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On a windows 2k computer, the RPC service was Disabled. Is there a method that can restarting it? Right clicking under Administative Serives>Servies has 'start' grayed out.

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Good catch by — and a useful reminder from : RPC is a core Windows component and disabling it often breaks more than it fixes. RPC (Remote Procedure Call) is the IPC and remote-management backbone used by many system services and management tools; treating it as a “security switch” is risky. For an official description of RPC and why it matters, see Microsoft’s RPC overview: .

If the Services snap‑in shows Start grayed out, the usual local repair is to reset the service start type and start it from an elevated prompt. From an Administrator command window try:

sc config RpcSs start= auto
sc start RpcSs

If those commands fail (for example because the service can’t be contacted), boot to Safe Mode with Command Prompt or use the Windows Recovery Environment / Recovery Console or a Windows PE boot stick and correct the service start type in the offline SYSTEM hive, or do a repair install. Always back up the registry/hive before making offline edits. The sc command reference is here: .

For future safety, don’t disable RPC to “harden” a desktop. Use network controls instead: block RPC endpoint mapper (TCP 135) and dynamic RPC ports at the router/host firewall, disable File and Printer Sharing if unused, and keep patches/AV current. After restoring RPC, check Event Viewer and run a system file check to verify system health.

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I fixed my RPC issue.:)
I found this link:
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Changing the"Start"=dword:00000004 to "Start"=dword:00000002 change the Disable to Automatic.
So far everything seems to be functioning.

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How did it get disabled in the first place?

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WELL, I am suspicuous that I could be access via this service. While I am behind a Linksys firewall, and spybot SD says I am clean, I just got a little too paranoid and thought I could try Disable RPC service. I found out you could not turn it back on. (before and after a reboot)

I wish I could tell who and how a service is used by a program since it is never documented.

Thanks for being there to help.

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Yeah there are a number of services you should never disable, Plug And Play and RPC are tha main two. They tend to screw up everything otherwise

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