Andrew...I am having a similar issue. I can't even get RPC to respond! No
system restore at all. Any suggestions?

Cheers,J.

"Andrew E." wrote:

> Why not just go to run,type:services.msc In msc scroll to the service,double
> click on it,in properties window disable the service or select manual start.
>
> "metro98k" wrote:
>
> > Two WARNINGS (and one question) with msconfig:
> >
> > 1) There is no "undo." If you click Diagnostic or Normal, and then click
> > back on Selective, it will have forgotten any custom settings you may have
> > had. This can be a real pain, since almost all systems need some but not all
> > settings enabled. You may not even be able to restore an old System Restore
> > point, because of Warning #2:
> >
> > 2) If you switch to Diagnostic, the System Restore Service will be disabled,
> > and according to an obscure note from Microsoft, ALL OF YOUR SYSTEM RESTORE
> > POINTS WILL BE PERMANENTLY DELETED. So you can't just switch to diagnostic
> > mode and then restore to an earlier point to restore your old settings.
> > Learned that one the hard way....
> >
> > One possible workaround if you want to do a Diagnostic boot without losing
> > your restore points would be to do the following. Warning: I have no idea if
> > this works or not. Could someone reply to this post and let us know if it
> > does?
> >
> > 1) Click the Diagnostic radio button, but DO NOT CLICK OK yet
> > 2) Switch to the Services tab
> > 3) Check the box next to the System Restore Service
> > 4) Doublecheck that the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Service is checked (it
> > should be). System Restore relies on this service.
> > 5) Now you can click OK. Note that if you switch back to the General tab,
> > Selective will now be selected instead of Diagnostic. If you click the
> > Diagnostic radio button again you'll have to repeat steps 2-4.
> >
> > Good luck, and please could someone let me know if this method will allow
> > you to use System Restore to restore your previous Selective configuration in
> > msconfig? Thanks,
> >
> > metro98k
> >
> >
> > "Freddie" wrote:
> >
> > > just about all processor exculding "explorer" is not
> > > needed (that is all of the ones by user) you cant stop
> > > system ones)
> > >
> > > also to pervent many go to start-run-and type msconfig
> > > then at the startup tab click disable all and restart, if
> > > you find problem go back to start-run-msconfig and-
> > > startup hit enable all
> > >