still have the RPC problem, and i can not access internet as i should be. (if i disable shutdown i have memory problems because NPS is not working)

This is a very serious error in the windows OS.
If only i could play my favorite games in linux...

Generic Host Process for win 32 services has encountered problems and need to close.

Consequences of the error:
It appears a message saying the system is shuting down (60 seconds notice) , please save all work in progress and log off. This shoutdown was initiated by NT authority system. The windows is shuting down because : Remote procedure call (RPC) service termitated unexpectadly.

SOLUTIONS:

1- I have formated C:\ and reinstalled windows XP -> didnt worked

2- Disabled remote assistance invitations -> didnt worked

3- Go to Administration tools -> Services -> RPC -> disable shutdown PC when error happens

This solution prevents the consequences of the error BUT
im still having the "GENERIC HOST PROCESS" error happening each time i log to internet

PLEASE HELP, what i do to eliminate this error form my system ?

I am getting the same problem even though I have not downloaded kazaa lite. This condition which results in the computer rebooting itself seems to have started when I started receiving popup adds telling me
that my MSN messager was a potential security hole so I must ring this number .... . the problem goes when I am in safe mode but is present even when I remove every thing from the startup menu and
the run registry section ( MacFee, viruscan, firewall, connectCorrect, Soundman etc)

Any clues on how I diagnose and hence, rectify this problem?

Regards

I've seen references to this being due to a faulty HP Printer driver, so I unplugged my printer, I'm not using it lately anyway. I don't think that's it, though, because the extra details from the priginal error reporting dialog mentions kernel32.dll as the problem. I've been doing a lot in the way of telnet/chat/mail/server type configuration and installation, so no doubt one of the vbackground net programs I'm running is the culprit.

More FYI: Generic Host Services is basically another flavor of "run a DLL as an EXE", except it runs in the background on XP/2K/NT type machines with \SYSTEM authority.