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re: RPC Win XP Service Problem Thursday, October 10, 2002 at 3:26 pm Posted by Everett (2940 messages posted) Nelson: to enable RPC service; 1. click Start, Run, type: services.msc 2. locate and select the service that you want to change. 3. click Action, and then click Properties. 4. on the General tab, click the drop-down for the "Start up type" list box and change the start up as needed. For example, if you select "Alerter" and change its start up type from Automatic to Disabled, that service will no longer start when you start Windows. 5. click OK when finished making your changes. 6. highlight the first listed Remote Procedure... for details that it provides the endpoint mapper and other PRC services. to Start the service; click the "Start the service" in the left-hand column. 7. the next entry is the RPC Locator which manages the RPC name service database. it can be started in the same way. another method of starting a service is to double-click the service name, change the Startup type to Automatic, Apply, OK, then reboot. the first link below (after your text) says this about RPC: Remote Procedure Call (RPC) This service is vital. Just about everything depends on this service to be running. This is also the only service that you can not disable using the Services MMC. Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator Manages the RPC name service database. May not be needed by most users. If something on your network breaks after you disable this service, set it back to Manual or Automatic. Disabled unless required for your network. Leave it on Automatic. the second link below says the same thing. let us know if this worked for you... On Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 5:24 am, Nelson wrote: >I was working with Win XP Services and I foolishly uninstalled RPC. Is there anyway >to enable it again? I have a Presario Laptop and OEMS XP Home version. >Thanks in advance for your help. http://service2.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2002010712042239 http://www.allsystemsrunning.com/xp%20services%20info.htm [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RPC Win XP Service Problem Wednesday, June 11, 2003 at 11:56 am Posted by Josh Franks (1 messages posted) I'm trying to start the RPC locater service, but it keeps saying that it can't be started in safe mode. I'm not in safe mode however. Any ideas? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RPC Win XP Service Problem Friday, June 20, 2003 at 8:37 am Posted by Wolfgang Hatscher-Buelk (1 messages posted) Hello, I Tryed the described Method, but it don't funczioned. I ran into this Problem by deaktivating the "profile1" in the RPC profile list. This causes that the RPC didn't start because there was not valid profile. This cause that the Propertys can't be changed. Have anybody another idea for reactivating the RPC Service? On Thursday, October 10, 2002 at 3:26 pm, Everett wrote: >Nelson: to enable RPC service; > >1. click Start, Run, type: services.msc > >2. locate and select the service that you want to change. > >3. click Action, and then click Properties. > >4. on the General tab, click the drop-down for the "Start up type" list box and change >the start up as needed. For example, if you select "Alerter" and change its start >up type from Automatic to Disabled, that service will no longer start when you start >Windows. > >5. click OK when finished making your changes. > >6. highlight the first listed Remote Procedure... for details that it provides the >endpoint mapper and other PRC services. >to Start the service; click the "Start the service" in the left-hand column. > >7. the next entry is the RPC Locator which manages the RPC name service database. >it can be started in the same way. > >another method of starting a service is to double-click the service name, change >the Startup type to Automatic, Apply, OK, then reboot. > >the first link below (after your text) says this about RPC: > >Remote Procedure Call (RPC) This service is vital. Just about everything depends >on this service to be running. This is also the only service that you can not disable >using the Services MMC. > >Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator Manages the RPC name service database. May not >be needed by most users. If something on your network breaks after you disable this >service, set it back to Manual or Automatic. Disabled unless required for your network. >Leave it on Automatic. > >the second link below says the same thing. > >let us know if this worked for you... > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Monday, June 23, 2003 at 8:00 pm Posted by Everett (2940 messages posted) Wolfgang: try putting Profile 1 back in. see if the following helps: open the Services Console (Run: services.msc), then highlight Remote Procedure Call (RPC), right-click the service and select Properties. under the Log On tab, set the account under which the service is executed; which should show as enabled for at least one Hardware Profile (Profile 1). click the Enable button if Profile 1 is shown as Disabled. under the Recovery tab, for first, second and subsequent failures; select: "Restart the Computer" (unless you prefer one of the other choices). under the General tab, verify that the path to the executable looks like: C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost and the Startup type set to: Automatic and the Service status set to: Start may require a Restart. let me know if this helps... On Friday, June 20, 2003 at 8:37 am, Wolfgang Hatscher-Buelk wrote: >Hello, > >I Tryed the described Method, but it don't funczioned. I ran into this Problem by >deaktivating the "profile1" in the RPC profile list. This causes that the RPC didn't >start because there was not valid profile. This cause that the Propertys can't be >changed. > >Have anybody another idea for reactivating the RPC Service? > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Monday, June 23, 2003 at 8:20 pm Posted by Everett (2940 messages posted) Josh: sorry for the delay in answering (vacation)... follow the steps in my reply to Wolgang in the thread below and see if that helps...the Properties are supposed to exercise deeper control over a service. let us know what worked for you... On Wednesday, June 11, 2003 at 11:56 am, Josh Franks wrote: >I'm trying to start the RPC locater service, but it keeps saying that it can't be >started in safe mode. I'm not in safe mode however. Any ideas? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Thursday, June 26, 2003 at 10:26 am Posted by Ezenitin_99 (1 messages posted) I am having the same problem with the RPC. When attempting to do as you have stated, I do not have that option available to start it/enable it. The option is there, just not accessible. I read another thread somewhere where it was stated that you would have to go into the registry to fix it, but they never finished the thread to state where in the registry I would need to go to enable it. Please help..... On Monday, June 23, 2003 at 8:00 pm, Everett wrote: >Wolfgang: try putting Profile 1 back in. > >see if the following helps: > >open the Services Console (Run: services.msc), then highlight Remote Procedure Call >(RPC), right-click the service and select Properties. > >under the Log On tab, set the account under which the service is executed; which >should show as enabled for at least one Hardware Profile (Profile 1). >click the Enable button if Profile 1 is shown as Disabled. > >under the Recovery tab, for first, second and subsequent failures; select: "Restart >the Computer" (unless you prefer one of the other choices). > >under the General tab, verify that the path to the executable looks like: >C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost >and the Startup type set to: Automatic >and the Service status set to: Start > >may require a Restart. > >let me know if this helps... > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Registry Fix Thursday, June 26, 2003 at 1:01 pm Posted by Everett (2940 messages posted) Ezenitin_98: try the following; open the Registry Editor by clicking Start, Run, type: regedit expand down to RpcSs via: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RpcSs highlight RpcSs and look for the following entry in the right pane: Name: Start Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x00000002 needed to automatically start your RPC service. if not seen, click on Edit in the menu bar, select New, DWORD Value, type: Start click on Edit, Modify, type: 0x00000002 in the Value data window. exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect. let me know the results... On Thursday, June 26, 2003 at 10:26 am, Ezenitin_99 wrote: > >I am having the same problem with the RPC. When attempting to do as you have stated, >I do not have that option available to start it/enable it. The option is there, just >not accessible. I read another thread somewhere where it was stated that you would >have to go into the registry to fix it, but they never finished the thread to state >where in the registry I would need to go to enable it. Please help..... > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Registry Fix Wednesday, July 30, 2003 at 5:39 am Posted by Anton B (9 messages posted) Hello, I tried all the prescribed solutions but none of them worked for me. I tried going to the "properties" of RPC but it wouldn't let me see the properties window - it doesnt appear. When I attempt to start it, it has an error that it cant start because it is either disabled or a dependency isnt enabled (its set to automatic). Problem is, a lot of items under "automatic" doesn't start and cant start... :( On Thursday, June 26, 2003 at 1:01 pm, Everett wrote: >Ezenitin_98: try the following; > >open the Registry Editor by clicking Start, Run, type: regedit > >expand down to RpcSs via: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RpcSs >highlight RpcSs and look for the following entry in the right pane: >Name: Start >Type: REG_DWORD >Data: 0x00000002 >needed to automatically start your RPC service. > >if not seen, click on Edit in the menu bar, >select New, DWORD Value, >type: Start >click on Edit, Modify, >type: 0x00000002 >in the Value data window. > >exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change >to take effect. > >let me know the results... > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Wednesday, July 30, 2003 at 2:49 pm Posted by Everett (2940 messages posted) Anton: RPC is not dependent on any other service but many (40 or more) depend on RPC...so we need to get that service started. as you are not getting any response in normal mode, try accessing the services in Safe Mode; reboot and press the F8 key repeatedly to reach the Startup menu, select Safe Mode and press the Enter key. after the Desktop loads, click Start, Run, type: services.msc right-click Remote Procedure Call(RPC), then on the General tab from the drop down choose Automatic and click Start. next choose the Logon tab, click Local System account and also enable Hardware Profile as Profile 1 click Apply and OK. now if that doesn't start RPC, things get really interesting as your next step is to use the Recovery Console to start up a disabled service. go to the link below (after your text) and use it to enable a service, rather then disable, by replacing the words "disable servicename" with "enable servicename" in the KB article. let us know what worked for you... On Wednesday, July 30, 2003 at 5:39 am, Anton B wrote: >Hello, > >I tried all the prescribed solutions but none of them worked for me. I tried going >to the "properties" of RPC but it wouldn't let me see the properties window - it >doesnt appear. When I attempt to start it, it has an error that it cant start because >it is either disabled or a dependency isnt enabled (its set to automatic). Problem >is, a lot of items under "automatic" doesn't start and cant start... :( > > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310602 [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Wednesday, July 30, 2003 at 4:12 pm Posted by Anton B (9 messages posted) Hello again and thanks for the speedy reply! I kept trying to go to the properties page of the service but it never did seem to appear regardless of how much ive chosen Properties when I right click the RPC service. Ive also just tried the Repair Console and tried the solution their but it still didn't work :( Btw, under services.msc, the extended tab wont display properly so I always use the standard tab (has been apparent since the problem started - after I was DoS via RPC). Furthermore, some javascript dependent sites and local commands wont work properly. On Wednesday, July 30, 2003 at 2:49 pm, Everett wrote: >Anton: RPC is not dependent on any other service but many (40 or more) depend on >RPC...so we need to get that service started. > >as you are not getting any response in normal mode, try accessing the services in >Safe Mode; >reboot and press the F8 key repeatedly to reach the Startup menu, select Safe Mode >and press the Enter key. >after the Desktop loads, click Start, Run, type: services.msc >right-click Remote Procedure Call(RPC), >then on the General tab from the drop down choose Automatic and click Start. >next choose the Logon tab, click Local System account and also enable Hardware Profile >as Profile 1 >click Apply and OK. > >now if that doesn't start RPC, things get really interesting as your next step is >to use the Recovery Console to start up a disabled service. > >go to the link below (after your text) and use it to enable a service, rather then >disable, by replacing the words "disable servicename" with "enable servicename" >in the KB article. > >let us know what worked for you... > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am Posted by Anton B (9 messages posted) I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was the hardware profile not being selected. I modified the following registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer and everything came back to normal. Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution :) Many thanks :) On Wednesday, July 30, 2003 at 4:12 pm, Anton B wrote: >Hello again and thanks for the speedy reply! > >I kept trying to go to the properties page of the service but it never did seem to >appear regardless of how much ive chosen Properties when I right click the RPC service. >Ive also just tried the Repair Console and tried the solution their but it still >didn't work :( > >Btw, under services.msc, the extended tab wont display properly so I always use the >standard tab (has been apparent since the problem started - after I was DoS via RPC). >Furthermore, some javascript dependent sites and local commands wont work properly. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 7:13 pm Posted by Everett (2940 messages posted) Anton: Well done! Thanks for sharing your solution with the forum. On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Monday, August 4, 2003 at 9:25 am Posted by Matt B (1 messages posted) I have the same RPC problem, but only 1 hardware profile. I have yet to try the Recovery Console solution since I don't know the old start type to input as a parameter to the Enable command. Anyone have any more ideas? Thanks in advance. On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Tuesday, August 5, 2003 at 11:51 pm Posted by Alex (2 messages posted) Anton! You are my hero for the day. I spent 5 hours pulling my hair out trying to get RPC to start. I had scoured this forum all day. Your solution worked for me, my computer is back and useable again. Thank you for your post, it has saved me from serious agony. On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcS termin prob Monday, August 11, 2003 at 12:54 pm Posted by Serge (1 messages posted) Hey, I'm having a weird problem with my rpc in that when start up my computer everything seems to be fine, but then i get a window that pops up. It says that the computer has to restart because the "RPC service has terminated unexpectedly", and now it does this everytime I startup windows. I checked the services.msc and both the RPC and RPC Locater are on automatic but it is still giving me this problem of suddenly terminating. I really hope i can fix this... Any Ideas!? On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 7:13 pm, Everett wrote: >Anton: Well done! > >Thanks for sharing your solution with the forum. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Monday, August 11, 2003 at 2:23 pm Posted by jim warren (1 messages posted) i have the same profile 1 problem, but when i click on properties .... nothing happens .... any thoughts about how to fix this... On Monday, June 23, 2003 at 8:00 pm, Everett wrote: >Wolfgang: try putting Profile 1 back in. > >see if the following helps: > >open the Services Console (Run: services.msc), then highlight Remote Procedure Call >(RPC), right-click the service and select Properties. > >under the Log On tab, set the account under which the service is executed; which >should show as enabled for at least one Hardware Profile (Profile 1). >click the Enable button if Profile 1 is shown as Disabled. > >under the Recovery tab, for first, second and subsequent failures; select: "Restart >the Computer" (unless you prefer one of the other choices). > >under the General tab, verify that the path to the executable looks like: >C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost >and the Startup type set to: Automatic >and the Service status set to: Start > >may require a Restart. > >let me know if this helps... > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcS termin prob Monday, August 11, 2003 at 3:49 pm Posted by Matthew Nagel (3 messages posted) Serge, very weird, but this just started happening to me today also!! I'm really hoping someone will have a solution to this very annoying problem. I may try some other computer forums tonight and I will post a solution (if I find one here) for you Serge. Matthew On Monday, August 11, 2003 at 12:54 pm, Serge wrote: >Hey, I'm having a weird problem with my rpc in that when start up my computer everything >seems to be fine, but then i get a window that pops up. It says that the computer >has to restart because the "RPC service has terminated unexpectedly", and now it >does this everytime I startup windows. I checked the services.msc and both the RPC >and RPC Locater are on automatic but it is still giving me this problem of suddenly >terminating. I really hope i can fix this... Any Ideas!? > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Monday, August 11, 2003 at 3:50 pm Posted by Grayson Morris (5 messages posted) This solution was also what worked for us, after trying everything else we could find. Thank you, thank you, thank you! In response to Matt B, we only have 1 hardware profile as well, but Anton's trick worked for us when we did it just as he described. Regards, --Grayson On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcS termin prob Monday, August 11, 2003 at 3:54 pm Posted by Grayson Morris (5 messages posted) Matt and Serge, You are being hacked -- this is the problem that got us into our RPC mess in the first place. We disabled RPC to stop the hacker in his/her tracks and only thereafter discovered we had just done something really stupid :-). You should apply the MS Windows patch WindowsXP-KB823980-x86-ENU (or something like it for your OS) which you can get from the MS website. This worked immediately for us. Tip: download it, then unplug yourself and install it. Regards, --Grayson On Monday, August 11, 2003 at 3:49 pm, Matthew Nagel wrote: >Serge, very weird, but this just started happening to me today also!! I'm really >hoping someone will have a solution to this very annoying problem. I may try some >other computer forums tonight and I will post a solution (if I find one here) for >you Serge. > >Matthew > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcS termin prob Monday, August 11, 2003 at 4:05 pm Posted by JP (1 messages posted) Having the same problem, just started this morning. Called a couple of peers for help and one of them is having same trouble and also just started this a.m. Someone please help, haven't been able to stay up for more than 5-6 minutes at a time today. Frustrated. There it is again, 47 seconds to go.... On Monday, August 11, 2003 at 3:49 pm, Matthew Nagel wrote: >Serge, very weird, but this just started happening to me today also!! I'm really >hoping someone will have a solution to this very annoying problem. I may try some >other computer forums tonight and I will post a solution (if I find one here) for >you Serge. > >Matthew > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] More info on RPC hack attempts Monday, August 11, 2003 at 4:32 pm Posted by Grayson Morris (5 messages posted) Here's the official MS blurb on this: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823980 We were, just as you, getting slammed every time we reconnected. That's why we disabled the RPC service -- to give us enough time to download the patch. So if you don't have enough time to download it before you get the RPC screen of death again, there are two things you can do: 1) disable your RPC service, and then come back to Anton's message to get your system back after you've downloaded and installed the patch; or 2) set the time-to-shutdown-after-failure option for RPC to something greater than 1 minute (the default) to give you time to complete the download. I suppose this gives the hacker more time for what they want as well. Both options are implemented via control panel / administrative tools / services, right-click on RPC entry, then follow the screens. (Sorry I'm not more hands-on descriptive here; it's real late here in the Netherlands and I'm going to bed now that I finally have a taskbar and a PC that starts up in less than two hours again :-) ). Regards, --Grayson On Monday, August 11, 2003 at 3:54 pm, Grayson Morris wrote: >Matt and Serge, > >You are being hacked [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcS termin prob Monday, August 11, 2003 at 5:02 pm Posted by Matthew Nagel (3 messages posted) Found this from another forum - http://www.techspot.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=6651. Looks like that works. Matthew On Monday, August 11, 2003 at 4:05 pm, JP wrote: >Having the same problem, just started this morning. Called a couple of peers for >help and one of them is having same trouble and also just started this a.m. Someone >please help, haven't been able to stay up for more than 5-6 minutes at a time today. >Frustrated. There it is again, 47 seconds to go.... > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcS termin prob..mines the same way Monday, August 11, 2003 at 5:15 pm Posted by Jonathan (1 messages posted) hey..i have the same problem..pos windows..lol..if you find a solution..please lemme know..thanks On Monday, August 11, 2003 at 12:54 pm, Serge wrote: >Hey, I'm having a weird problem with my rpc in that when start up my computer everything >seems to be fine, but then i get a window that pops up. It says that the computer >has to restart because the "RPC service has terminated unexpectedly", and now it >does this everytime I startup windows. I checked the services.msc and both the RPC >and RPC Locater are on automatic but it is still giving me this problem of suddenly >terminating. I really hope i can fix this... Any Ideas!? > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Monday, August 11, 2003 at 6:07 pm Posted by John (1 messages posted) to whom it may concern; I was trying to install some lame addon when this same problem began, after it would shut me down exvery 5-10 mins for approx 5 hrs (!#@$^&*%$#^&**() I found an update in the microsoft web sight that included the RPC files...some security update for XP... so i figured what the heck, and ran this file called "WindowsXP-KB823980-x86-ENU.exe" sorry, cant remember where I found it, juststartted serching for remote Procedure Call(RPC) and found it. It seems to have set it up correctly, and now I find this sight that confirms that the "services.msc" also will allow access to set the setting to automatic On Monday, June 23, 2003 at 8:00 pm, Everett wrote: >Wolfgang: try putting Profile 1 back in. > >see if the following helps: > >open the Services Console (Run: services.msc), then highlight Remote Procedure Call >(RPC), right-click the service and select Properties. > >under the Log On tab, set the account under which the service is executed; which >should show as enabled for at least one Hardware Profile (Profile 1). >click the Enable button if Profile 1 is shown as Disabled. > >under the Recovery tab, for first, second and subsequent failures; select: "Restart >the Computer" (unless you prefer one of the other choices). > >under the General tab, verify that the path to the executable looks like: >C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost >and the Startup type set to: Automatic >and the Service status set to: Start > >may require a Restart. > >let me know if this helps... > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcS termin prob Monday, August 11, 2003 at 6:15 pm Posted by lawbo (1 messages posted) I installed it, but not tested.... http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2354406C-C5B6-44AC-9532-3DE40F69C074 On Monday, August 11, 2003 at 3:49 pm, Matthew Nagel wrote: >Serge, very weird, but this just started happening to me today also!! I'm really >hoping someone will have a solution to this very annoying problem. I may try some >other computer forums tonight and I will post a solution (if I find one here) for >you Serge. > >Matthew > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Monday, August 11, 2003 at 6:44 pm Posted by Ohmswitch (1 messages posted) Dialog box that says This system is shutting down.. initiated by NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.. Time before shutdown (ticks off a minute in seconds) .. because the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service terminated unexpectedly And it happens every two or three minutes, and on log in ... I see three good solutions posted, thank you all -- I don't know what longterm consequences are but a quick fix to it that I tried has been to select Restart the Service instead of Restart the Computer in the First Failure scrollslot under those Properties, Log-in, that I read about here [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Monday, August 11, 2003 at 7:18 pm Posted by V1RTU4L (1 messages posted) the problem i got is, that there is no variable with the name CSConfigFlags .... i only got ConfigFlags, and ConfigFlags has a Hex Value (0x000020) dezimal 32 ... and i don't know to what i should change it. On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re:(RPC) WORM VIRUS!!! Monday, August 11, 2003 at 7:21 pm Posted by Daniel Stinson (1 messages posted) The rpc encountering a problem and shutting down ur pc is the latest worm to hit, for a quick fix goto http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en select either 3 or 4 depending on whether you have 2x or xp. Put ur modem onto standby mode, run the fix, restart your pc. Good luck and update ur firewalls. On Monday, June 23, 2003 at 8:00 pm, Everett wrote: >Wolfgang: try putting Profile 1 back in. > >see if the following helps: > >open the Services Console (Run: services.msc), then highlight Remote Procedure Call >(RPC), right-click the service and select Properties. > >under the Log On tab, set the account under which the service is executed; which >should show as enabled for at least one Hardware Profile (Profile 1). >click the Enable button if Profile 1 is shown as Disabled. > >under the Recovery tab, for first, second and subsequent failures; select: "Restart >the Computer" (unless you prefer one of the other choices). > >under the General tab, verify that the path to the executable looks like: >C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost >and the Startup type set to: Automatic >and the Service status set to: Start > >may require a Restart. > >let me know if this helps... > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Monday, August 11, 2003 at 9:39 pm Posted by Chris B (2 messages posted) Anton - I did the same stupid thing and removed the hardware profile. But if you wouldn't mind could you explain further how to modify the registry key for this ignorant liberal arts major? On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Monday, August 11, 2003 at 10:01 pm Posted by JieF (1 messages posted) omg... ive had this problem for the last 3 hrs...thanks so much!! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Monday, August 11, 2003 at 10:40 pm Posted by Chris B (2 messages posted) Answered my own question. If you don't have access to the start menu or can't get to properties follow the following steps. (PS thanks Anton never could have done it without your advice) 1) Restart your computer and hold down F8 2) Choose 'safe mode with command line' 3) type 'regedit' 4) Follow this path from the window that pops up "HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\" 5) Click on the the second file (can't remember what it was called) 6) Change the '1' to a '4' 7) Close window and type exit On Monday, August 11, 2003 at 9:39 pm, Chris B wrote: >Anton - > >I did the same stupid thing and removed the hardware profile. But if you wouldn't >mind could you explain further how to modify the registry key for this ignorant liberal >arts major? > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: More info on RPC hack attempts Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 12:26 am Posted by coolku (2 messages posted) Please help. I disabled the RPC ANDDDDD restarted right after, the end result is that now the window starts up really slow ANDD the toolbar (the bar on the bottom with the Start button) is gone, along with everything but the recycle bin gone. Can't do nothing... PLEASE HELP... I need the computer before tomorrow to finish off my paper due tomorrow night... [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 2:12 am Posted by stesson (1 messages posted) Hi Anton, I also used your method and it seems to work. Thanks! You're a really clever guy. I have only one hardware profile, but changing the value of CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 worked anyway. Should I change it back to 1 again when everything works, or what does it mean to always use the value 4 in the future ? brg /Stefan On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 2:37 am Posted by Craig Lalley (1 messages posted) I am having the same problem, but I cannot write to the registry. BTW, this appears to becaused by a virus, look for a process called MSBLAST. How did you manage to write to the registry? TIA, -Craig On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 7:13 pm, Everett wrote: >Anton: Well done! > >Thanks for sharing your solution with the forum. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: More info on RPC hack attempts Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 4:20 am Posted by kamil (2 messages posted) hi i've got the same problem. after disabling the RPC service there's no way to start it again. the menu is dead and you cannot run it (error 1058). also, i cannot install a patch by microsoft, because somehow cryptographic services on my comp have been disabled mysteriously. of course you cannot enable them again (error 1068 appears). i'm stucked... furhtermore, as i cannop drag/drop/copy/paste i cannot move some important data to another partition and then format the c: drive afterwards, i've got to take the HD out and go to some friend of mine to make a backup. of course, burning a cdr in this state is impossible... ah, you can see the toolbar with the "start" button, just right-click on the very edge of the screen (depending on where your toolbar was) and choose any toolbar from the top menu, then drag the short line up, like the toolbar has been hidden. hiope it helps best kamil [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 4:31 am Posted by kamil (2 messages posted) thanks Anton B, but it looks like i cannot save the change in my registry - an error message appears on the screen saying that "you cannot edit ConfigFlags: an error occured while saving the new value": or something like that... any ideas how to overcome that? best kamil On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: More info on RPC hack attempts Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 5:24 am Posted by Anton B (9 messages posted) CTRL ALT DEL launches the Task Manager. From the Task Manager, you can run the regedit program or the services.msc program. From there you can try any of the solutions already mentioned. If you have time and money, you may call me at +639179919782. English please :) On Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 4:20 am, kamil wrote: >hi > >i've got the same problem. after disabling the RPC service there's no way to start >it again. the menu is dead and you cannot run it (error 1058). also, i cannot install >a patch by microsoft, because somehow cryptographic services on my comp have been >disabled mysteriously. of course you cannot enable them again (error 1068 appears). >i'm stucked... furhtermore, as i cannop drag/drop/copy/paste i cannot move some important >data to another partition and then format the c: drive afterwards, i've got to take >the HD out and go to some friend of mine to make a backup. of course, burning a cdr >in this state is impossible... > >ah, you can see the toolbar with the "start" button, just right-click on the very >edge of the screen (depending on where your toolbar was) and choose any toolbar from >the top menu, then drag the short line up, like the toolbar has been hidden. hiope >it helps >best >kamil [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 5:29 am Posted by Anton B (9 messages posted) You do not have to. I think WinXP identifies the number "4" as your default hardware profile. 1, 2, and 3 didnt work when I had the problem... On Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 2:12 am, stesson wrote: > >Hi Anton, > >I also used your method and it seems to work. Thanks! You're a really clever guy. > >I have only one hardware profile, but changing the value of CSConfigFlags from 1 >to 4 worked anyway. > >Should I change it back to 1 again when everything works, or what does it mean to >always use the value 4 in the future ? > >brg > >/Stefan > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 5:33 am Posted by Anton B (9 messages posted) Well, Im taking up a undergrad degree in Guidance Counseling Education and another degree in Psychology :) For those of you who cannot launch regedit (caused by certain virii), you will have to use the command line registry editor called "reg" under the windows\system32 folder. It is a bit tricky but it works. Just try it out :) On Monday, August 11, 2003 at 10:40 pm, Chris B wrote: > > >Answered my own question. If you don't have access to the start menu or can't get >to properties follow the following steps. (PS thanks Anton never could have done >it without your advice) > >1) Restart your computer and hold down F8 >2) Choose 'safe mode with command line' >3) type 'regedit' >4) Follow this path from the window that pops up "HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\" >5) Click on the the second file (can't remember what it was called) >6) Change the '1' to a '4' >7) Close window and type exit > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: More info on RPC hack attempts Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 7:36 am Posted by kamil (1 messages posted) thanks :-), i finally chose semi-brute force solution, re-installing xp over the previous installation. interesting is, that although i managed to apply a symantec patch, the worm was still there! now i'm heading to fdisk the entire partition... regards kamil On Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 5:24 am, Anton B wrote: >CTRL ALT DEL launches the Task Manager. From the Task Manager, you can run the regedit >program or the services.msc program. From there you can try any of the solutions >already mentioned. > >If you have time and money, you may call me at +639179919782. English please :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 10:03 am Posted by Everett (2940 messages posted) Anton: pse respond to Craig at: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/r1060681077 On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 12:19 pm Posted by AaronLee (1 messages posted) Hey, at first I encountered this same problem! But you're probably looking at the wrong ROOT/RPCSS thing. The one you are looking for is in HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\. There are a couple other SYSTEM\ROOT\ folders. Just make sure you're in HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\ and there shoudl be a CSConfigFlags there waiting for you to change! Hope this helps! On Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 4:31 am, kamil wrote: > >thanks Anton B, but it looks like i cannot save the change in my registry - an error >message appears on the screen saying that "you cannot edit ConfigFlags: an error >occured while saving the new value": or something like that... any ideas how to overcome >that? > >best >kamil [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 12:33 pm Posted by Everett (2940 messages posted) Jim: the excellent work done by Anton, Grayson Morris, Chris B and Ohmswitch has helped manage RPC for a lot of folks. based on their work, the most helpful first step would be to download and install the patch for the Blaster Worm using the link below after your text. the patch should restore RPC to a workable state and allow you access to it. let us know what worked for you... On Monday, August 11, 2003 at 2:23 pm, jim warren wrote: > >i have the same profile 1 problem, but when i click on properties .... nothing happens >.... any thoughts about how to fix this... > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2354406C-C5B6-44AC-9532-3DE40F69C074 [Reply or follow-up to this message] Worm and so on... Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 12:39 pm Posted by Daniel M. (1 messages posted) Well, regarding all this stuff, just download the patch from the MS official web site and execute it. The RPC unexpected failure will be expectably (and hopefully) solved. Enjoy! Daniel. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: More info on RPC hack attempts Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 1:06 pm Posted by caitnelson (2 messages posted) Hello - I am an experienced computer user, but novice computer fixer, and I am having the same problem as others - the RPC service unexpectedly terminating, and the system restarting. I am able to download and install the patch from MS using a portable hard drive and another computer, but my question is this: once the patch has been applied, and my internet theoretically works again, what do I do about the msblast.exe problem, or any of the other problems associated with this "blaster worm"? I installed the patch on my win2k computer (which was not having internet problems, but did have the msblast.exe running), and msblast.exe was still in the processes of the task manager area. Basically, can anyone give any advice about how to solve these various problems? Thank you so much in advance - I'm not sure if I'm asking the right questions, but it was a miracle I found this forum in the first place, so I thought I'd start here. On Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 5:24 am, Anton B wrote: >CTRL ALT DEL launches the Task Manager. From the Task Manager, you can run the regedit >program or the services.msc program. From there you can try any of the solutions >already mentioned. > >If you have time and money, you may call me at +639179919782. English please :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RPC Win XP Service Problem Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 1:06 pm Posted by Reza (1 messages posted) Use RC from windows XP CD and use the net start commmand with the name of service to start required service On Thursday, October 10, 2002 at 3:26 pm, Everett wrote: >Nelson: to enable RPC service; > >1. click Start, Run, type: services.msc > >2. locate and select the service that you want to change. > >3. click Action, and then click Properties. > >4. on the General tab, click the drop-down for the "Start up type" list box and change >the start up as needed. For example, if you select "Alerter" and change its start >up type from Automatic to Disabled, that service will no longer start when you start >Windows. > >5. click OK when finished making your changes. > >6. highlight the first listed Remote Procedure... for details that it provides the >endpoint mapper and other PRC services. >to Start the service; click the "Start the service" in the left-hand column. > >7. the next entry is the RPC Locator which manages the RPC name service database. >it can be started in the same way. > >another method of starting a service is to double-click the service name, change >the Startup type to Automatic, Apply, OK, then reboot. > >the first link below (after your text) says this about RPC: > >Remote Procedure Call (RPC) This service is vital. Just about everything depends >on this service to be running. This is also the only service that you can not disable >using the Services MMC. > >Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator Manages the RPC name service database. May not >be needed by most users. If something on your network breaks after you disable this >service, set it back to Manual or Automatic. Disabled unless required for your network. >Leave it on Automatic. > >the second link below says the same thing. > >let us know if this worked for you... > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: More info on RPC hack attempts Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 1:49 pm Posted by caitnelson (2 messages posted) Okay I did some more poking around and found these two pages: http://www.techtv.com/news/securityalert/story/0,24195,3498394,00.html a page explaining the worm and giving some resources for fixing it/learning more. and http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.removal.tool.html the free symantec program for removing the worm from your computer. If anyone else has any other ideas, please let me know - thanks! On Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 1:06 pm, caitnelson wrote: >Hello - I am an experienced computer user, but novice computer fixer, and I am having >the same problem as others - the RPC service unexpectedly terminating, and the system >restarting. I am able to download and install the patch from MS using a portable >hard drive and another computer, but my question is this: once the patch has been >applied, and my internet theoretically works again, what do I do about the msblast.exe >problem, or any of the other problems associated with this "blaster worm"? > >I installed the patch on my win2k computer (which was not having internet problems, >but did have the msblast.exe running), and msblast.exe was still in the processes >of the task manager area. > >Basically, can anyone give any advice about how to solve these various problems? > Thank you so much in advance - I'm not sure if I'm asking the right questions, but >it was a miracle I found this forum in the first place, so I thought I'd start here. > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 3:09 pm Posted by missmuffet (1 messages posted) I don't have a dir in my Root folder called legacy_RPCSS, the one ones I have are: MS_L2TPMINIPORT MS_NDISWANIP MS_PPPOEMINIPORT MS_PPTPMINIPORT MS_PSCHEDMP MS_PTIMINIPORT and thats it! I am looking in the right place, I re checked 10 times just to be sure. Is there any other way to fix this RPC problem? On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 3:43 pm Posted by christian_computer_guy (1 messages posted) Ok, do the SAME thing, except this time, RIGHT CLICK ON REMOTE PROCEDURE CALL, and click on PROPERTIES, in all the drop down menus, select "TAKE NO ACTION" this will not eradicate the virus, but it WILL stop yer PC from shutting down! Hope that helps! Jesus Loves ya'll c.c.g On Monday, June 23, 2003 at 8:00 pm, Everett wrote: >Wolfgang: try putting Profile 1 back in. > >see if the following helps: > >open the Services Console (Run: services.msc), then highlight Remote Procedure Call >(RPC), right-click the service and select Properties. > >under the Log On tab, set the account under which the service is executed; which >should show as enabled for at least one Hardware Profile (Profile 1). >click the Enable button if Profile 1 is shown as Disabled. > >under the Recovery tab, for first, second and subsequent failures; select: "Restart >the Computer" (unless you prefer one of the other choices). > >under the General tab, verify that the path to the executable looks like: >C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost >and the Startup type set to: Automatic >and the Service status set to: Start > >may require a Restart. > >let me know if this helps... > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 7:36 pm Posted by timba (1 messages posted) MILLION THANKS!!! This one did the trick! and I almost was about to give up and start to reinstall the eXPee....fortunately, I didn't :) Thanks again (or like we say around here...KIITOS!!!) On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Registry Fix Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at 12:10 am Posted by Cheng Songbo (2 messages posted) Ha! I got it! Guys! I disabled RPC this morning, then I hadbad mood all along until I found the way out! My OS is XP HomeEdition OEM. In fact, it is not engough for you to make RPC work if you only set "start" under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RpcSs if you had "DISABLED " RPC before. You have to change "Configflag" under any "LEGACY_RPCSS\0000" ( I did so, though I am not sure, but it works, and I have no time to try any possibilities:) start at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\!! LEGACY_RPCSS\0000\Configflag should be the flag of DISABLE if the values is "1". When the configflag set to be "0", RPC would be activated again! I am rather glad to give a solution to this problem. I am Chinese man:) Thank you all! On Thursday, June 26, 2003 at 1:01 pm, Everett wrote: >Ezenitin_98: try the following; > >open the Registry Editor by clicking Start, Run, type: regedit > >expand down to RpcSs via: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RpcSs >highlight RpcSs and look for the following entry in the right pane: >Name: Start >Type: REG_DWORD >Data: 0x00000002 >needed to automatically start your RPC service. > >if not seen, click on Edit in the menu bar, >select New, DWORD Value, >type: Start >click on Edit, Modify, >type: 0x00000002 >in the Value data window. > >exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change >to take effect. > >let me know the results... > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Above should be key to top problem! Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at 12:26 am Posted by Cheng Songbo (2 messages posted) I give this response a good name! On Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at 12:10 am, Cheng Songbo wrote: >Ha! I got it! Guys! > >I disabled RPC this morning, then I hadbad mood all along until I found the way out! >My OS is XP HomeEdition OEM. >In fact, it is not engough for you to make RPC work if you only set "start" under >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RpcSs if you had "DISABLED " >RPC before. You have to change "Configflag" under any "LEGACY_RPCSS\0000" ( I did >so, though I am not sure, but it works, and I have no time to try any possibilities:) > start at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\!! >LEGACY_RPCSS\0000\Configflag should be the flag of DISABLE if the values is "1". >When the configflag set to be "0", RPC would be activated again! >I am rather glad to give a solution to this problem. >I am Chinese man:) >Thank you all! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Registry Fix Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at 2:39 am Posted by Jim (1 messages posted) Thanks fir this fix. I stupidly disabled RPC on my W2K machine, and I could not re-enable because it was greyed-out. I found your article by doing a search. It worked great On Thursday, June 26, 2003 at 1:01 pm, Everett wrote: >Ezenitin_98: try the following; > >open the Registry Editor by clicking Start, Run, type: regedit > >expand down to RpcSs via: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RpcSs >highlight RpcSs and look for the following entry in the right pane: >Name: Start >Type: REG_DWORD >Data: 0x00000002 >needed to automatically start your RPC service. > >if not seen, click on Edit in the menu bar, >select New, DWORD Value, >type: Start >click on Edit, Modify, >type: 0x00000002 >in the Value data window. > >exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change >to take effect. > >let me know the results... > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RPC Win XP Service Problem Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at 4:06 am Posted by kk (1 messages posted) on my laptop i have windows xp and recently the remote procedure call has been unexpectedly terminated according to a message which then says windows must now restart. how do i fix this problem but this only occours when i am connected to the internet. On Thursday, October 10, 2002 at 3:26 pm, Everett wrote: >Nelson: to enable RPC service; > >1. click Start, Run, type: services.msc > >2. locate and select the service that you want to change. > >3. click Action, and then click Properties. > >4. on the General tab, click the drop-down for the "Start up type" list box and change >the start up as needed. For example, if you select "Alerter" and change its start >up type from Automatic to Disabled, that service will no longer start when you start >Windows. > >5. click OK when finished making your changes. > >6. highlight the first listed Remote Procedure... for details that it provides the >endpoint mapper and other PRC services. >to Start the service; click the "Start the service" in the left-hand column. > >7. the next entry is the RPC Locator which manages the RPC name service database. >it can be started in the same way. > >another method of starting a service is to double-click the service name, change >the Startup type to Automatic, Apply, OK, then reboot. > >the first link below (after your text) says this about RPC: > >Remote Procedure Call (RPC) This service is vital. Just about everything depends >on this service to be running. This is also the only service that you can not disable >using the Services MMC. > >Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator Manages the RPC name service database. May not >be needed by most users. If something on your network breaks after you disable this >service, set it back to Manual or Automatic. Disabled unless required for your network. >Leave it on Automatic. > >the second link below says the same thing. > >let us know if this worked for you... > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at 6:32 am Posted by Anton B (9 messages posted) Try creating it. On Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 3:09 pm, missmuffet wrote: >I don't have a dir in my Root folder called legacy_RPCSS, the one ones I have are: >MS_L2TPMINIPORT >MS_NDISWANIP >MS_PPPOEMINIPORT >MS_PPTPMINIPORT >MS_PSCHEDMP >MS_PTIMINIPORT > >and thats it! I am looking in the right place, I re checked 10 times just to be >sure. > >Is there any other way to fix this RPC problem? > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RPC Win XP Service Problem Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at 7:20 am Posted by Everett (2940 messages posted) kk: you have just been infected with the famous worm called Blaster a.k.a. LovSan. there are three steps to recovery; the first step is to keep your browser from restarting; while offline, click Start, Run, type: services.msc and press the Enter key. scroll down to Remote Procedure Call (RPC) and right-click it, select Properties, Recovery tab, in all three failure boxes change the setting from "Restart the Computer" to "Restart the Service". Note: some folks prefer to use "Take No Action". click Apply, OK. the second step is to restore your RPC service by installing the Microsoft fix at the first link below (after your text). the third step is to get rid of the worm by installing the fix from Symantec at the second link below. let us know what worked for you... On Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at 4:06 am, kk wrote: >on my laptop i have windows xp and recently the remote procedure call has been unexpectedly >terminated according to a message which then says windows must now restart. how do >i fix this problem but this only occours when i am connected to the internet. > > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2354406C-C5B6-44AC-9532-3DE40F69C074 http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.removal.tool.html [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at 3:26 pm Posted by c3dy8911r (1 messages posted) On Monday, August 4, 2003 at 9:25 am, Matt B wrote: >I have the same RPC problem, but only 1 hardware profile. I have yet to try the >Recovery Console solution since I don't know the old start type to input as a parameter >to the Enable command. Anyone have any more ideas? Thanks in advance. I only have 1 hardware profile, and the solution listed in the previous message helped (registry edit from 1 to 4). Go ahead and try it out. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at 7:44 pm Posted by Rokkit99 (1 messages posted) THIS IS THE FIX! Worked for me after hours of trying everything else. Thanks so Much ANTON! On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Registry Fix Thursday, August 14, 2003 at 6:00 am Posted by Larry (1 messages posted) I am having the same problem some of you had with enabling the remote procedure call (RPC) service after I had stupidly disabled it. Cheng says to make the registry change in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\!!LEGACY_RPCSS\0000\Configflag should be the flag of DISABLE if the values is 1". Anton says to change in "HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4". Which should be changed, "current_config" or "local_machine"? I don't see CSConfigFlags. Is it the "\0000" that needs to be changed? I'm sorry I don't understand fully. Could someone give exact instructions on this? I feel really hesitant about making a registry change. Thanks On Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at 12:10 am, Cheng Songbo wrote: >Ha! I got it! Guys! > >I disabled RPC this morning, then I hadbad mood all along until I found the way out! >My OS is XP HomeEdition OEM. >In fact, it is not engough for you to make RPC work if you only set "start" under >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RpcSs if you had "DISABLED " >RPC before. You have to change "Configflag" under any "LEGACY_RPCSS\0000" ( I did >so, though I am not sure, but it works, and I have no time to try any possibilities:) > start at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\!! >LEGACY_RPCSS\0000\Configflag should be the flag of DISABLE if the values is "1". >When the configflag set to be "0", RPC would be activated again! >I am rather glad to give a solution to this problem. >I am Chinese man:) >Thank you all! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Thursday, August 14, 2003 at 6:34 am Posted by kevin (11 messages posted) I did this (1 to 4) and I got my taskbar back, but other things didnt work, (internet,task manager, open folder etcccc) is there anything else? thanks! blakeyatwork@yahoo.com On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RPC Win XP Service Problem Thursday, August 14, 2003 at 7:22 am Posted by John K (2 messages posted) Will the Microsoft patch restore my RPC if I have foolishly disabled it in response to the virus attack? I have read Anton et al's method of restoring the RPC via regedit but if I don't have to navigate the registry minefield I would rather not. As you have heard before, I disabled RPC and now my machine barely works and I cannot access the RPC properties to enable it again. On Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at 7:20 am, Everett wrote: >kk: you have just been infected with the famous worm called Blaster a.k.a. LovSan. > >there are three steps to recovery; > >the first step is to keep your browser from restarting; >while offline, click Start, Run, type: services.msc >and press the Enter key. >scroll down to Remote Procedure Call (RPC) and right-click it, select Properties, >Recovery tab, >in all three failure boxes change the setting from "Restart the Computer" to "Restart >the Service". >Note: some folks prefer to use "Take No Action". >click Apply, OK. > >the second step is to restore your RPC service by installing the Microsoft fix at >the first link below (after your text). > >the third step is to get rid of the worm by installing the fix from Symantec at the >second link below. > >let us know what worked for you... > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RPC Win XP Service Problem Thursday, August 14, 2003 at 9:12 am Posted by Everett (2940 messages posted) John: to answer your first question; yes, the MS patch will restore your RPC Service, if you can download it. the sequence of doing things is important because the MS patch will do a system restore as part of its install routine and that will include the worm! so do it this way: remove the worm (Symantec), reboot, download the MS patch to restore RPC, install the patch, reboot. now if you can't reach the internet, we will have to manually work on the problem, so let me know... On Thursday, August 14, 2003 at 7:22 am, John K wrote: >Will the Microsoft patch restore my RPC if I have foolishly disabled it in response >to the virus attack? I have read Anton et al's method of restoring the RPC via regedit >but if I don't have to navigate the registry minefield I would rather not. As you >have heard before, I disabled RPC and now my machine barely works and I cannot access >the RPC properties to enable it again. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RPC Win XP Service Problem Thursday, August 14, 2003 at 11:37 am Posted by John K (2 messages posted) Everett, My computer at home is not able to get on the net since I disabled the RPC. Before I did this, I did manage to download the latest Norton definitions and I think the worm is stripped out. In any event, I would rather have my machine back with the virus in it than the mess it is now. I have downloaded Symmantec's fixblast and the MS patch to a floppy here at work. Wish me luck, I'll let you know how I do. On Thursday, August 14, 2003 at 9:12 am, Everett wrote: >John: to answer your first question; yes, the MS patch will restore your RPC Service, >if you can download it. > >the sequence of doing things is important because the MS patch will do a system restore >as part of its install routine and that will include the worm! >so do it this way: > >remove the worm (Symantec), >reboot, >download the MS patch to restore RPC, >install the patch, >reboot. > >now if you can't reach the internet, we will have to manually work on the problem, >so let me know... > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Thursday, August 14, 2003 at 12:13 pm Posted by xinle wu (1 messages posted) How to creat it? On Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at 6:32 am, Anton B wrote: >Try creating it. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RPC Win XP Service Problem Thursday, August 14, 2003 at 6:27 pm Posted by Chris (2 messages posted) I did the same thing in Win2k. Disabling RpcSs and rebooting was a bad idea, I'm not doing that again. Sounds like this should work for both 2k and XP, although the methods might vary slightly. The easist way without hacking you registry (and this does the same thing but explicitly and not by trail and error) is to use the recovery console. I installed recovery console as a startup option (as described in windows help). Booted to it (selecting the install that i screwed up and typing the admin password). Then at the prompt typed: enable RpcSs service_auto_start Which changes your registry to tell it to start RpcSs automatically (just like hacking the registry but you don't have to worry aboult getting it as wrong). Then to restart: exit It rebooted and everything works again. Then I deleted recovery console (as described in windows help) Remember this was in windows 2000 but I imagine it should be similar in XP All sorted. On Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 5:24 am, Nelson wrote: >I was working with Win XP Services and I foolishly uninstalled RPC. Is there anyway >to enable it again? I have a Presario Laptop and OEMS XP Home version. >Thanks in advance for your help. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Recovery console to restore RPC (re: RPC...) Thursday, August 14, 2003 at 6:46 pm Posted by Chris (2 messages posted) ***Repost (eek at the formating before, sorry I didn't know it would do that)*** I did the same thing in Win2k. Disabling RpcSs and rebooting was a bad idea, I'm not doing that again. Sounds like this should work for both 2k and XP, although the method might vary slightly. The easist way without hacking you registry (and this does the same thing but explicitly and not by trail and error) is to use the recovery console. I installed recovery console as a startup option (as described in windows help). Booted to it (selecting the install that i screwed up and typing the admin password). Then at the prompt typed: enable RpcSs service_auto_start Which changes your registry to tell it to start RpcSs automatically (just like hacking the registry but you don't have to worry aboult getting it as wrong). Then to restart: exit It rebooted and everything works again. Then I deleted recovery console (as described in windows help) Remember this was in windows 2000 but I imagine it should be similar in XP All sorted. On Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 5:24 am, Nelson wrote: >I was working with Win XP Services and I foolishly uninstalled RPC. Is there anyway >to enable it again? I have a Presario Laptop and OEMS XP Home version. >Thanks in advance for your help. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Registry Fix Thursday, August 14, 2003 at 10:20 pm Posted by dieterkonrad (1 messages posted) Thanks so much ! It worked perfektly ! Best wishes Dieterkonrad On Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at 12:10 am, Cheng Songbo wrote: >Ha! I got it! Guys! > >I disabled RPC this morning, then I hadbad mood all along until I found the way out! >My OS is XP HomeEdition OEM. >In fact, it is not engough for you to make RPC work if you only set "start" under >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RpcSs if you had "DISABLED " >RPC before. You have to change "Configflag" under any "LEGACY_RPCSS\0000" ( I did >so, though I am not sure, but it works, and I have no time to try any possibilities:) > start at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\!! >LEGACY_RPCSS\0000\Configflag should be the flag of DISABLE if the values is "1". >When the configflag set to be "0", RPC would be activated again! >I am rather glad to give a solution to this problem. >I am Chinese man:) >Thank you all! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RPC Win XP Service Problem Thursday, August 14, 2003 at 10:52 pm Posted by Kevin (2 messages posted) you have the MSblaster virus,, On Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at 4:06 am, kk wrote: >on my laptop i have windows xp and recently the remote procedure call has been unexpectedly >terminated according to a message which then says windows must now restart. how do >i fix this problem but this only occours when i am connected to the internet. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Thursday, August 14, 2003 at 11:52 pm Posted by Kevin (2 messages posted) You are Da MANNN!!!, this saved me hours of work. Thankss!!!!! On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Registry Fix Friday, August 15, 2003 at 10:56 am Posted by GH (1 messages posted) this is THE fix... IF you've disabled RPC yourself (not a virus)... i see a lot of other posts w/ all sorts of solutions, but if you've simply messed up and disabled RPC, the solution really is as simple as this... On Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at 2:39 am, Jim wrote: >Thanks fir this fix. I stupidly disabled RPC on my W2K machine, and I could not re-enable >because it was greyed-out. I found your article by doing a search. It worked great > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Friday, August 15, 2003 at 3:29 pm Posted by scattman (1 messages posted) I experienced the same problem as some others here (pounding my head on the table through the night), I could not find the CSConfigFlags key, nor could I make changes to my registry. Working at Microsoft I contacted the RPC and SCM developers, and was able to obtain a workaround that solves this issue. If you can boot into Windows (regular or safe-mode), open a command window (windows key + run, type cmd.exe) and type the following text: reg.exe delete "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\Current\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\LEGACY_RPCSS\0000" /v CsConfigFlags You may also be able to use the recovery console to edit the above key manually (note it is different than the key previously mentioned in this thread). Please don't send me hate mail regarding the RPC problem, I am as frustrated as all of you are :-(. Good luck everyone! -Scattman On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Blaster worm Eradication......especially win xp Saturday, August 16, 2003 at 12:28 am Posted by vipin (1 messages posted) All of u out there ..hving the problem of system restarting and other probs.... click this link 2 download a tool frm symantec... http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/FixBlast.exe for ne further queries...contact me at vipin172000@yahoo.com [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Saturday, August 16, 2003 at 1:29 pm Posted by jon (1 messages posted) THANK YOU! After spending half the weekend working on this, your solution got it working in one minute!! Other readers, this is the way to go if you are having the problems described earlier in the thread. On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Saturday, August 16, 2003 at 10:52 pm Posted by Anton B (9 messages posted) XP has a command-line registry editor. I remember doing the same thing for my brother's computer. This doesn't fix the virus, though, only the RPC problem. The program "reg" is found under \Windows\System32 folder. @ the command line, just type "reg /?" (without the "") for a list of options. C:\WINDOWS\system32>reg add HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Ro ot\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 /v CSConfigFlags /t REG_DWORD /d 4 just do the above. Start, Run, copy paste the above, and enter. Before restarting, goto the services.msc program and start RPC. Reply if this helps. On Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 2:37 am, Craig Lalley wrote: >I am having the same problem, but I cannot write to the registry. BTW, this appears >to becaused by a virus, look for a process called MSBLAST. > >How did you manage to write to the registry? > >TIA, > >-Craig > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Registry Fix Friday, August 22, 2003 at 3:48 am Posted by Ken Barnes (1 messages posted) For those of you (like myself) who just managed to shut down RpcSs (I did it via Safe mode) while eradicating the worm du jour, this hint will work to turn RpcSs back on. If you actually deleted your Profile instead, you may need to also fix HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 (I don't know). And as was mentioned earlier, if the idea of messing with the registry is something that gives you fits, try installing the Recovery Console and making the changes that way. On Wednesday, July 30, 2003 at 5:39 am, Anton B wrote: >Hello, > >I tried all the prescribed solutions but none of them worked for me. I tried going >to the "properties" of RPC but it wouldn't let me see the properties window - it >doesnt appear. When I attempt to start it, it has an error that it cant start because >it is either disabled or a dependency isnt enabled (its set to automatic). Problem >is, a lot of items under "automatic" doesn't start and cant start... :( > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Friday, August 22, 2003 at 5:03 am Posted by mars.z (1 messages posted) Anton,thanks very much!you are my hero too... On Tuesday, August 5, 2003 at 11:51 pm, Alex wrote: >Anton! You are my hero for the day. I spent 5 hours pulling my hair out trying to >get RPC to start. I had scoured this forum all day. Your solution worked for me, >my computer is back and useable again. > >Thank you for your post, it has saved me from serious agony. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Tuesday, August 26, 2003 at 12:10 am Posted by Tom (38 messages posted) Anton you the man. I was wondering how one can post this solution to some place that will be more easily locatable. I spent half a day searching on google until i stumbled on this. Thanks a bunch! manoj On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Registry Fix Sunday, August 31, 2003 at 12:26 pm Posted by Jihan Joo (8 messages posted) I was debugging a problem on windows when I accidentally disabled my RPC. I figured, it's a service, I can always re-enabled it. Of course you can't as the properties boxes no longer show up without RPC (I have no idea why they would build that dep). Everything went foobar on the machine until I read this tip and rebooted. Thank you! TE On Thursday, June 26, 2003 at 1:01 pm, Everett wrote: >Ezenitin_98: try the following; > >open the Registry Editor by clicking Start, Run, type: regedit > >expand down to RpcSs via: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RpcSs >highlight RpcSs and look for the following entry in the right pane: >Name: Start >Type: REG_DWORD >Data: 0x00000002 >needed to automatically start your RPC service. > >if not seen, click on Edit in the menu bar, >select New, DWORD Value, >type: Start >click on Edit, Modify, >type: 0x00000002 >in the Value data window. > >exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change >to take effect. > >let me know the results... > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Thursday, September 4, 2003 at 6:55 am Posted by Scott (1 messages posted) Wooooo Hooooooo!!!!!!!!! Hey Thank You for the tip!!!!! much appreciate it.... On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Sunday, September 7, 2003 at 3:38 pm Posted by Biff (1 messages posted) Thank you..thank you..thank you... I was having the same problem. I couldn't install the RPC fix because Crypto would not start. Crypto would not start because RPCSS would not start. I couldn't copy any files because svchost wasn't running right. This fixed it!! Did I say thank you? Biff On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Monday, September 8, 2003 at 8:10 pm Posted by James Hood (1 messages posted) You rock. On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Monday, September 15, 2003 at 5:23 pm Posted by Yonger (1 messages posted) Thanks. On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service- Thanks Friday, September 26, 2003 at 2:42 am Posted by Juergen (1 messages posted) Hi Anton, thanks for sharing your solution. It also helps me, and prevent me to spent a lot of time with a re-installation. On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Registry Fix Wednesday, October 1, 2003 at 8:15 am Posted by Cheng Songbo (2 messages posted) I am sorry not receiving information from this forum and not reply to you in time. I hope you would have make your machine work properly. But if this message can help you, I would be rather glad. I also have to say sorry to you not speaking the key as a whole. In fact, the "!!" in my words had mislead you. The proper key should be as: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_RPCSS\0000 and you can change the "Configflags" item from 0 to 1 ( for my case ). I have two system by my hand now, they are a Windows2000 prefessional and a Windows 2000 Server. Both of them have a value of 0x00000020(32). Write back to this so as not to mislead any one else now. On Thursday, August 14, 2003 at 6:00 am, Larry wrote: >I am having the same problem some of you had with enabling the remote procedure call >(RPC) service after I had stupidly disabled it. Cheng says to make the registry >change in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\!!LEGACY_RPCSS\0000\Configflag >should be the flag of DISABLE if the values is 1". Anton says to change in "HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4". >Which should be changed, "current_config" or "local_machine"? >I don't see CSConfigFlags. Is it the "\0000" that needs to be changed? I'm sorry >I don't understand fully. Could someone give exact instructions on this? I feel >really hesitant about making a registry change. Thanks > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Registry Fix Wednesday, October 1, 2003 at 8:38 am Posted by Cheng Songbo (2 messages posted) As for Aton's message, the value from 1 to 4 all work properly. Maybe any non-zero value would act well. Maybe the HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\is a refer to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ in XP, I guess. On Wednesday, October 1, 2003 at 8:15 am, Cheng Songbo wrote: >I am sorry not receiving information from this forum and not reply to you in time. >I hope you would have make your machine work properly. But if this message can help >you, I would be rather glad. > >I also have to say sorry to you not speaking the key as a whole. In fact, the "!!" >in my words had mislead you. The proper key should be as: >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_RPCSS\0000 >and you can change the "Configflags" item from 0 to 1 ( for my case ). I have two >system by my hand now, they are a Windows2000 prefessional and a Windows 2000 Server. >Both of them have a value of 0x00000020(32). > >Write back to this so as not to mislead any one else now. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Wednesday, October 15, 2003 at 5:24 am Posted by BlueNoob (1 messages posted) So many thanks! This solution was veeery helpful! Before I rumbled & thumbled and nothing. Luckyly, i found this & voila, ok now. You save my world, dude. (p.s reinstall isnt one & only solution, there may be alternative methods) >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: More info on RPC hack attempts Wednesday, October 29, 2003 at 10:40 pm Posted by Quaker (1 messages posted) Check this link about RPC http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1831.html On Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 1:49 pm, caitnelson wrote: >Okay I did some more poking around and found these two pages: > >http://www.techtv.com/news/securityalert/story/0,24195,3498394,00.html >a page explaining the worm and giving some resources for fixing it/learning more. >and >http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.removal.tool.html >the free symantec program for removing the worm from your computer. > >If anyone else has any other ideas, please let me know - thanks! > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Registry Fix Thursday, November 6, 2003 at 1:09 pm Posted by Robert Cowart (1 messages posted) Hi all, For me, I tried to change HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_RPCSS\0000, and it didn't let me. I tried to delete it, no joy. So I had to change HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_RPCSS\0000\CSConfigFlags variable from 1 to 0. Hope this helps. God Rocks! On Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at 12:10 am, Cheng Songbo wrote: >Ha! I got it! Guys! > >I disabled RPC this morning, then I hadbad mood all along until I found the way out! >My OS is XP HomeEdition OEM. >In fact, it is not engough for you to make RPC work if you only set "start" under >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RpcSs if you had "DISABLED " >RPC before. You have to change "Configflag" under any "LEGACY_RPCSS\0000" ( I did >so, though I am not sure, but it works, and I have no time to try any possibilities:) > start at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\!! >LEGACY_RPCSS\0000\Configflag should be the flag of DISABLE if the values is "1". >When the configflag set to be "0", RPC would be activated again! >I am rather glad to give a solution to this problem. >I am Chinese man:) >Thank you all! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Registry Fix Tuesday, November 25, 2003 at 11:23 am Posted by Ashkashal (1 messages posted) I recently went on a 2000PRO settings spree trying to make it a veritable Fort Knox, well I mistook RemoteProcedureCall for a Remote Administration service! This caused the following to cease functioning: CUT&PASTE-I could cut, but not paste! Some internet forms...& the BIGGIE- RightClick Property dialogs would not appear sometimes(files yes, services console NO). I would recommend people check out Everett's idea, I found the RegKey and modified it from 0x00000004 to 0x00000002; voila! It worked. heh, phew(reading a forum 4min, changing a RegKey 20sec, avoiding a reformat PRICELESS). On Thursday, June 26, 2003 at 1:01 pm, Everett wrote: >Ezenitin_98: try the following; > >open the Registry Editor by clicking Start, Run, type: regedit > >expand down to RpcSs via: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RpcSs >highlight RpcSs and look for the following entry in the right pane: >Name: Start >Type: REG_DWORD >Data: 0x00000002 >needed to automatically start your RPC service. > >if not seen, click on Edit in the menu bar, >select New, DWORD Value, >type: Start >click on Edit, Modify, >type: 0x00000002 >in the Value data window. > >exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change >to take effect. > >let me know the results... > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Thursday, January 8, 2004 at 8:03 am Posted by griho (1 messages posted) You saved me a whole reinstall and a pair of days work. Thank you very much. Now I have two hardware profiles so next time only one will get broken. On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Wednesday, March 10, 2004 at 8:45 pm Posted by marcus (1 messages posted) I'm having the RPC hack also, and I had already fix it by going to services.msc, RPC, recovery, turn it become non action. But there's another problem, which I'm not sure whether it's one of the problem of RPC hack besides asking u for restart com. It's my norton anti virus, regedit, msconfig... when I open those programme, it's just open for few seconds, then it would close itself. anybody, can help... [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Registry Fix Thursday, March 11, 2004 at 5:52 am Posted by Niranjan Soni (4 messages posted) Hi Robert I am facing the same problem but i can not the LEGACY_RPCSS\0000 key entry under HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT I can see the entry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_RPCSS\0000 but i am not able change ConfigFlags key there. Any ideas how do i resolve this problem On Thursday, November 6, 2003 at 1:09 pm, Robert Cowart wrote: >Hi all, > > For me, I tried to change HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_RPCSS\0000, >and it didn't let me. I tried to delete it, no joy. So I had to change HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_RPCSS\0000\CSConfigFlags >variable from 1 to 0. > >Hope this helps. God Rocks! > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Monday, April 12, 2004 at 5:00 pm Posted by garr (1 messages posted) I got it. Probably won't help you, but I searched everywhere and couldn't find this: This is the registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\Current\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\LEGACY_ALERTER\0000 Change CSConfigFlags to 0 This re-enables RPC for the current hardware profile. Without it enabled, you can't view properties for any service. cheers! On Monday, August 11, 2003 at 2:23 pm, jim warren wrote: > >i have the same profile 1 problem, but when i click on properties .... nothing happens >.... any thoughts about how to fix this... > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Friday, April 23, 2004 at 3:22 pm Posted by Tobias P. (1 messages posted) Anton B. thanks man, you saved my exgirlfriends comp. Her comment, tell him I want to marry him. Take care and thanks again T. On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Sunday, April 25, 2004 at 8:46 am Posted by Anton B (9 messages posted) Noted :) On Friday, April 23, 2004 at 3:22 pm, Tobias P. wrote: > >Anton B. >thanks man, you saved my exgirlfriends comp. Her comment, tell him I want to marry >him. >Take care and thanks again >T. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Registry Fix Sunday, June 13, 2004 at 10:59 am Posted by jj (1 messages posted) anton, you saved my a from a reinstall xp.. I disabled some bill gates trojans in the services area, and killed rpcss. indirectly. so I followed your registry fix by going to see rpcss, and it was 000002etc. but showed dependency on DCOM. went to DCOM and its double word was 000000004, changed to 2, everythang now works. thankyouthankyou jj On Wednesday, July 30, 2003 at 5:39 am, Anton B wrote: >Hello, > >I tried all the prescribed solutions but none of them worked for me. I tried going >to the "properties" of RPC but it wouldn't let me see the properties window - it >doesnt appear. When I attempt to start it, it has an error that it cant start because >it is either disabled or a dependency isnt enabled (its set to automatic). Problem >is, a lot of items under "automatic" doesn't start and cant start... :( > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Monday, September 26, 2005 at 1:35 pm Posted by Petrb (1 messages posted) Thanks, it was exactly my problem. On Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 12:19 pm, AaronLee wrote: >Hey, at first I encountered this same problem! But you're probably looking at the >wrong ROOT/RPCSS thing. The one you are looking for is in HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\. There >are a couple other SYSTEM\ROOT\ folders. Just make sure you're in HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\ >and there shoudl be a CSConfigFlags there waiting for you to change! > >Hope this helps! > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RPC Win XP Service Problem Monday, November 28, 2005 at 2:33 am Posted by iouri s (1 messages posted) I had a similar issue on Windows 2000 (RPC disabled by accident), I believe the solution would be the same for XP. Solved it by: 1. Go to Start/Run, type RegEdit, then hit ENTER 2. Locate "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RpcSs" 3. Change "Start" value from 4 to 2 4. Restart computer I wish MS was clever enough to at least warn the user not to disable RPC service Hope it helps someone hours of fiddling around On Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 5:24 am, Nelson wrote: >I was working with Win XP Services and I foolishly uninstalled RPC. Is there anyway >to enable it again? I have a Presario Laptop and OEMS XP Home version. >Thanks in advance for your help. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service SYMPTOMS Anton my hero Friday, December 22, 2006 at 12:08 pm Posted by Shari (1 messages posted) Anton, even though I only have 1 hardware profile, I followed your directions and changed it to 4. It worked!! you are my Hero!!!! Here are all the symptoms that you solved!!! (to help anyone out there doing a search for an answer) • Drop and drag did not work. • Copy and Paste would not work. • Internet Explorer would not open. • Event Viewer gave the error message: Event 4689 • Nero Burning Rom error message: An error using Com /Ole occurs. Please check the installation of COM on your computer • When starting an Office program like Word, Error message: This document could not be registered. It will not be possible to create links from other documents to this document. • Message says printers not installed. • User accounts is empty • Cannot access run: secpol.msc • Error Message: Windows Installer service could not be accessed …. If you are running windows in safe mode or if the windows installer is not correctly installed (But I was not running in Safe Mode) • Network Connections missing: No connections listed in Internet Connections • Tabs or windows opened do not show on the Task Bar. Task bar is locked and does not show icons in bottom left side, except ZA, and I think time. • Cannot access J drive (storage drive) • Could not access many items in services to start or change from manual to automatic so several things, even though they were set to auto, were not running that should have been, including The com+ system application, Remote procedure Call (RPC) which is vital to be running, and others. When I tried to click start for Background Intelleigent transfer services, I got this ERROR message: COULD NOT START, ERROR 1068: THE DEPENDENCY SERVICE OR GROUP FAILED TO START. When I tried to click start for RPC, error said: Could not start RPC Error 1058. the services could not be start either bec it is disabled or bed it has no enabled devices. hope this helps someone. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service SYMPTOMS Anton my hero Friday, May 4, 2007 at 8:29 am Posted by Dirk (1 messages posted) Hi. I seem to be to 127th who was foolish enough to do such a kind off thing. Again, although I do only have 1 hardware profile, the trick worked. And saved my day. Thx 2 Anton! On Friday, December 22, 2006 at 12:08 pm, Shari wrote: > > >Anton, even though I only have 1 hardware profile, I followed your directions and >changed it to 4. It worked!! you are my Hero!!!! > >Here are all the symptoms that you solved!!! (to help anyone out there doing a search >for an answer) > >• Drop and drag did not work. > >• Copy and Paste would not work. > >• Internet Explorer would not open. > >• Event Viewer gave the error message: Event 4689 > > >• Nero Burning Rom error message: An error using Com /Ole occurs. Please check the >installation of COM on your computer > >• When starting an Office program like Word, Error message: This document could not >be registered. It will not be possible to create links from other documents to this >document. > >• Message says printers not installed. > >• User accounts is empty > >• Cannot access run: secpol.msc > >• Error Message: Windows Installer service could not be accessed …. If you are running >windows in safe mode or if the windows installer is not correctly installed (But >I was not running in Safe Mode) > >• Network Connections missing: No connections listed in Internet Connections > >• Tabs or windows opened do not show on the Task Bar. Task bar is locked and does >not show icons in bottom left side, except ZA, and I think time. > >• Cannot access J drive (storage drive) > >• Could not access many items in services to start or change from manual to automatic >so several things, even though they were set to auto, were not running that should >have been, including The com+ system application, Remote procedure Call (RPC) which >is vital to be running, and others. When I tried to click start for Background Intelleigent >transfer services, I got this ERROR message: COULD NOT START, ERROR 1068: THE DEPENDENCY >SERVICE OR GROUP FAILED TO START. When I tried to click start for RPC, error said: >Could not start RPC Error 1058. the services could not be start either bec it is >disabled or bed it has no enabled devices. > >hope this helps someone. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service SYMPTOMS Anton my hero Tuesday, August 7, 2007 at 1:25 pm Posted by Mark (1 messages posted) I've got a similar but not quite the same problem. My RPC service won't start but it gives me an Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified. I've searched for a solution to this but have yet to find one. This was the closest I could find. Any suggestions? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service SYMPTOMS Anton my hero Monday, November 19, 2007 at 9:17 am Posted by David B (1 messages posted) Man... Somehow, it seems better now that I found out that I am not the only one to do this...Even if it is five years later. Thank you guys. I edited my Register, using Anton's meathod. It seems to have worked fine. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RPC Win XP Service Problem Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 6:37 pm Posted by wade (1 messages posted) all the tips seem grat but my problem is , that bot in regular mode and in safe mode, my tje must restart now message comes up and I dont have enough time, to make any of the changes, what do i need to do On Friday, June 20, 2003 at 8:37 am, Wolfgang Hatscher-Buelk wrote: >Hello, > >I Tryed the described Method, but it don't funczioned. I ran into this Problem by >deaktivating the "profile1" in the RPC profile list. This causes that the RPC didn't >start because there was not valid profile. This cause that the Propertys can't be >changed. > >Have anybody another idea for reactivating the RPC Service? > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Friday, November 7, 2008 at 10:15 pm Posted by Curt Long (1 messages posted) This solution was also what worked for me, after trying other options for over 10 hours. Thank you, thank you, thank you! In response to Matt B, I only have 1 hardware profile as well, but Anton's trick worked for me, when I did it just as he described. Thanks again, --Curt On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: RpcSs Service Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 10:56 am Posted by brandon419 (1 messages posted) Thank you Annoyances for keeping this old thread running. I had same problem with the author and been pulling my hairs last 2 days, until I decided to Google my problem and came across this post... Problem solved, OMG i got my laptop back...thanks again. On Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 6:56 am, Anton B wrote: >I am rather happy at the solution I stumbled on to. > >I hypothesized that the reason behind the non-compliance of RPC from starting was >the hardware profile not being selected. > >I modified the following registry key: >HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\Legacy_RPCSS\0000 > >Then I changed the CSConfigFlags from 1 to 4 (choosing my hardware profile). > >After changing it, I tried to start the RPC service and it did. I restarted the computer >and everything came back to normal. > >Hopefully people who have the same problem may refer here for a possible solution >:) > >Many thanks :) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum