Hi, my firewall is blocking the "Generic Host Process for Win32 Services", should I allow it? What does it actually do, is it just another one of those Windows non essential apps or do I need it?
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| Windows XP/2000 - Generic Host Process for Win32 Services posted in the Operating Systems forums; Hi, my firewall is blocking the "Generic Host Process for Win32 Services", should I allow it? What does it actually do, is it just another one of those Windows non ... |
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Generic Host Process for Win32 Services
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Re: Generic Host Process for Win32 Services
Yup, you're ok to let that one in CBR - it comes from a Microsoft IP address:
OrgName: Microsoft Corp OrgID: MSFT Address: One Microsoft Way City: Redmond StateProv: WA PostalCode: 98052 Country: US NetRange: 207.46.0.0 - 207.46.255.255 CIDR: 207.46.0.0/16 NetName: MICROSOFT-GLOBAL-NET NetHandle: NET-207-46-0-0-1 Parent: NET-207-0-0-0-0 NetType: Direct Assignment NameServer: NS1.MSFT.NET NameServer: NS5.MSFT.NET NameServer: NS2.MSFT.NET NameServer: NS3.MSFT.NET NameServer: NS4.MSFT.NET Comment: RegDate: 1997-03-31 Updated: 2004-12-09 RTechHandle: ZM39-ARIN RTechName: Microsoft RTechPhone: +1-425-882-8080 RTechEmail: noc@microsoft.com OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE231-ARIN OrgAbuseName: Abuse OrgAbusePhone: +1-425-882-8080 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@microsoft.com OrgAbuseHandle: HOTMA-ARIN OrgAbuseName: Hotmail Abuse OrgAbusePhone: +1-425-882-8080 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@hotmail.com OrgAbuseHandle: MSNAB-ARIN OrgAbuseName: MSN ABUSE OrgAbusePhone: +1-425-882-8080 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@msn.com OrgNOCHandle: ZM23-ARIN OrgNOCName: Microsoft Corporation OrgNOCPhone: +1-425-882-8080 OrgNOCEmail: noc@microsoft.com OrgTechHandle: MSFTP-ARIN OrgTechName: MSFT-POC OrgTechPhone: +1-425-882-8080 OrgTechEmail: iprrms@microsoft.com # ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2007-11-28 19:10 # Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.
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Re: Generic Host Process for Win32 Services
ok, thanks. Btw, I just noticed just after blocking it I can't access any websites not currently in my temp internet files... So I'd better allow it
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Re: Generic Host Process for Win32 Services
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