RPC Server is unavailable

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I don't know if this has anything to do with my problem but I forgot to
mention that my CPU is a 64bit Athlon.

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Sergio Florez M.
Medellín, Colombia

"Sergio Florez M." <sergioflorezm_@_hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I just installed Windows XP Media Center Edition on my new Compaq Presario
> R4000 laptop. Right after I did this I also installed Windows XP Service
> Pack 2. After this I proceeded to install all the drivers for the computer
> and I started getting a message box that goes something like this:
>
> "ikernel.exe could not be launched
> RPC Server is unavailable"
>
> I know RPC is Remote Procedure Call so I looked it up on Control Panel >
> Services and it's set up exactly like the one on my other XP box. So is
RPC
> locator. If I double click RPC service and hit the Dependencies tab I alse
> get the "RPC server is unavailable". How do I fix this?
>
> Also, IE6 doesn't work. I get the red X where the IE icon is supposed to
be
> on the start menu.
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> Sergio Florez M.
> Medellín, Colombia
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