"seanarmenta@ade" wrote:

>
> hello
>
> i was trying to run the Windows Disk Manager under Control
> Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Storage>Disk Management.
>
>
> when i click on Disk Management, the message: RPC Server is Unavailable
> appears. it also says Unable to connect to Logical Disk Manager Service
> in the bottom toolbar.
>
> i checked my services, and Local Disk Manager is started.
>
> in addition, i also can't get Disk Defragmenter to work...
>
> any solutions?
>
>
> --
> seanarmenta@ade
>

I got the same problem. It must be something related to remote
administration. I turned off a few services (Terminal Server, Remote Desktop
and so on) in an attempt to enhance security. I don't use them, so why should
I keep them active? As a result, Windows Firewall tells me to add
"dmremote.exe" to the exceptions list. Local and remote disk management
should be different features, in my opinion.