Hi, I've seen postings like this one in other groups but have not yet found a solution that works for me. I'm using Windows 2000 and have recently found that I am unable to access hotmail, windows update and also cannot sign into my msn messenger. I don't get any real error messages, it's just that the browser appears to stall and no Updates occur, no access to email is given and messenger does not initialize. I have tried from other computers at work and among friends and do not have the same problem. It just seems to be my home computer. Any solutions as to what I could do? Thanks,

the service required for your programs are: Automatic updates Intelligent Background Transfer service Messenger - for hotmail and messenger there's more so I've got to think, but in the mean time check and make sure these are enabled.

umm i have all 3 of those disabled i have no problems.i think u need to have the rpc services running <remote procedure call> i had it turned off once experimenting with services and couldnt access hotmail.try that enable rpc.go to start>settings>>control panel>>administative tools>>services>> scroll to rpc and enable it.that should do the trick.but if im wrong someone will correct me. keltik

hi, i have the exact same problem. I have all the 3 services enabled and running and also rpc is enabled but still i cannot access hotmail or msn messenger. I had recently installed some updates from automatic updates and since then my automatic updates, hotmail and msn messenger are not working. help

RPC is required for the Windows kernel to operate, it should under NO circumstance be disabled.

hmm. ok i just signed up for hotmail and no probs. I have only 5 services enabled and the above isn't one of them...so I retract my earlier statement..for the hotmail portion..I read that somewhere Messenger service is slightly different than MSN messenger. This is to send messeges using "net send user /messege" from command prompt, however MSN Messenger uses something from this servic, i dunno what, but it won't let me stop this service from my GFs computer. You have the latest IE browser? I have 6.0 right now. and SP4 for Win2K. Quite possibly messenger runs partially in a Netbios port, so if you have a firewall, its being blocked.