So i've done it again. If you remember in last week's episode, I somehow f'd up the registry and corrupted the TCP/IP on my network. Got that fixed. Faster than you can say "Customer Service" I encounter yet another problem.

I somehow got the MSBlaster worm (I know, so July 2003), and it shut down my computer. So after rebooting, I went into Component Services and disabled the Remote Procedure Call. Then I downloaded the patch from Symantec. I then rebooted, and to my utter dismay, my StyleXP skin had been somehow removed, the start menu was hidden, and the RPC was still disabled. After some crafty finagling, I got my start menu back, then went back into Component Services to re-enable the RPC. I right clicked, went to properties, and nothing happened. Now i'm no computer genius, but shouldn't a properties window have come up?

So in essence, my problem is this; I can't restart the RPC, thus messing up the XP GUI, disabling copy/paste functionality in Flash, disabling my ability to play videos/listen to music, and other important but often overlooked procedures.

If anybody knows a way to reset/re-enable the RPC and bypass the properties tab, please let me know. This is quite aggravating, to say the least.

Thanks,

Reid

EDIT: Oh yeah, can't click hyperlinks, either.