Re: Changing the log on for the RPC service.

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Hi Greg,

My Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Properties, Log On tab page is all grayed out
except for the hardware profile Disable button. That's why I questioned how
you were able to change anything. But, the grayed out tick is in the Local
System account hole. I have XP Pro SP1 not SP2.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:7EF6932E-58F8-4125-8904-984D654D079A@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Greg <Greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
I simply went into the Log On tab of the service property and switched it
from the This Account tick mark to the Local System account tick mark.
After you mentioned that I shouldn't be able to do it, I checked on my
machine at home, and it's also set to use the NT Authority\NetworkService
account, and allows me to switch to Local System account, but not back.
I'll try the registry entries you mentioned (specifically the ObjectName
key) and let you know how it works out.

Thanks a ton!

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

RpcSs is Remote Procedure Call (RPC).

How did you manage to change it? You cannot change it in services.msc.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost -k rpcss
rpcss = "RpcSs" (System User, Critical Service) the Remote Procedure Call
(RPC) service.

It is listed in the registry...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\
CurrentVersion\SvcHost
Value Name: rpcss
Value Data: RpcSs

Value Name: ObjectName
Value Data: LocalSystem

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RpcSs
Value Name: ImagePath
Value Data: %SystemRoot%\system32\svchost -k rpcss

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:E27CFAA4-03B4-40C3-BBD2-5EE475C8C2C4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Greg <Greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
We recently started having some issues with a 3rd party program
(Scriptlogic, handles login process), and during the course of
troubleshooting it, I determined that as a quick fix for it, if we set
the RPC service to use the Local System account as it's log on, it would
work. Now I believe I've determined the root cause of the issue
(computer account corruption in the AD), however I've been unable to
figure out how to set the RPC service BACK to logging on as Network
Service account. As such, I can't really test anything, as all the PCs
that were having the issue have had the temporary fix applied. Anyone
know how I can change the affected PCs back to using the Network
Service account?

.

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