Problem re-enabling a service I disabled

[Guest]

Ihave inadvertently disabled the RPC service in XP. When I tried to re-enable it, by selecting 'properties' with the service highlighted. No properties window is displayed

I tried to restart in safe mode, but again whenever I try to pull up the properties window for the RPC service nothing comes up. I also seem to have lost the Start Menu altogether, but am able to access the control panel by using the run optio

 

[Taurarian]

Hope this assists:
Use your WinXP CD and boot to the Recovery Console:
1. Type the following command: Enable RPCSS Service_Auto_Start
2. Press the Enter key
3. Type: exit
4. Press Return
The computer will now restart.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307654
How to install and use the Recovery Console

Ihave inadvertently disabled the RPC service in XP. When I tried to re-enable

it, by selecting 'properties' with the service highlighted. No properties window
is displayed.

I tried to restart in safe mode, but again whenever I try to pull up the

properties window for the RPC service nothing comes up. I also seem to have lost
the Start Menu altogether, but am able to access the control panel by using the
run option

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
Ihave inadvertently disabled the RPC service in XP. When

I tried to re-enable it, by selecting 'properties' with
the service highlighted. No properties window is
displayed.

I tried to restart in safe mode, but again whenever I

try to pull up the properties window for the RPC service
nothing comes up. I also seem to have lost the Start Menu
altogether, but am able to access the control panel by
using the run option

you are not allowed to disable the rpc service ever.

if you used a hack and did so anyway you are indeed
screwed.

try a repair install and then backup data and do a clean
install(slave the drive to recover the data)

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
Ihave inadvertently disabled the RPC service in XP. When

I tried to re-enable it, by selecting 'properties' with
the service highlighted. No properties window is
displayed.

I tried to restart in safe mode, but again whenever I

try to pull up the properties window for the RPC service
nothing comes up. I also seem to have lost the Start Menu
altogether, but am able to access the control panel by
using the run option

you are not allowed to disable the rpc service ever.

if you used a hack and did so anyway you are indeed
screwed.

try a repair install and then backup data and do a clean
install(slave the drive to recover the data)