Re: XP Pro and SP2 problems.

From: Scott M. (s-mar_at_nospam.nospam)
Date: 08/27/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 11:49:08 -0400

You have the MS Blaster worm, not an SP 2 issue.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e70a0d8b-fe98-493f-ad76-bf673a38b4cf&DisplayLang=en

"Victor" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:14e201c48c2e$54b37d90$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Folks,
>
> Just installed SP2 last night. After rebooting, I kept
> getting an error message saying the RPC server terminated
> and windows needed to reboot. The machine will then
> reboot. I was thrown into this endless rebooting sequence.
>
> So thinking i could fix it by turning the rpc service
> off, i tried just that. went into services and disabled
> rpc services. Now everything has gone haywire.
>
> 1. Taskbar is gone
> 2. I cant turn rpc back on because all the services (n
> the service window) seem not to work. cant pull up
> properties, start or anything. When i try to start the
> rpc service, i get an error messge saying it cannot be
> started because a device on which it depends is
> unavailable or something like that.
>
> 3. when i access microsofts web site, none of the buttons
> (like cliking on "GO" when doing a search) works. Even
> cant expend and read newsgroups like these. I am doing
> this from work right now.
>
> 4. cant uninstall sp2. I tried that from the remove
> programs in control panel and it starts but stops mid way
> saying " cannot find file". System restore doesnt work
> either. same error message about a missing file or
> service.
>
> 5. Windows firewall is also not turned on. I get a
> message when trying to turn it on about a dependent ISS
> servivenot being available.
>
> Any of these problems sound familiar to anyone?
>
> At this point, I am totally frustrated. Spent several
> hours last night trying to get this to work. called tech
> support for microsoft and ended up not getting anywhere.
> Was told to call my computer manufacturer (Gateway) for a
> fix! CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT!
> SOME ONE PLEASE HELP!

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