Hello, i keep getting this weird problem despite formatting and reinstalling windows twice.
Some programs I use dont run, they hang and i have to end the process using taskmanager.
Just for example, the programs that arent running are Lunia and PlayOnline, lunia is a game and playonline is software squaresoft uses to launch games.
But my problem is not related to this programs, i was searching for a solution and i started ending processes using the task manager and i found out that if i end “explorer.exe” i can then run the programs fine.
So i can bypass this problem ending explorer, running the program then reopening explorer.
I also noticed that after ending explorer.exe if i was quick enough i could start the programs after restarting explorer, so i thought it might be a service thats blocking access.
I started stopping various services until i found the one causing the problem… the RPC service. If i stop this service i can run the programs fine without having to end explorer, but this service is needed so i cant just leave it off to solve it.
I searched around for RPC problems and i tried this:
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10877-6107842.html
seeing as I also updated my XP to sp2, i thought this might work, but it did not.
Also after changing the loggon account to Local System, i cant change it back to the one it had before (network service).
To add to the list of things not working, i remember trying to make a batch file to end epxlorer.exe then run the application then reopen explorer.exe, but on the process i found out i cant use the “tasklist” command on cmd.
this error shows:
ERROR: Security must be initialized before any interfaces are marshalled or unma
rshalled. It cannot be changed once initialized.
note that ending explorer.exe by taskmanager makes tasklist command work fine. Though stopping the RPC service doesnt work for this because this command uses the RPC service.
So im wondering what can i do to fix this problem. Im guessing it has to do with the RPC account access rights. Any help and sugestion is appreciated. Thanks