That's good to know! But since the RPC service is vital to the OS, it won't
let me stop it or change it (how I was able to do so before is beyond me).
How can I stop the service so I can change the login information? If I stop
the RPC service, I can't even get the MMC console for services to come up.
"Steven L Umbach" wrote:
> 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
> news
C9A24F0-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
> >
>
>
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