# Remote Procedure call crashing xp!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remote-procedure-call-crashing-xp/194520
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [August 11, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remote-procedure-call-crashing-xp/194520 "2003-08-11T23:57:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@The\_Crimson\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Crimson_King)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remote-procedure-call-crashing-xp/194520/1 "2003-08-11T23:57:55Z")
I’m running windows xp with service pack 1.
I keep getting these pop up messages that say they are initiated by NT Authority
System. It tells me that the remote procedure call service has terminated
unexpectantly and that the system will reboot. I then get a countdown from one
minute, during which everything still works. Then once the counter reaches zero the
system reboots. Doing some tests it doesn’t happen until I connect to the internet,
but once I do connect it happens withint 5 minutes, making it difficult for me to
research this with all the shutting down and restarting.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
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### Author:  [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remote-procedure-call-crashing-xp/194520/2 "2003-08-12T00:06:42Z")
Have you installed all the latest Critical Updates? I just received an email here regarding machines (We’re all on Win 2000) that had not received the Win 2000 Service Pack 3 and the appropriate patch. More info from Microsoft: [http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp](http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp)
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### Author:  [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remote-procedure-call-crashing-xp/194520/3 "2003-08-12T00:11:15Z")
There’s currently like 5 or 6 threads about this on the first page of GQ…
Try here:
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=203867](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=203867)
Poor, poor mods…
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### Author:  [@The\_Crimson\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Crimson_King)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remote-procedure-call-crashing-xp/194520/4 "2003-08-12T00:19:52Z")
Ohh I’m sorry! See I typed the message in notepad because of the crashing and forgot to check for previous posts. Anyway I did manage to find that page gotpasswords but the damn restarting won’t let me finish downloading that file.