hey guys, i also got the same message (remote procedure call terminated unexpectedly) whenever my comp booted up as well. i freaked out and pulled the plug on my comp. now anytime my computer starts on up, theres these five options on my screen. it says -Safe Mode -Safe Mode with Networking -Safe Mode with Command Prompt -Last known Good Configuration (your most recent settings that worked) -Start Windows Normally. I've clicked on all five and after several seconds where it looked like it was gonna work, it just goes back to the same screen. I am going no where with this!! What in the world do I need to do to get my computer up and running normally again? I was downloading some songs/videos from kazaa before this happened. Do you think i downloaded a naty virus? :( I have Windows XP and my computer is a HP Pavilion 753N 2.53GHz System with CD-RW/DVD. do i make a boot up disk? i am totally confused.

Have you applied this patch? Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-026

Try running "services.msc" in run and there find the RPC(Remote procedure call) and then stop that and disable it and also go to the "recovery" tab on the same RPC window and get the three lines which says " Reboot the computer " and change that to " take no action ". If you are not intending the stop RPC then you can try going to the recovery tab and then putting up take no action in all the three options over there... That should fix it... Then try getting the patch and installing it.... Could be found on: www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp

the thing is, i cant even get to that point. my computer wont start, there these five options that say Safe Mode -Safe Mode with Networking -Safe Mode with Command Prompt -Last known Good Configuration (your most recent settings that worked) -Start Windows Normally. and i have to pick one of those for my computer to finish reloading but none of those work!! is this somethin thats strictly related to HP?

Same happened to me, have anyone fixed this kind problem?