RPC is unavailable

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Ron Eggler

Hi,

I always get the Message "RPC is unavailable" when I try to sync. my time
with a time server... :( why?
Thanks!
 
CWatters said:
Tried another time server? For example...

TOCK.USNO.NAVY.MIL

Double click on the clock and select the Internet Time Tab

Type/paste in the above where it says server.

If that doesn't work perhaps...
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doesn't work, will have a look at the links... :( thx anyway.
 
Control panel---administrative tools---services---start/enable remote
procedure calls/
 
Hi Ron,

Thank you for posting!

From your message, I know that you got the error message like "RPC Server
is unavailable" when you tried to synchronize the time from Internet Time
tab of Date and Time Properties dialog box.

Ron, based on my experience, such problem can be related to firewall
software. I wonder if you have any Internet Firewall software like
ZoneAlarm, Symantec Internet Security Software. If so, please disable or
remove them to isolate this problem. It will be better if you can disable
or remove any AntiVirus software as well. In case you have enabled Windows
XP built-in Internet Connection Firewall (ICF), please click the hyperlink
before and view the article in Microsoft Knowledge base:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=283673
283673 HOW TO: Enable or Disable Internet Connection Firewall in Windows XP

The computer not synchronized with time servers can occur if the Windows
Time service has been stopped manually. To resolve this issue, start the
Windows Time service as the below steps.

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click
Command Prompt.
2. Type "net start w32time" (without the quotation marks), and then press
Enter.

I hope that the above information is helpful.

Thank you for choosing Microsoft and have a nice day!

Thanks & Regards,

Feng Mao [MSFT], MCSE
Microsoft Online Partner Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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Feng said:
Hi Ron,

Thank you for posting!

From your message, I know that you got the error message like "RPC
Server is unavailable" when you tried to synchronize the time from
Internet Time tab of Date and Time Properties dialog box.

Ron, based on my experience, such problem can be related to firewall
software. I wonder if you have any Internet Firewall software like
ZoneAlarm, Symantec Internet Security Software. If so, please disable
or remove them to isolate this problem. It will be better if you can
disable or remove any AntiVirus software as well. In case you have
enabled Windows XP built-in Internet Connection Firewall (ICF),
please click the hyperlink before and view the article in Microsoft
Knowledge base: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=283673
283673 HOW TO: Enable or Disable Internet Connection Firewall in
Windows XP

The computer not synchronized with time servers can occur if the
Windows Time service has been stopped manually. To resolve this
issue, start the Windows Time service as the below steps.

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then
click Command Prompt.
2. Type "net start w32time" (without the quotation marks), and then
press Enter.

I hope that the above information is helpful.

Thank you for choosing Microsoft and have a nice day!

Thanks & Regards,

Feng Mao [MSFT], MCSE
Microsoft Online Partner Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

=====================================================
When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader
so that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
=====================================================
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
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ah, great! i typed the command at the comandpromt and it told me the
services would already been sarted, BUUUUUUUUUUT, now it works fine :)
great! Thanks alot! :)
 
Hi Ron,

Thanks for the reply! I am glad to know you've figured out the problem. If
you have any questions in the future, please don't hesitate to post in the
newsgroup. Have a nice day!

Thanks & Regards,

Feng Mao [MSFT], MCSE
Microsoft Online Partner Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

=====================================================
When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so
that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
=====================================================
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
 
Feng said:
Hi Ron,

Thanks for the reply! I am glad to know you've figured out the
problem. If you have any questions in the future, please don't
hesitate to post in the newsgroup. Have a nice day!
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Hi Feng,

Ha, no problem :) Thanks for your reply too. I'm glad to be welcome :)

And I have a total other question I ask in annother Thread.
Thanks :)
 
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