Hi,
Whenever I use Windows XP SP2 with the VPN provider Relakks
(
https://www.relakks.com/), one instance of svchost.exe crashes (1) after a
few minutes. The VPN connection was created using the Windows New Connection
Wizard. I didn't install any VPN programs.
If I double click on the VPN connection icon in the system tray after
svchost.exe has crashed, the status window pops up then immediately
disappears.
Even if I restart the services manually (except for "Windows
Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)"--I get an "access denied" error
message when I try to restart it), I have only a very limited access to the
Internet (web downloads started before the crash continue, but I can't
browse the web, I'm offline according to OE, etc.) until the computer is
rebooted.
I used SecureIX for months and never had this problem. I tried with an old
Ghost backup of the Windows partition but the problem remains.
Does anyone know if there is a fix or a good program I could use instead of
the Windows VPN client?
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* tasklist/svc -- svchost.exe before the crash:
AudioSrv, Browser, CryptSvc, Dhcp, dmserver, EventSystem,
FastUserSwitchingCompatibility, lanmanserver, lanmanworkstation, Netman,
Nla, RasMan, seclogon, SENS, SharedAccess, ShellHWDetection, TapiSrv,
Themes, TrkWks, W32Time, winmgmt, WZCSVC
* tasklist/svc -- svchost.exe after the crash:
EventSystem, SENS, Themes, winmgmt
* Administrative Tools -- Services that are stopped when svchost.exe
crashes:
Computer Browser
Cryptographic Services
DHCP Client
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Fast User Switching Compatibility
Logical Disk Manager
Network Connections
Network Location Awareness (NLA)
Remote Access Connection Manager
Secondary Logon
Server
Shell Hardware Detection
Telephony
Windows Audio
Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
Wireless Zero Configuration
Workstation
* Event Viewer:
Application popup: svchost.exe - Application Error : The exception unknown
software exception (0xc0000409) occurred in the application at location
0x5b86a3c0.
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