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    Any suggestions/ideas about wierd shutdown message?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by londez, Nov 4, 2008.

  1. londez

    londez Notebook Evangelist

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    Yesterday, after bringing the notebook in my sig out of hibernation, I got a message and sixty second countdown to shutdown. The message said that the shutdown was initiated by "NT Authority/System" because "Remote Procedure Call (RPC) terminated unexpectedly."

    I've gotten this message a few times since I reformatted my HDD last July. Any ideas what this means?
     
    londez, Nov 4, 2008
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  2. vinumsv

    vinumsv MobileFreak™

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    What OS you have ? RPC service is very important to Windows mate and its set to restart itself if it stopped somehow but if it it continues then it will shutdown windows .

    i would recommend you do a full scan of your system for virus ..
     
    vinumsv, Nov 4, 2008
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  3. stewie

    stewie What the deuce?

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    I agree with vinumsv. What SP are you running, and is it up-to-date with all the latest patches? Because MS released a few patches for this. You may have been hit by a blaster worm, so do a full system scan.
     
    stewie, Nov 4, 2008
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