Windows XP – Drew Green

SFC /scannow error 0x000006ba – The RPC Server is unavailable

While attempting to run a System File Check (sfc /scannow) on a Windows XP machine today I received the error 0x000006ba – The RPC Server is unavailable. I checked the services console and saw that the RPC service was running. After scratching my head for a few minutes, I decided that the SFC component must […]

Unable To Install Microsoft Security Essentials <Solved>

12 Comments / Microsoft Security Essentials, Windows XP / drew

I’ve just spent the past hour or so fighting a co-worker’s personal computer, trying to get Microsoft Security Essentials to re-install (she had originally installed v1 of MSE, and when the v2 came out not too long ago and it attempted to upgrade, apparently it hosed her antivirus installation). Her machine is running XP SP3

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