Iam running Windows Vista Home Basic 32 bit, my problem is I updated my NVidia driver and now I keep getting Windows Host Process has stopped and has closed. Can I ask someone for some help Please.
host process has stopped
- Thread starter Mrs2lots
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Madhur B
Dell Social Media Team
Hi Mrs2lots,
Let’s try few troubleshooting steps to check if issue gets resolved:
1. Try a clean boot to check if it would work, providing the link to do a clean boot for reference: How to perform a clean boot to troubleshoot a problem in Windows Vista or Windows 7
2. Go to safe mode and check if you get same error message. Please use the following link for detailed instructions to go safe mode: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/123496-safe-mode.html
3. If issue persists, please follow the steps in below mentioned link and check if issue gets resolved: How can I reset the Hosts file back to the default?
Please post the results.
Let’s try few troubleshooting steps to check if issue gets resolved:
1. Try a clean boot to check if it would work, providing the link to do a clean boot for reference: How to perform a clean boot to troubleshoot a problem in Windows Vista or Windows 7
2. Go to safe mode and check if you get same error message. Please use the following link for detailed instructions to go safe mode: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/123496-safe-mode.html
3. If issue persists, please follow the steps in below mentioned link and check if issue gets resolved: How can I reset the Hosts file back to the default?
Please post the results.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom
- CPU
- AMD FX-4100
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte
- Memory
- 4Gb
- Graphics card(s)
- ATI 5450
- Screen Resolution
- 1600*900
- Internet Speed
- 10Mbps
Cytherian
Vista Guru
It's possible you updated the NVidia driver to a version that is not fully supported by your hardware. Each computer manufacturer has a "recommended" version to use, that is often not the absolute latest available from the video card maker. I would first try Madhur's suggestion of booting into safe mode, then rebooting into normal mode. Sometimes that magically cleans things up. If that doesn't work, then roll back to the restore point just prior to that video driver update.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- HP Pavillion dv5t
- CPU
- Intel Core Duo 2.53GHz
- Memory
- 4Gb
- Graphics card(s)
- NVidia GeForce 9600M GT 512Mb
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x800 32bit
- Hard Drives
- Seagate Momentus XT 500Gb Hitachi Travelstar HTS543225L9A300 250Gb
- Mouse
- Microsoft 4000