What does 'possible heap corruption detected' mean, when listed in the Event Viewer?

In that case uninstall and reinstall is a recognised technique to resolve problems.

This is a recurring error!

Log Name:      System

Source:        Microsoft-Windows-WMPNSS-Service

Date:          1.4.12 07:15:39

Event ID:      14324

Task Category: None

Level:         Error

Keywords:      Classic

User:          N/A

Computer:      Emma-PC

Description:

Service 'WMPNetworkSvc' did not start correctly because CoCreateInstance(WindowsMediaPlayer) encountered error '0x80004002'. If possible, reinstall Windows Media Player.

What version of Windows Media Player do you have?

Another recurring error.

Event ID:      2

Task Category: Session

Level:         Error

Keywords:      Session

User:          SYSTEM

Computer:      Emma-PC

Description:

Session "Homegroup Log" failed to start with the following error: 0xC0000035

I suggest you select Start, Control Panel,  Network and Sharing Center, Choose homegroup and sharing options. Select Leave the homegroup.

I ran the memory disgnostics and there are no memory errors, which means that there are no problems with RAM.

There are no integrity violations, which I assume means that my computer's system files are ok. I am receiving  alot of 3036 warnings.  But given that my computer is running ok and it hasn;t crashed - other than when Outlook wouldn't open and Internet Explorer stopped working, earlier tonight, there have been no problems.  I have had lots of SideBySide warnings, but according to my computer guru, who is a qualified computer technician, Microsoft suggests that these warnings are ignored.

I won't be uninstalling Panda IS 2012, as it's a good program and AVG can't compare; likewise I won't be uninstalling Nero.

All I wanted to do was to find out what possible heap corruption detected means and no-one has told me that and whether these possible heap corruptions are serious.

Thankyou to those people who tried to answer my question, but I'm still no nearer to finding out how I can stop possible heap corruptions, without having to uninstall programs.

Emma. D

Emma

Not many contributors here will have the capacity to investigate heap corruption. You are into debugging. You wiil find a number of contributors here who will dedug dump files arising from BSOD errors ( perhaps 20 ) but I have not read many reports regarding an attempt to debug heap corruption. I have read the occasional thread in the Social Technet. Your thread initially attracted my interest because I thought Zig Zag was about to attempt it. 

SidebySide reports are warnings and as such do not have the impact an Error has. However, they are indicating that something is not quite as it should be. They are also difficult to interpret. The combination of difficult to interpret and that they do not, that I know of, lead to system failure could well be why your "guru" told you what he did.

Opinions on security software are subjective and often based on personal preferences. My opinion on Panda is neutral. I think it is neither good nor bad. Your comment on not uninstalling is unwise. You should uninstall and reinstall. You need to make some effort to eliminate the many errors it is generating. That is the best way to try to do so.

You should not focus on any particular error to the exclusion of others.Some errors are difficult to resolve, especially when the situation is confused by the existence of many errors. You can either eliminate  the easier errors or do a clean install of the operating system. Before doing a clean install it is best to be sure,as far as reasonably possible, that you do not have a hardware problem. A clean install is a lot of work and will not eliminate a hardware problem.

Oh by the way no amount of memory testing can eliminate the possibility that defective RAM is installed. What testing can do is reveal it's existence. It does not prove the reverse.