Host Process for Windows Tasks has stopped working

[rayjayy]

I get this error at irregular intervals. Anyone else having the same problem?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello rayjayy.

In what OS are you getting this error? This is a Windows Se7en forum but we'll help you if we can.















Later :shock: Ted

 

[rayjayy]

Build 6956. You don't seriously I'm that dumb eh?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Well ... the only OS you have (had) listed says (said) Vista!


















Later :shock: Ted

 

[rayjayy]

my mistake; didn't bother to update my CP

 

[baarod]

No. But do yourself a favor and dump the content of your taskhost commandlines from time to time and compare it to a dump you do immediately after you get this error message. That will show you what is crashing on you. Taskhost is kinda like the old dllhost.exe -- just a standard shell for utility processes. You see, in the Win31-98 days each process took a certain amount of real (below 640k) memory so if you had a bunch of background procs running as well as a host of forground tasks you could get the dreaded "out of real memory" error. In addition, each task still eats a meg of stack and process memory no matter what it does so it's better to have a single process to hang these processes off of. It's the same principle as svchost.exe for services. I'll get some more detailed instructions on how to do this in a while.

 

[napilopez]

I have been getting this error as well. I hadn't posted it because it seemed like an isolated issue, and frankly it isn't too bothersome; I see no performance decreases.

Interestingly, I installed 6956 on my sister's laptop, and she suddenly started to get the errors as well, so I thought it may have something to do with our installation or software we both use.

We seemed to have started to recieve the error sometime around the last windows update, but I'm not totally sure.

Its a hindrance, but not major.

Still, I'd like to resolve it.

 

[rayjayy]

well for one, my windows update isn't in working order in this build; so i'm not too sure about that theory.

and true, it isn't pull-your-hair annoying; so my only hope is to wait for the beta i guess. thanks for letting me know i'm not alone.

 

[rayjayy]

For illustration purposes.

 

[baarod]

Please post the content of the first link in the text box under "Files that help describe the problem:"

 

[RessurecT]

I am also having the exact same problem, get an identical error with an identical screenshot. Just wondering have you installed any new networking tools such as LogMeIn because that and another network sharing tool called OrbLive are the only two "applications" I have installed ever since this Host Process stopped working error showed up last week...
Also it may be caused due to itunes too... just a wild guess but how can i know for sure?

Thanks.
PS: First post so HI ALL!

 

[webdevii]

Host Process for Windows Tasks has stopped Error

Here is the fix for this error:
Click start and search for Task Scheduler
Open the Task Scheduler
In the left pane click the following:
Task Scheduler Library>Microsoft>Windows>RAC
Now on the top menu click View>Show Hidden Tasks
Now in the top center pane you will see RAC Task, Right Click on it then click
disable.

This will stop this error from ever appearing again....

source: Host Process for Windows Services Has Stopped Working Error - Workaround Fix » My Digital Life

Hope this helps

Regards
Dev

 

[curryking1]

Wow, had the exact same problem here on 6956. Thanks for the help.

 

[webdevii]

No problem
Glad to be of help

regards
Dev

btw you know Windows 7 beta 1 Build 7077 is out now

 

[curryking1]

I know but my computer is working fine so I don't feel any need to change it. Don't want to fool around with my computer now during a busy period of school

 

[webdevii]

Good thinkin curlyking!!, I wouldnt disturb anything either until all the mission critical stuff was out of the way...