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I am having trouble loading XP. It doesn't complete the boot up and instead hangs at the last second. The only program I can use is the taskmanager and it shows that I have 34 processes with at least 5 being svchost.exe. How can I fix this?

also what is the remote call procedure?

Remote Call Procedure is one of the basic services that makes Windows work. A whole lot of other fundamental services depend on RPC in order to function.

Try booting into safe mode and running a virus scanner.

Uraniun235 wrote:Remote Call Procedure is one of the basic services that makes Windows work. A whole lot of other fundamental services depend on RPC in order to function.

Try booting into safe mode and running a virus scanner.

how do I get into safe mode?

From the very first hit of Googling "how do I get into safe mode":

When booting your system, as soon as the first (POST) screen appears showing your memory and hardware information, start pressing 'F8.'

went into safe mode but it too is fooked.

Can you get us a list of the running processes in task manager? 34 sounds like a lot for a system that hasn't finished starting.

Is one of the processes explorer.exe? If not select File -> New Task (Run) and type 'explorer' in Task Manager.

Start -> Setting -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Event Viewer
Are there any errors under 'System' or 'Application'?

If you can, download HijackThis from http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/ and post the logfile in http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic.php?t=54586 to make sure you're free of or to get rid of any viruses/ad&spyware.

Are you using Kazaa, some other filesharing app, or running 'ad supported software'?
Over the last 2 weeks I've worked on 4 systems (not my own ) that were loaded down with so much spy- and adware that either Windows simply wouldn't boot or networking was fucked.
The first one I spent 4 hours in safe mode removing the shit.
The other 3, I said 'fuck it' and nuked the HD with a complete reinstall.

Glocksman wrote:Are you using Kazaa, some other filesharing app, or running 'ad supported software'?
Over the last 2 weeks I've worked on 4 systems (not my own ) that were loaded down with so much spy- and adware that either Windows simply wouldn't boot or networking was fucked.
The first one I spent 4 hours in safe mode removing the shit.
The other 3, I said 'fuck it' and nuked the HD with a complete reinstall.

I nuked the hard drive and reinstalled XP. Basically that is all I could do. Normal and Safe modes didn't work.