rpc terminates unexpectedly

[John]

I had a crash,reformatted my hard drive&now after 5 min
or so online I get an error message: NT authority:
Windows is shutting down because the rpc terminated
unexpectedly. Windows XP then reboots.I never had this
problem before,running XP about a year. Thanks for any
help.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

John;
You most likely caught Blaster on the unprotected computer.
Follow this to get rid of Blaster:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/blaster.htm

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Apparently, your computer is infected with the W32.Blaster.Worm or one of its variants.
This happened because you have not been using an internet connection firewall and have
neglected to install the critical updates available at the Windows Update website.

What You Should Know About the Blaster Worm and Its Variants
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

Are you looking for info about the cause of "Remote Procedure Call (RPC)",
initiated by NT Authority\System error message that shuts down Windows
(you might also see svchost.exe error occasionally)?
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1831.html

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| I had a crash,reformatted my hard drive&now after 5 min
| or so online I get an error message: NT authority:
| Windows is shutting down because the rpc terminated
| unexpectedly. Windows XP then reboots.I never had this
| problem before,running XP about a year. Thanks for any
| help.

 

[Guest]

To enable you to stay on internet without getting booted
do the following
selct start/run
then type shutdown -a
This will stop the RPC shutdown process so you can stay on
the internet. Note after you reboot you will have to type
it again.