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Message: <blockquote data-quote="XCorvis" data-source="post: 1989041" data-attributes="member: 1265">Two main things cause this - viruses, and a dumb firewall bug.Odds are it's a virus- download and run Stinger. It's a stand alone virus cleaner. <a href="http://download.nai.com/products/mcafee-avert/stinger.exe" target="_blank">http://download.nai.com/products/mcafee-avert/stinger.exe</a>If stinger finds nothing, try turning on your Windows firewall. In XP, go to Control Panel, Network Connections, Right click on your network connection, select properties, click on the Advanced tab, click on the settings button (in the firewall section) and turn it on. Depending on version and service pack, that process may be slightly different.If you're using winxp pro and the RPC Shutdown window comes up, go to start, run and type: "shutdown -a" to abort the shutdown. This also works with win2k pro, I think, but not the home versions of anything.You might also want to boot into safe mode. As the computer boots up tap F8 every half second or so until you see a boot menu or you see windows is actually starting. Safe mode will help stinger to clean out the viruses easier, and you might have an easier time turning on the firewall because the RPC shutdown shouldn't happen in safe mode.</blockquote>