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DCOM/RPC problem after WinXP SP2 install
WOW!! O.K. so LOL I am just a little intimidated by alot of the info I have
gotton from this rpc error. you see I as well am experiancing the same difficulty with this error code only it is happenning when I try installing software wether it be from a disk or on line ,dosn't matter and then when I go to the processes both rpc and locator are up and running but if I try selecting the dependencies tab it shows nothing in fact on every process I tried that tab and all come back as no dependencies ? WTF is that all about ?,I know for a fact it used to show details before but I can't recall when exactly this error started in relation to rpc .Anyways my error code as well stats ie setup failed to launch installation engine:the RPC server is unavailable.) I all so get the one when trying to do an uninstall thru ADD/REMOVE ieThe Installshield Engine (ikernel.exe) could not be launched. The RPC server is unavailable.) as you probably allready know I am very frustrated and now I have several tips to fixxing this but I am hesitant to try them like for instance one tip says to reinstall windows !? huh I'm thinking huuuu no let me say this first and for you to keep in mind while reading I have over 300 gig of info on my system between 2 hard drives and I am really not up for the whole thing of OS reinstallation unless of course that becomes the only opption,another suggest to uninstall nortons antivirus wich of course I do have after a restorring to point befor the problem and then reinstalling nortons ! well that's not so bad ,if I only could remember when the problem origanated!,the process of restoring over and over can be such a long task when you don't remember where the problem started . Another tip that worked for someone was to reinstall sp2 and I don't know what the procedure for that consist of but , I'm one of those impaciant people who hates anything that takes over a few minutes to complete a task , unfortunatlly that is my problem this I know .. now this suggestion to look at the error log , I have taken a look at it but would you believe that the oldest and the newest error log are both errors and I have yet to find out if their are any error's prior to the oldest that coinside with my current problem.. So if anybody feels like trying to go thru this with me ,mind you I am allso a noobie with the computer so the tasks at hand can't be to techy for me or I'll for surely screw something up and I have yet to successfuly complete a full backup of the system,so the thought of loossing over 300 gig of info witch most of it is important info yeah yeah I know I have been lucky so far with that but I'm sure that will come to an end one day hopefully I'll have a complete backup before that happens though. so let me know your thoughts,ideas and oppinions I'm always up for good suggestions and critisism I believe it makes you better with good critisism is that how you spell that any way? lol ohwell Thank you in advance for all responds if any at all. -- I wish that it was'nt so difficult to be online,to all you hackers and other's of that sort: please go out and get a life. thank you!! "Gerry Cornell" wrote: Dirk What errors ( if any ) appear in Event Viewer? Make an exact note of the precise text of any error message. Minor discrepancies can make it harder to search for information about the error message. You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools, Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description are important. HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button resembling two pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This will paste the info from the Event Viewer Error Report complete with links into the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FCA Using invalid email address Stourport, Worcs, England Enquire, plan and execute. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please tell the newsgroup how any suggested solution worked for you. http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. "Dirk" wrote in message ... I have more or less the same problem (MS Installer fails, dcomcnfg fails when clicking on computers, no network icons anymore). The problem seem related to Group Policies (I can force the problem by doing a gpupdate and then rebooting). My DComLaunch service is up and running and I'm still having the problem! "Gian-Pa" wrote: THE Solution I found was to Enable the "DcomLaunch" Service, which I had disabled :-/ "Eric C" wrote: My problem is almost identical, except my ikernel.exe error is slightly different. Istead of the RPC stuff, I just get "access is denied". I've tried all of the installshield fixes (reregistering misexec, making sure the path is correct in regedit, deleting temp files, etc. When I attempt to select my computer in dcomcnfg, the window just winks out of existence, like you said. Also, this computer came preinstalled with XP service pack 2, but we're on a network with a Windows 2000 server, if that has any bearing on anything. Any help for us out there? "Warren Massey" wrote: After installation of SP2 on a WinXP Pro machine I am getting DCOM/RPC errors. When I try running almost any installer I get: "The InstallShield Engine(ikernel.exe) could not be launched. The RPC server is unavailable." The RPC server IS running. I tried running "dcomcnfg" to see what the settings were there, but whenever I double-click on "Computers" under "Component Services" the entire Component Services window winks out of existence (closes, crashes, whatever you want to call it, it disappears). I've only seen this on one of eight machines I've applied SP2 to so I don't think it's an intended SP2 effect. Any ideas how I might fix this or where else I might look for help? -- Warren Massey |
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