Windows XP forum: svchost.exe - Application Error Message- On Bootup - XP

Yes, I can still "Boot Up" normally...AFTER I APPLY THE "OPTIONS" GIVEN.
THE OPTION ARE: Press "OK" TO TERMINATE THE PROGRAM, AND "CANCEL" TO "DEBUG" THE PROGRAM.
I'VE APPLIED BOTH REMEDIES TO NO AVAIL?
Now! I performed your suggested solution to "TURN OFF" AUTOMATIC UPDATES..."RE-BOOTING", AND "UPDATING MANUALLY"....BUT "NO UPDATES WERE AVAILABLE" AND THE "ERROR MESSAGE" PERSIST?
Anyone Else got any ideas How to Solve this Annoying Problem?
Thanks;
sugarbear246

Thanks Mark! I turned "Automatic Updates" back On...So that's OK!
I took your advice and opened "MSCONFIG" and looked for Suspicious entries. I found 1 for my Printer...(THE ENTRY WAS THERE TWICE), But WHEN I "UNCHECKED" IT AND TRIED TO SAVE THE CHANGES "IT WOULDN'T LET ME"...IT SAID I NEEDED TO HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE PRIVELEGES. I have the only Account on my computer, and "I AM" LOGGED IN AS THE ADMINISTRATOR"?
I Went into "Safe Mode" as the Administrator and I got the same Message when I tried to Uncheck the One Entry and Save the Changes?
It's telling me I need "ADMINISTRATIVE PRIVELEGES TO MAKE THE CHANGES, BUT I DON'T KNOW "WHERE TO GO" IN XP TO ASSIGN ADMINISTRATIVE PRIVELEGE? I THOUGHT I ALREADY HAD THEM?
Help!
sugarbear246

I have Malwarebytes running all the time in my System Tray, and it scans everyday at 10:00 AM. I will download SUPERAntiSpyware and see what it finds.
DO YOU KNOW WHERE I WOULD GO IN WINDOWS XP TO ASSIGN ADMINISTRATIVE PRIVELEGES. I THINK I NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT SITUATION AS WELL.
Thanks;
sugarbear246

There are no, (or very few), Administrator Privilege settings in XP. Your account is either an Administrator account or it is a Limited User account.

The fact that you are now beginning to see all these admin lockouts seems to me to suggest a bad or corrupted account profile. This can happen sometimes, especially when users have been using Registry Cleaners, or Optimizers, or such, or with virus damage. You mentioned you have Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware installed, but you don't mention any anti-virus.

The first step is to check you are still an Administrator. You can confirm that in the Control Panel > User Accounts. Also, if you right click your Start Menu button, you should see the option for "Explorer all users". If you don't see that, then your account is a limited user account.

Second step is to try the hidden System Administrator account. In XP that can only be accessed by rebooting into Safe Mode. The hidden Administrator account will display on the Welcome Screen then. If you have given it a password, then use that. If you haven't just click OK.

From there you can try the things you are unable to do in your own account. You can also change your own account from Limited user to Admin.

Third step. If your account is still marked as an Admin account then it is likely corrupt. That's not as disastrous as it sounds. Microsoft has guidance for creating a new account and transferring the settings for a corrupted profile to the new profile.

Mark

Hey Mark...sugarbear246 again! I search Microsoft's Knowledge Base and found the "Fix for a Corrupted Account Profile"...The suggestion was to create a New User Account...and to Log On the "Old Account"..."Windows Explorer" and Copy/Paste files from Windows Explorer to "New Account" That worked just fine, but the Other Suggestion in the Knowledge Base Article was to Export my Email Account Information to the "New Account"...ACCESS WAS DENIED TO ME AND I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO COPY ANYTING? So the New Account is created, but I am probably going to DELETE it, and just Stick with my "Old User Account".
I guess my Original Problem: "svchost.exe - Application Error Message- On Bootup - XP" is my Only Concern at this point.
I WONDERING IF THE "WINDOW INSTALLER CLEANUP UTILITY" WILL CLEAN UP THIS APPLICATION ERROR MESSAGE. MAYBE I'M GETTING THIS MESSAGE BECAUSE WINDOWS IS LOOKING TO INITIALIZE AND "START" THIS PROGRAM? What do you think?
Thanks;
sugarbear246

Glad you found it and very good work.

Now, this Access Denied problem is a bit of a worry, especially since it also happens in Safe Mode, and with a new profile.

I notice you say you have Norton Security Suite. Any chance the license/registration is 'out of date'? We have sometimes seen strange effects when Norton has expired. If not, (if you have renewed your Norton package license recently), then how about exploring Norton's options and settings carefully.

It is a powerful suite and has many options, (not that I know first hand because I haven't used it), but it provides settings to prevent unauthorised access, and I wonder if it's security settings are too high.

I know that Norton will automatically disable the Windows System Restore utility because it has it's own backup/restore, and perhaps your Norton suite is preventing you from making admin changes.

Mark