First of all, if you followed the earlier thread where I recounted
the problems I was having with WinXP Pro sp2, you should know that I finally
did solve the problems! I wasn't able to shutdown, restart, or access
Windows Update in manual or auto modes! After a month of trying different
things I was told on the Microsoft newsgroups, including the addition of
some utilities etc., I finally decided to reformat almost 600 gigs of data
on a raid 0 HD! Then after each driver and/or application I re-installed, I
would check to see if the problems came back.
It wasn't until the very last application I installed that they came
back, and the application was PCShield, a combo of their anti-virus and
Firewall. I had checked and it was not on any of the lists for apps that
did not work well with XP and/or sp2, yet the problems returned.
Then Microsoft told me to disable the firewall and see what
happened. I did but the problems persisted and they told me that it has to
be something else! So after 4 different tech support people and at least 8
very long phone conversations to India, the problems still persisted, and so
I decided to start uninstalling applications and drivers in the opposite
order in which they were installed. That did the trick because after
uninstalling the PCShield firewall everything worked normally again!
I took this up with tech support at PCShield, and can you believe
that they knew about this problem yet never mentioned it on their web site
or in any of the documentation? And not only that, but when I first
purchased it you have to go thru a question and answer phase which
ascertained it would work properly on my system...even though they knew it
would not! So now, after all the work and lost time they're sending me a
refund of $10! What a joke!
Anyway, I went to the update site and checked to be sure, but I
already have every possible update you can get for WinXP. So now it looks
as if I've got another problem to contend with!
In the meantime, do you or anyone know of a decent firewall that
does work with XP Pro and sp2? Cause right now I'm cruising the net with my
pants down around my ankles! <g>
from: Robert Meek at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dba "Tangentals Design" home of "PoBoy"
freeware Windows apps and utilities
located at: www.TangentalsDesign.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Tom Hahn
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 10:34 AM
To: 'Delphi-Talk Discussion List'
Subject: RE: OT Generic Host Process for win32
There is a Microsoft XP update to deal with this. Sorry, but I can't
remember the number.
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Thomas Hahn
Hahn Technology, Inc.
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> Does anyone know what kind of things can cause the
> above error message when win XP boots up?
>
> from: Robert Meek at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] dba "Tangentals
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