Computer turning off

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mank!

Guest
My mate keeps having this problem, he'd post about it himself except his PC doesn't stay on long enough :)

<echo> um
<echo> it just says some sorta error message
<echo> log off now + save
<echo> shutting down
<echo> and gives me 60 seconds :)
<echo> i'll type out the error message next time
<mank> ok

Vague, but that's all he's got time for :p

<echo> THIS SYSTEM IS SHUTTING DOWN
<echo> SAVE ALL WORK
<echo> UNSAVED WILL BE LOST
<echo> AUTHORISED BY NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
<echo> WINDOWS MUST NOW RESTARTED BECAUSE REMOTE PROCEDURE CALL (RPC) SERVICE TERMINATED UNEXPECTEDLY
<echo> 7 SECONDS
<echo> :<
<echo> 4
<echo> 2
* echo Quit (Connection reset by peer)
 
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Will

Guest
Tell him to paste the error message into google.
 
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mank!

Guest
Good idea. Except he's not able to stay on long enough :)

edit: just ran it through google and can't find anything :/

edit2: found some stuff on google, one advises him to install the service pack for Win2k but his PC won't stay online long enough to let him, or to install a firewall - he can't stay online long enough to download one. Found a solution at least, fuck knows how he's going to manage it if his PC gives him 60 seconds to work with at a time.
 
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Scooba Da Bass

Guest
The latest overflow error effects the RPC and results in a crash and reboot when the connection is lost.

Get him to install a firewall and block the following ports;

TCP/UDP Port 135
TCP/UDP Port 139
TCP/UDP Port 445

Or get him to install this patch , it should sort it out.
 
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Ch3tan

Guest
doesnt' win2k/nt have an option of what to do when there is a system failure? And you can select not to restart?
 
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mank!

Guest
Unless it's a tiny patch/firewall I doubt he'll be able to stay online long enough to get either, that's the problem.
 
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Will

Guest
Heh, so how do you cause peoples PCs to do that? My flatmate has a PC on my LAN with no firewall, and I'm teaching him why he needs one.:)
 
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Xtro

Guest
I'm having exactly the same prob (this is my 2nd PC I'm on atm).

My main PC (which is having the problems) does this even if not connected to the net btw.

There's 2 different error messages. Sometimes you get Msg 1 followed by 2. Then other times you wont get Msg 1, it will just launch into Msg 2, giving you 60 seconds until the PC shuts down.

Message 1:

Generic Host Process for Win32 Services has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for any inconvenience.

If you were in the middle of something, the information you were working on might be lost.

For more information about this error, click here.

So after that message goes you get -

Message 2:

The RPC error message - 60 seconds to shut down.

I cant give a full transcript of Message 2 yet as I keep losing my connect every 60 secs lol ;)

Will edit post when I can.
 
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adams901

Guest
Tell him to turn on his computer, go to Start then Run and type Shutdown -a

This will cancel the RPC shutdown and allow him to stay online long enough to find a fix.
 
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vofflujarnid

Guest
Having exactly the same problem. Installing that critical update now
 
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BrassMonkey

Guest
I had the exact same problem here, i downloaded the patch that Scooba noted (thankyou) then it gave me the message, turned off the net and on reboot installed the patch.

All seems to be ok now.....however that message will haunt me in my sleep for a long time, i'll also be jumping at any error message :uhoh:
 
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Xtro

Guest
Aye, ta scooba. Dl patch, installed on both comps, all seems well after 10 mins or so.
 
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adams901

Guest
out of interest, are all you guys counterstrike players?, im only asking because I know a few CS players and they all had this problem, I havent found any non CS players with it yet.
 
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Xtro

Guest
Adams - I've not played CS for about 18 months mate.

/edit: just checked a few regular (and large) forums I use - spread like wildfire, threads all over complaining about it :)
 
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Scooba Da Bass

Guest
I imagine some idiot has finally managed to write a script kiddie style worm for the exploit hence it exploding.

The fix was posted here last month sometime...

Edit; here
 
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vofflujarnid

Guest
I'm not a counter-shit player :) apperantly, this only happens to users who have windows xp pro/home and don't have this patch installed and users that don't have a firewall up.
 
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nath

Guest
I had exactly the same problem today, managed to get on for long enough to get the patch.

Tbh, this is the first thing that I've EVER had a problem which a firewall would have solved. Never before seen the need for one tbh :\
 
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Falcor

Guest
bit of help, the patch is small nps downloading before computer restarts, if u enable win xp standard firewall it seems to stall shutdown and then u have enough time to use the patch ( this worked for me)
 
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vofflujarnid

Guest
Patch installed and BlackIce v3.6 up. Works fine now.

Thanks, sc00ba.
 
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Sibanac

Guest
booting your pc, network unplugged.
switching off "client for windows networks "
and "windows file and printer sharing" in network properties
this should give you time to
connect pc back to network and patch.

oh and if you only have 1 pc leave them both off
 
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FatBusinessman

Guest
Originally posted by vofflujarnid
this only happens to users who have windows xp pro/home and don't have this patch installed and users that don't have a firewall up.
Click to expand...

I have the patch installed, up-to-date virus software, two firewalls and a NAT router running. Am I a little over-protective? :)
 
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Xtro

Guest
I used to use BlackIce many moons ago but am now using ZoneAlarm - I think its shite.

Is BlackIce any good now? Or any other firewalls you'd recommend?
 
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Sibanac

Guest
Originally posted by Xtro
I used to use BlackIce many moons ago but am now using ZoneAlarm - I think its shite.

Is BlackIce any good now? Or any other firewalls you'd recommend?
Click to expand...

i'dd say forget about all those software FWs and get yourself a cheap router/FW
 
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adams901

Guest
If you dont have time to download the patch then just turn off RPC by going to run and typing shutdown -a
 
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Xtro

Guest
Originally posted by Sibanac
i'dd say forget about all those software FWs and get yourself a cheap router/FW
Click to expand...

Don't have two pennies to rub together atm due to holiday :(
 
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Insane

Guest
would it be possible for one of the Mods to create a sticky thread about the LovSan worm and how to fix it? i think there's going to be an influx of pointless posts for the next few months.. at least having a central post of info would be better than rummaging through useless forum threads.


its scary how quick it is, i took my old Athlon 550 and installed Win2k Pro onto it, didnt patch nothing and within 10 minutes lovsan was making sweet love to the disk... :eek:
 
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