Change the account to NT Authority\NetworkService and set the password to
blank. It is managed by the operating system. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;812519

4. To specify the user account that the service can use to log on,
click the Log On tab, and then do one of the following: . To specify that
the service uses the Local System account, click Local System account.
. To specify that the service uses the Local Service account,
click This account, and then type NT AUTHORITY\LocalService.
. To specify that the service uses the Network Service account,
click This account, and then type NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService.
. To specify another account, click This account, click Browse,
and then specify a user account in the Select User dialog box. When you are
finished, click OK.

5. Type the password for the user account in the Password and Confirm
password boxes, and then click OK. If you select the Local Service account
or Network Service account, the password must be blank.



"Thomas Foster" <Thomas Foster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsC9A24F0-FDAC-465D-A577-C17B46423686@microsoft.com...
> While troubleshooting an issue, I very stupidly changed the RPC service
> Logon
> Account from the default account to 'Local System Account'.
>
> Since then, I've been getting various DCOM, COM+, etc, errors in my event
> log, and some programs are bombing out trying to run.
>
> Does anybody know a way I can get the RPC service back to the way it was?
> I
> don't remember the account it uses by default, and I wouldn't know the
> password for it if I did (though I do faintly recall a program that can
> give
> you this info).
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
> Thomas Foster
>