Remote Procedure Call Service Terminated on Startup.

[Tom R.]

The system is shutting down. Please save work.........
initiated by NT Authority\System

Message
Windows must now be restarted because the Remote Procedure
Call (RPC)service terminated unexpectedly. I can't get
any further. ???

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Tom;
DISCONNECT the subject computer from any network IMMEDIATELY.
VERY IMPORTANT to repair, closing ports is NOT enough.
Download the patch from the Windows Catalog.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=323166
You want: 823980

This is the IMPORTANT fix by Ron Martell:
http://www.bigblackglasses.com/Article.aspx?Article=342

After this is resolved prevent similar occurrances by installing ALL
Critical Updates from Windows Update.
Keep antivirus up to date and run at least weekly.
Instasll or enable a firewall.