All right, I just got my computer back after a much needed upgrade, to Windows XP. NOw, for some reason, it will occassionally say, Windows Will Restart in one minute, NT Authority, something something, and it says it is a “Remote Procedure Call?”
What is going on? Any idea?
Sounds like the MS Blaster worm.
OH, you have GOT to be kidding me! ARGH!!! I JUST had this installed! (Not mad at YOU, just if that’s true…ugh!)
Any suggestions? GRRRR!!!
I wonder though, could it be related to my trying to download Netscape?
I had a PC shut down unexpectedly from time to time; not restart, but just shut down. Turned out it was a bad power supply. It was from Antec, normally known for reliable, quality power supplies, so I must have gotten a rare bad unit.
No, this is just a windows restart-the computer itself stays on (good thing, because the fan is still acting wonky and once I get it on, it has to stay on-yes, I AM getting a new one!)
I’ll give my cousin a call, but if anyone has any idea, I’d appreciate it. I can’t see a virus-I JUST had my hard drive formatted and all that.
Dollars to doughnuts, Q.E.D. has it.
I just bought a brand new laptop with Windows XP. they kindly offered, (for a price) to patch it. I was shocked they were letting them out of the stores without it pre-installed.
On an up note, it’s easily fixable. Read through Q.E.D.'s link.
Yeah, if it would stay on long enough for me to remove the freaking worm!
Argh, that’s it exactly-that is the exact message. Grrr…you’d think they’d learn by now to TEST this software before releasing it…
However, if you’re in the middle of fixing it and you still get a RPC shutdown, you can simply set your time back about a year or so, giving you plenty of time to fix it.
(Not kidding here. No cite handy, but apparently it works.)
Fixed it! Thank you so very much! mwah!
Now, if the fan will just hold out until I can get it replaced, I’m all set.
I managed to get the blaster worm in the time between a clean install from CD and getting the modem and patches installed. That REALLY annoyed me - meant back to square one after half a day’s sitting in front of setup screens.
During its height, our college network could infect an unpatched computer if it was connected for thirty seconds.
But why go back to square one? Add the patch, then do a virus scan to remove the virus.
To do that, I needed to download updated virus signatures, and blaster was triggered by any connection to the internet - catch 22.
The shutdown didn’t have anything to do with an internet connection. In addition, there were patches that could be downloaded on another computer and put on yours.
Maybe I’m mistake, it was some time ago. Mind you, it was the only computer in the house, so I didn’t have much choice about where I downloaded patches!