Remote Procedure Call (RPC) (RpcSs) Service Defaults in Windows XP
Provides the endpoint mapper and other miscellaneous RPC services.
Default Settings
| Startup type: | Automatic |
| Display name: | Remote Procedure Call (RPC) |
| Service name: | RpcSs |
| Service type: | share |
| Error control: | normal |
| Group: | COM Infrastructure |
| Object: | NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService |
| Path: | %SystemRoot%\system32\svchost -k rpcss |
| File: | %SystemRoot%\system32\rpcss.dll |
| Registry key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RpcSs |
Default Behavior
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) is a Win32 service. In Windows XP it is starting automatically along with the operating system. Then the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service is running as NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService in a shared process. Other services and drivers are allowed to run in the same process. If the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) fails to start, the technical information about the error is added to the Event Log. Windows XP startup should proceed, but a message box should be displayed informing the user that the RpcSs service has failed to start.
Dependencies
The following components depend on Remote Procedure Call (RPC):
- Background Intelligent Transfer Service
- COM+ Event System
- COM+ System Application
- Cryptographic Services
- Distributed Link Tracking Client
- Distributed Transaction Coordinator
- Error Reporting Service
- Extensible Authentication Protocol Service
- Health Key and Certificate Management Service
- Help and Support
- HID Input Service
- Indexing Service
- IPSEC Services
- Logical Disk Manager
- Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service
- Messenger
- MS Software Shadow Copy Provider
- Network Access Protection Agent
- Network Connections
- Network Provisioning Service
- Print Spooler
- Protected Storage
- QoS RSVP
- Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
- Remote Registry
- Removable Storage
- Routing and Remote Access
- Security Accounts Manager
- Security Center
- Shell Hardware Detection
- System Restore Service
- Task Scheduler
- Telephony
- Telnet
- Terminal Services
- Upload Manager
- Volume Shadow Copy
- Windows Audio
- Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)
- Windows Installer
- Windows Management Instrumentation
- Wireless Zero Configuration
- WMI Performance Adapter
Restore Default Startup Configuration of Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
1. Run the Command Prompt.
2. Copy the commands below, paste them into the command window and press ENTER:
sc config RpcSs start= auto
sc start RpcSs
3. Close the command window and restart the computer.
The RpcSs service is using the rpcss.dll file that is located in the C:\Windows\system32 directory. If the file is removed or corrupted, read this article to restore its original version from Windows XP installation media.