Hi Thomas, I am dealing with a similar situation. Have you found a way
to change teh log on account?

Jason Saltsman

Thomas Foster wrote:
> I tried it, and RPC is still locked in Safe Mode. Can't start/stop it. What
> about editing the registry key and changing the login service there, would
> that do it, or possibly make it worse?
>
> "Steven L Umbach" wrote:
>
> > Try booting into Safe Mode. RPC is stopped in Safe Mode and services.msc
> > should work. It always does for me. --- Steve
> >
> >
> > "Thomas Foster" <ThomasFoster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:7D68779B-774E-4F7F-BFDB-BBEDF44AB391@microsoft.com...
> > > 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
> > >> 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
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
> >