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Host Proccess for windows stopped working
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If you are having a problem with Windows Updates you could try the Fixit Tool from this article?
How do I reset Windows Update components?
Is System Restore an option yo get back before any updates? Or can you just uninstall the Windows update that caused the problem?
Try Safe Mode (Do you have this problem in Safe Mode?).
Try running ChkDsk to check your drive for errors. Right-click your Drive icon/ Properties/ Tools/ Error Checking. Try it first by not checking either box (this will run it in a Read-only mode) to see if it flags any hard drive or file problems. If it does, restart it by ticking both boxes, and rerun it to allow it to attempt to fix any found problems.
How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7
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How to repair the operating system and how to restore the operating system configuration to an earlier point in time in Windows Vista (or 7)
How to analyze the log file entries that the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker (SFC.exe) program generates in Windows Vista
I see lots of recommendations here for programs like the following, you might have picked up some "nasties"?
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
SuperAntispyware
How do I reset Windows Update components?
Is System Restore an option yo get back before any updates? Or can you just uninstall the Windows update that caused the problem?
Try Safe Mode (Do you have this problem in Safe Mode?).
Try running ChkDsk to check your drive for errors. Right-click your Drive icon/ Properties/ Tools/ Error Checking. Try it first by not checking either box (this will run it in a Read-only mode) to see if it flags any hard drive or file problems. If it does, restart it by ticking both boxes, and rerun it to allow it to attempt to fix any found problems.
How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7
950093 How to use the System Configuration utility to troubleshoot configuration errors in Windows Vista
How to repair the operating system and how to restore the operating system configuration to an earlier point in time in Windows Vista (or 7)
How to analyze the log file entries that the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker (SFC.exe) program generates in Windows Vista
I see lots of recommendations here for programs like the following, you might have picked up some "nasties"?
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
SuperAntispyware
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Linney
No the system is clean.
And the updates always get installed correctly, but if there is a restart required I get this message, and no other effects, this time the network notification icon was showing limited connection after the restart, but the connection was fine. Restarting again fixed it.
Might give the logfile a check, nothing at all in the performance monitor.
Steve: N.M.N.F.
If something is popular, it must be wrong: Mark Twain
No the system is clean.
And the updates always get installed correctly, but if there is a restart required I get this message, and no other effects, this time the network notification icon was showing limited connection after the restart, but the connection was fine. Restarting again fixed it.
Might give the logfile a check, nothing at all in the performance monitor.
Steve: N.M.N.F.
If something is popular, it must be wrong: Mark Twain
Any type of minor Networking glitch can cause the error or warning about Limited Connectivity.
From a Command Prompt have you tried the command -
Netsh Winsock Reset
- in order to reset the Winsock configuration of your machine.
This is an old XP article but some of the later parts of the article may still be well worth a read and provide some things to look at.
How to Troubleshoot and Fix Windows XP SP2
Limited or No Connectivity Error Message
If after any updates you reboot into "Safe Mode with Networking", it would be interesting to know whether the error warning still occurred?
From a Command Prompt have you tried the command -
Netsh Winsock Reset
- in order to reset the Winsock configuration of your machine.
This is an old XP article but some of the later parts of the article may still be well worth a read and provide some things to look at.
How to Troubleshoot and Fix Windows XP SP2
Limited or No Connectivity Error Message
If after any updates you reboot into "Safe Mode with Networking", it would be interesting to know whether the error warning still occurred?
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I tried booting into safe mode, it seemed to hang when it got to an AVG driver load.
Gave it a few minutes, no change, so then I went away for 20min and when I got back it had loaded with no error message.
Rebooted and again there was no message.
Steve: N.M.N.F.
If something is popular, it must be wrong: Mark Twain
Gave it a few minutes, no change, so then I went away for 20min and when I got back it had loaded with no error message.
Rebooted and again there was no message.
Steve: N.M.N.F.
If something is popular, it must be wrong: Mark Twain
my suggestion... uninstall AVG, then see how it is booting, if it is the cause then replace AVG (Avira or Avast are good replacements), from some that I read, it is causing lots of headaches lately...
if it isn't causing the issue, then you can install AVG again, and nothing is lost, except time...
Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.
Only ask questions with yes/no answers if you want "yes" or "no"
if it isn't causing the issue, then you can install AVG again, and nothing is lost, except time...
Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.
Only ask questions with yes/no answers if you want "yes" or "no"
If Safe Mode with Networking is error free then a clean boot is the next step.
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How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7
950093 How to use the System Configuration utility to troubleshoot configuration errors in Windows Vista
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Do you know an appx time when the error first occurred? Perhaps doing a system restore, referenced by linney's post on 6 Apr 11 15:33. Of course, you'd have to redo the updates since that point in time, but perhaps one of the updates caused the issue to begin with.
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