Automatic shutdown of windows

[Guest]

I am getting a message after about 15 to 20 minutes that shuts windows down, no mater what I am doing.

The message reads "This system is shutting down. Save any unsaved data. Remote procdure call (RPC) Service terminated unexpectedly"

It gave a 60 second count down clock and then shut off.
How do I stop this?

Thanks.

 

[Stevie Boy]

I am getting a message after about 15 to 20 minutes that shuts windows

down, no mater what I am doing.

The message reads "This system is shutting down. Save any unsaved data.

Remote procdure call (RPC) Service terminated unexpectedly"

It gave a 60 second count down clock and then shut off.
How do I stop this?

Thanks.

Its a virus and you need to go to symantec's website to download the virus
detection and repair tool. I believe it's called the bug bear virus. Do a
google search on rpc and xp shuts down.

Steve

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I am getting a message after about 15 to 20 minutes that shuts
windows down, no mater what I am doing.

The message reads "This system is shutting down. Save any unsaved
data. Remote procdure call (RPC) Service terminated unexpectedly"

It gave a 60 second count down clock and then shut off.
How do I stop this?

You need to PATCH your machine after you get rid of the "worm" that infected
your computer.

First - go here:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

Once you get there - PRINT IT.. If the shutdown message appears, click on
START, select RUN and type in the following line:

shutdown -a

and click OK.

That will abort the shutdown and you can continue cleaning the machine.

After you have followed Microsoft's fine instructions, do these things to
really clean up the machine.. There is no telling what other parasites might
be hanging out in your computer:

(Some of this may be repeats of what Microsoft told you..)
Turn on that firewall...
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/home/using/howto/homenet/icf.asp
(It has been reported that it now works with AOL 9.0+)


Make sure you have all the updates (critical) installed from:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
(Scan for updates, Review and Install)


Get rid of the spy/ad/mal-ware..
(Yes - using MORE than one of these..
I recommend at least the first three.)

Spybot Search and Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.net/

Lavasoft AdAware
http://www.lavasoft.de

CWSShredder
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

Hijack This!
http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/

I also like "The Cleaner" and "SpywareBlaster" and "SpywareGuard".
- http://www.moosoft.com/
- http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/

The first is a PAY product, but useable for 30 days - it has found and
eliminated problems in the past the others did not. The latter two are
prevention mechanisms. I like SpywareGuard for those with enough processor
to have something running like antivirus software - and it prevents browser
hijacking quite well.


And Assortment of Others:
http://www.merijn.org/downloads.html


After you cleanup your PC somewhat of spy/ad/mal-ware, verify your antivirus
software is updated and run a full scan of your computer. If you have no
antivirus software - get one NOW! Grisoft AntiVirus:
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php


Empty your Temporary Internet Files and shrink the size it stores to about
80 to 120MB (seems to be an optimal size for the normal user)
- Open ONE copy of Internet Explorer.
- Select TOOLS -> Internet Options.
- Under the General tab in the "Temporary Internet Files" section,
do the following:
- Click on "Delete Cookies" (click OK)
- Click on "Settings" and change the
"Amount of disk space to use:" to something between 80MB
and 120MB. (Betting it is MUCH larger right now.)
- Click OK.
- Click on "Delete Files" and select to
"Delete all offline contents" (the checkbox) and click
OK. (If you had a LOT, this could take 2-10 minutes or
more.)
- Once it is done, click OK, close Internet Explorer
- Re-open Internet Explorer.


Uninstall any software you do not use often/ever. (If you have something
installed but never use it, uninstall it.) If you go through Control
Panel -> Add/Remove Programs and see things you seldom if ever use, it is to
your advantage to remove it.

 

[Guest]

Simple way to solve this problem, would be to follow these directions that will instruct you step by step, how to disable your machine from restarting when Remote Procedure Call (RPC) fails.
Go to [Start] and select [Control Panel] From there, you'll make sure your control panel is XP View instead of Classic View.
If it's XP View, continue.. Now click on "Performance and Maintenance" now you should click on "Administrative Tools" and select the "Services" icon in the Administrative Tools folder/dir until a window comes up titled "Services" You'll scroll down until you find "Remote Procedure Call (RPC)" If you click on "Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator" you may get lost. So make sure it is the "Remote Procedure Call (RPC)" item. Double Click on the item until you see Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Properties, at the top of this window, select the "Recovery" tab, and where it has three list boxes that say "First failure" [List/Option(s)] "Second Failure" [List/Option(s)] And finally, Subsequent failures. You'll make sure that you select "Restart the Service" for each of them label's. This issue could of been caused by a huge number of things, from "msblast.exe" (Possibly located in your task manager, I would check just for your own sake) Which would be The Microsoft Blaster Virus! Which causes Remote Procedure Call (RPC) to fail, and by default, Windows shuts down leaving a 1 minute warning! If this has not solved your problem, you may reply once again with your issue(s) or questions. Also be sure to email any comments/question's to (e-mail address removed) regarding this issue! "Procedure Call (RPC)"