system shutdown

[Wendy]

>-----Original Message-----
>We bought our "clone" computer in May, 2002. We
purchased
>and installed Windows xp...home version.
>
>Several days ago, a box with a big red "x" appeared with
>the following message.....system shutdown....shutdown
>initiated by NT Authority System. Remote procedure call
>service terminated unexpectedly. It has a countdown on
it
>and goes from 1 minute to 0, at which time our computer
>shuts down, and restarts. It happened 4 times the first
>night, the next day not at all, the next night twice,
and
>today so far, twice. We just have several windows open
on
>different websites, and yahoo msgr.
>
>Please help us understand what this means, and how we
can
>fix it. It's very frustrating, as a minute is not
enough
>time to save everything, and we want to return to our
>uninterupted use of the internet.
>
>Thank you!
>
>Joan M.
>.
>you need a patch to fix this problem... follow this link
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?
url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp