Re: SVCHost keeps crashing

Did you do a Repair Install or a format & reinstall?

Is Automatic Updates enabled and is the machine now fully patched at Windows Update?...

Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from Microsoft Update, or by using Automatic Updates after you repair a Windows XP installation:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144
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Andrew Faust wrote:
I recently did a reinstall of Windows XP Pro and ever since svchost crashes
about 4 times a day. Specifically, it's the netsvcs instance of svchost.
After the process terminates, I lose all the functionality provided by those
services such as audio mixers, themes, network browsing, etc. However, I can
restart all the services manually to get functionality again (or reboot).

I've tried everything I can think of. I've run Microsoft's Memory Diagnostic
to ensure my RAM was good. I've installed all the latest windows updates.
I've virus and spyware scanned my system.

I never had any of these crashes on my previous install of windows.

At this point the only idea I have left is to modify my registry to make all
the services run under separate instances of svchost to narrow down the
specific service that's crashing. However, I've heard that this causes all
sorts of other problems so didn't want to pursue this option just yet.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Andrew Faust

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