Recently I was working on a friends machine which I thought was hit by the blaster worm. I went into services.msc and turned off the RPC service to (in my mind) minimize any risks. I quickly learned that turning off the service also disables a whole host of other things, among them, dialup. So I went back into services.msc and attempted to turn RPC back on however it appears the screen flashes but I don't get the options box. When I attempt to close the services box it tells me I first must close any open services windows. The only way I can close the box is to end the mmc.exe process.

Any suggestions on how to turn RPC back on will greatly be appreciated. I've tried modifying the reg entry from (4) diabled I believe, to (2) automatic I think, but that doesn't work.

Thanks.