Generic Host process for Win32 and Svchost.exe Error

“Generic Host for Win32 Process” and the faulting Svchost.exe are dreaded errors on Windows XP (SP2).These errors can also occur on windows server 2003 and windows 2000, and on both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) editions.

Earlier we covered a few solutions to fix Generic Host Process Win32 Services error. Here is one more solution that requires you to close ports 445 and 135 on your PC/computer.
How to fix “Generic Host for Win32 Process” and “svchost.exe” errors?

close Port 445:
Click Start >> Run, to open the Run dialog box
Here, type regedit to open the registry
Navigate to the following registry key – HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >> System >> CurrentControlSet >> Services >> NetBT >> Parameters



On the right-hand pane find the option TransportBindName.
Double click on TransportBindName and delete the existing default value.
click Ok

From the above, it is clear, that you have closed Port 445 by giving a blank value to TransportBindName for NetBT services.


close Port 135:
Click Start >> Run, to open the Run dialog box
Here, type regedit to open the registry
Navigate to the following registry key – HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >> software >> microsoft >> Ole



On thee right hand window pane find an option called EnableDCOM
Double-click EnableDCOM and change the value from Y to N
click Ok
Close the Registry Editor and restart your computer

That is all folks!!! Now you have got rid of the dreaded Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Error!!!

Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Error (Solutions to fix it)

Are you using Windows XP SP2 and encountering Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Error? Don’t worry. We do have several solutions to to fix this nagging error.

For Windows XP SP2, the Generic Host Process error can potentially occur on any system and at any time. Most would have received this error message, shortly after system startup. But this error actually occurs during the previous system shutdown. According to microsoft, this error occurs in windows XP sp2, if security update 873333 (MS05-012) had been installed. Microsoft also claims, that this problem only occurs in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), but it does provide fixes for windows server 2003 and windows 2000. Microsoft had earlier issued security update 873333 (MS05-012), to fix a Vulnerability in OLE and COM, that could allow remote code execution.

If you encounter this problem in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, then upgrading to XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) could easily fix this problem.
Symptoms for Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Error:
E-mail messages that include file attachments would not display file names, when the file name contains double-byte character set (DBCS) characters and the file name is longer than 42 characters.However, this problem can only be noticed when the e-mail message format is Rich Text.
All applications that implements the IMallocSpy debugging interface may experience heap corruption. For example, you may be browsing the internet and would suddenly experience a halt in all your Network activity.Though you might see the Internet connected icon in the tray, you may not able to browse
You encounter error messages about faulting netapi32.dll and svchost.exe
You also receive error messages that state “Your PC has recovered from a serious problem”

Thus this Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Error is a broad issue.microsoft has a patch for this issue.You may download the patch KB894391, to fix this issue.

Alternatively you can do windows update manually (Note that the above patch solution and the following windows update solution works only on PC/computer running genuine Windows and not pirated versions):
Go to the start menu
Right click “My computer”
Click “properties” then the “automatic updates” tab
Choose “turn off automatic updates”
Restart your computer
Go back to start menu and in all programs go to “windows update” you have to be connected to the internet
Manually update windows
Turn your automatic updates back on

You can also try the following solutions to fix this error:

Solution 2:

Go to Run and type regedit



Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >> SYSTEM >> CurrentControlSet >> Services >> Browser >> Parameters
Find the key IsDomainMaster
Set its value to False
Restart the computer

Solution 3:

Go to Run and type cmd
Type ‘netsh’ in command console then press enter
Then type ‘winsock’ and press enter and then type reset
Restart the computer