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Hi Gary,
I actually fixed my problem by deleting the policies for my domain and
recreating them. BTW, this was my only active policy
After that ... everything worked again!
WM_HOPE_THIS_HELPS,
Dirk
"Gary" wrote:
> WOW!! O.K. so LOL I am just a little intimidated by alot of the info I have
> gotton from this rpc error. you see I as well am experiancing the same
> difficulty with this error code only it is happenning when I try installing
> software wether it be from a disk or on line ,dosn't matter and then when I
> go to the processes both rpc and locator are up and running but if I try
> selecting the dependencies tab it shows nothing in fact on every process I
> tried that tab and all come back as no dependencies ? WTF is that all about
> ?,I know for a fact it used to show details before but I can't recall when
> exactly this error started in relation to rpc .Anyways my error code as well
> stats ie
setup failed to launch installation engine:the RPC server is
> unavailable.) I all so get the one when trying to do an uninstall thru
> ADD/REMOVE ie
The Installshield Engine (ikernel.exe) could not be launched.
> The RPC server is unavailable.) as you probably allready know I am very
> frustrated and now I have several tips to fixxing this but I am hesitant to
> try them like for instance one tip says to reinstall windows !? huh I'm
> thinking huuuu no let me say this first and for you to keep in mind while
> reading I have over 300 gig of info on my system between 2 hard drives and I
> am really not up for the whole thing of OS reinstallation unless of course
> that becomes the only opption,another suggest to uninstall nortons antivirus
> wich of course I do have after a restorring to point befor the problem and
> then reinstalling nortons ! well that's not so bad ,if I only could remember
> when the problem origanated!,the process of restoring over and over can be
> such a long task when you don't remember where the problem started . Another
> tip that worked for someone was to reinstall sp2 and I don't know what the
> procedure for that consist of but , I'm one of those impaciant people who
> hates anything that takes over a few minutes to complete a task ,
> unfortunatlly that is my problem this I know .. now this suggestion to look
> at the error log , I have taken a look at it but would you believe that the
> oldest and the newest error log are both errors and I have yet to find out if
> their are any error's prior to the oldest that coinside with my current
> problem..
>
> So if anybody feels like trying to go thru this with me ,mind you I am
> allso a noobie with the computer so the tasks at hand can't be to techy for
> me or I'll for surely screw something up and I have yet to successfuly
> complete a full backup of the system,so the thought of loossing over 300 gig
> of info witch most of it is important info yeah yeah I know I have been lucky
> so far with that but I'm sure that will come to an end one day hopefully I'll
> have a complete backup before that happens though. so let me know your
> thoughts,ideas and oppinions I'm always up for good suggestions and critisism
> I believe it makes you better with good critisism is that how you spell that
> any way? lol ohwell Thank you in advance for all responds if any at all.
>
> --
> I wish that it was'nt so difficult to be online,to all you hackers and
> other's of that sort: please go out and get a life. thank you!!
>
>
> "Gerry Cornell" wrote:
>
> > Dirk
> >
> > What errors ( if any ) appear in Event Viewer?
> >
> >
> > Make an exact note of the precise text of any error message. Minor
> > discrepancies can
> > make it harder to search for information about the error message.
> >
> > You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools,
> > Event Viewer.
> > When researching the meaning of the error, information regarding Event
> > ID, Source
> > and Description are important.
> >
> > HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
> >
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&Product=winxp
> >
> > A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
> > click on the
> > error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button
> > resembling two
> > pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now start your
> > message
> > (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This will paste the
> > info from the
> > Event Viewer Error Report complete with links into the message. Make
> > sure this is
> > the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer.
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Gerry
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> >
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> > ..
> >
> > "Dirk" <Dirk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:E911E264-DFAA-4A83-823C-D7FFBEC36B5B@microsoft.com...
> > >I have more or less the same problem (MS Installer fails, dcomcnfg
> > >fails when
> > > clicking on computers, no network icons anymore).
> > >
> > > The problem seem related to Group Policies (I can force the problem by
> > > doing
> > > a gpupdate and then rebooting).
> > >
> > > My DComLaunch service is up and running and I'm still having the
> > > problem!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Gian-Pa" wrote:
> > >
> > >> THE Solution I found was to Enable the "DcomLaunch" Service, which I
> > >> had
> > >> disabled :-/
> > >>
> > >> "Eric C" wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > My problem is almost identical, except my ikernel.exe error is
> > >> > slightly
> > >> > different. Istead of the RPC stuff, I just get "access is denied".
> > >> > I've
> > >> > tried all of the installshield fixes (reregistering misexec, making
> > >> > sure the
> > >> > path is correct in regedit, deleting temp files, etc. When I
> > >> > attempt to
> > >> > select my computer in dcomcnfg, the window just winks out of
> > >> > existence, like
> > >> > you said.
> > >> >
> > >> > Also, this computer came preinstalled with XP service pack 2, but
> > >> > we're on a
> > >> > network with a Windows 2000 server, if that has any bearing on
> > >> > anything.
> > >> >
> > >> > Any help for us out there?
> > >> >
> > >> > "Warren Massey" wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > > After installation of SP2 on a WinXP Pro machine I am getting
> > >> > > DCOM/RPC
> > >> > > errors.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > When I try running almost any installer I get:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > "The InstallShield Engine(ikernel.exe) could not be
> > >> > > launched. The RPC
> > >> > > server is unavailable."
> > >> > >
> > >> > > The RPC server IS running.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > I tried running "dcomcnfg" to see what the settings were there,
> > >> > > but whenever
> > >> > > I double-click on "Computers" under "Component Services" the
> > >> > > entire
> > >> > > Component Services window winks out of existence (closes,
> > >> > > crashes, whatever
> > >> > > you want to call it, it disappears).
> > >> > >
> > >> > > I've only seen this on one of eight machines I've applied SP2 to
> > >> > > so I don't
> > >> > > think it's an intended SP2 effect.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Any ideas how I might fix this or where else I might look for
> > >> > > help?
> > >> > >
> > >> > > --
> > >> > > Warren Massey
> > >> > > Massey4@LLNL.Gov
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> >
> >