Re: Really Frustrated - XP RPC Call Failed

From: Steve Nielsen (steve_nielsen_at_nospam.nowhere.net)
Date: 04/16/04


Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 15:15:11 -0700

In addition to the other advice, you do not need SP2, it's still Beta
anyway, but you do need SP1 to install the patches that prevent
re-infection.

Steve

Shane Brodie wrote:

> I have just finsihed re-installing my computer, and have a problem where I
> cannot maintain a dial-up connection for more than 5 minutes before I
> receive a very nasty window stating that there has been an RPC Call Failure
> and that Windows needs to reboot. You can't stop the reboot, or do anything
> to resolve the problem, as 5 minutes is not long enough to download almost
> any patch ... if you could possibly find the patch.
>
> Searching through the Microsoft site has been fruitless in trying to find
> what patch would deal with this problem, so I can at least remain on-line
> long enough to run Windows update to get the latest patches. Search for
> "RPC Call Failed" returns nothing usefull, as does simply searching for
> "RPC".
>
> I have been tempted to download and install XP SP2 from the office, but
> either the site is congested, or there is a bottelneck somewhere else on the
> net because I can't get a transfer rate better than 5Kb /sec on a DSL
> connection(19hrs)!
>
> Does anybody have the slightest inkling what hotfixes are required to
> resolve the RPC Call Failed issue!!!!
>
> Regards
>
> Shane Brodie
>
>



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