Hi TCH-Thomas,
Maybe you have solved this issue already but I had the same problem
and it was related to a security update I made. (MS05-012). Apperently
this update cause the Generic Hosts Process problem on some boxes.
Try installing the new fix (for the old fix :-)) from the guys from the dark side:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...displaylang=eng
Cheers,
IPreferMacOSX.