System Restore is not working due to RPC server error

Hi,

I have a problem with my Vista x64 installation. Something happened on my
system that lets 'System Protection', 'Backup and Restore center' and 'System
Restore' fail with te following message: "The transfer syntax is not
supported by the RPC server. (0x800706C2)"

I would like to revert to an earlier restore point but unfortunately this
problem prevents System Restore from working at all.

I post the message here because after some digging I found out that the
message has something to do with a 64bit (ndr64) RPC client trying to access
a 32bit (dce) RPC server? Suggesting some 64bit component got replaced by a
32bit one?

Any help would be much appreciated. Because the only other solution I see
now is to reinstall my system.

Tx, THomas.

Tom
Wed Oct 24 06:02:18 PDT 2007

Would running sfc /scannow from an elevated command prompt be useful?

Tom
MSSMVP 1998-2007


"Thomas" <Thomas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:552D30D2-EEF5-4680-86BF-41405E82398F@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem with my Vista x64 installation. Something happened on
> my
> system that lets 'System Protection', 'Backup and Restore center' and
> 'System
> Restore' fail with te following message: "The transfer syntax is not
> supported by the RPC server. (0x800706C2)"
>
> I would like to revert to an earlier restore point but unfortunately
> this
> problem prevents System Restore from working at all.
>
> I post the message here because after some digging I found out that the
> message has something to do with a 64bit (ndr64) RPC client trying to
> access
> a 32bit (dce) RPC server? Suggesting some 64bit component got replaced
> by a
> 32bit one?
>
> Any help would be much appreciated. Because the only other solution I
> see
> now is to reinstall my system.
>
> Tx, THomas.

Thomas
Thu Oct 25 12:38:03 PDT 2007

Thanks for the tip.

Unfortunately sfc did not find any violations and the problem is still
there. Might anyone know what RPC server all three applications have in
common?

Thx,

Thomas.

"Tom Ferguson" wrote:

> Would running sfc /scannow from an elevated command prompt be useful?
>
> Tom
> MSSMVP 1998-2007
>
>
> "Thomas" <Thomas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:552D30D2-EEF5-4680-86BF-41405E82398F@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a problem with my Vista x64 installation. Something happened on
> > my
> > system that lets 'System Protection', 'Backup and Restore center' and
> > 'System
> > Restore' fail with te following message: "The transfer syntax is not
> > supported by the RPC server. (0x800706C2)"
> >
> > I would like to revert to an earlier restore point but unfortunately
> > this
> > problem prevents System Restore from working at all.
> >
> > I post the message here because after some digging I found out that the
> > message has something to do with a 64bit (ndr64) RPC client trying to
> > access
> > a 32bit (dce) RPC server? Suggesting some 64bit component got replaced
> > by a
> > 32bit one?
> >
> > Any help would be much appreciated. Because the only other solution I
> > see
> > now is to reinstall my system.
> >
> > Tx, THomas.
>
>

McBain
Fri Nov 02 22:58:00 PDT 2007

I'm having the exact same problem. I also ran the scannow thing and it said
it fixed some problems, but it didn't fix that problem. Does anyone know
what I can do to fix this? Please????

"Thomas" wrote:

> Thanks for the tip.
>
> Unfortunately sfc did not find any violations and the problem is still
> there. Might anyone know what RPC server all three applications have in
> common?
>
> Thx,
>
> Thomas.
>
> "Tom Ferguson" wrote:
>
> > Would running sfc /scannow from an elevated command prompt be useful?
> >
> > Tom
> > MSSMVP 1998-2007
> >
> >
> > "Thomas" <Thomas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:552D30D2-EEF5-4680-86BF-41405E82398F@microsoft.com...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have a problem with my Vista x64 installation. Something happened on
> > > my
> > > system that lets 'System Protection', 'Backup and Restore center' and
> > > 'System
> > > Restore' fail with te following message: "The transfer syntax is not
> > > supported by the RPC server. (0x800706C2)"
> > >
> > > I would like to revert to an earlier restore point but unfortunately
> > > this
> > > problem prevents System Restore from working at all.
> > >
> > > I post the message here because after some digging I found out that the
> > > message has something to do with a 64bit (ndr64) RPC client trying to
> > > access
> > > a 32bit (dce) RPC server? Suggesting some 64bit component got replaced
> > > by a
> > > 32bit one?
> > >
> > > Any help would be much appreciated. Because the only other solution I
> > > see
> > > now is to reinstall my system.
> > >
> > > Tx, THomas.
> >
> >

Kue2
Sat Nov 03 09:18:14 PDT 2007

Try turning off anti-virus programs & see if that helps.

"McBain" <McBain@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D2942207-7300-458E-B779-326A9E9E0AD4@microsoft.com...
> I'm having the exact same problem. I also ran the scannow thing and it
> said
> it fixed some problems, but it didn't fix that problem. Does anyone know
> what I can do to fix this? Please????
>
> "Thomas" wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the tip.
>>
>> Unfortunately sfc did not find any violations and the problem is still
>> there. Might anyone know what RPC server all three applications have in
>> common?
>>
>> Thx,
>>
>> Thomas.
>>
>> "Tom Ferguson" wrote:
>>
>> > Would running sfc /scannow from an elevated command prompt be useful?
>> >
>> > Tom
>> > MSSMVP 1998-2007
>> >
>> >
>> > "Thomas" <Thomas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:552D30D2-EEF5-4680-86BF-41405E82398F@microsoft.com...
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > I have a problem with my Vista x64 installation. Something happened
>> > > on
>> > > my
>> > > system that lets 'System Protection', 'Backup and Restore center' and
>> > > 'System
>> > > Restore' fail with te following message: "The transfer syntax is not
>> > > supported by the RPC server. (0x800706C2)"
>> > >
>> > > I would like to revert to an earlier restore point but unfortunately
>> > > this
>> > > problem prevents System Restore from working at all.
>> > >
>> > > I post the message here because after some digging I found out that
>> > > the
>> > > message has something to do with a 64bit (ndr64) RPC client trying to
>> > > access
>> > > a 32bit (dce) RPC server? Suggesting some 64bit component got
>> > > replaced
>> > > by a
>> > > 32bit one?
>> > >
>> > > Any help would be much appreciated. Because the only other solution I
>> > > see
>> > > now is to reinstall my system.
>> > >
>> > > Tx, THomas.
>> >
>> >

McBain
Sun Nov 04 10:24:00 PST 2007

Thanks for your suggestion. I tried it, and unfortunately, I still run into
the same problem. Any thing else I can do?

"Kue2" wrote:

> Try turning off anti-virus programs & see if that helps.
>
> "McBain" <McBain@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D2942207-7300-458E-B779-326A9E9E0AD4@microsoft.com...
> > I'm having the exact same problem. I also ran the scannow thing and it
> > said
> > it fixed some problems, but it didn't fix that problem. Does anyone know
> > what I can do to fix this? Please????
> >
> > "Thomas" wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks for the tip.
> >>
> >> Unfortunately sfc did not find any violations and the problem is still
> >> there. Might anyone know what RPC server all three applications have in
> >> common?
> >>
> >> Thx,
> >>
> >> Thomas.
> >>
> >> "Tom Ferguson" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Would running sfc /scannow from an elevated command prompt be useful?
> >> >
> >> > Tom
> >> > MSSMVP 1998-2007
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Thomas" <Thomas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:552D30D2-EEF5-4680-86BF-41405E82398F@microsoft.com...
> >> > > Hi,
> >> > >
> >> > > I have a problem with my Vista x64 installation. Something happened
> >> > > on
> >> > > my
> >> > > system that lets 'System Protection', 'Backup and Restore center' and
> >> > > 'System
> >> > > Restore' fail with te following message: "The transfer syntax is not
> >> > > supported by the RPC server. (0x800706C2)"
> >> > >
> >> > > I would like to revert to an earlier restore point but unfortunately
> >> > > this
> >> > > problem prevents System Restore from working at all.
> >> > >
> >> > > I post the message here because after some digging I found out that
> >> > > the
> >> > > message has something to do with a 64bit (ndr64) RPC client trying to
> >> > > access
> >> > > a 32bit (dce) RPC server? Suggesting some 64bit component got
> >> > > replaced
> >> > > by a
> >> > > 32bit one?
> >> > >
> >> > > Any help would be much appreciated. Because the only other solution I
> >> > > see
> >> > > now is to reinstall my system.
> >> > >
> >> > > Tx, THomas.
> >> >
> >> >
>
>

Thomas
Sun Nov 04 16:07:01 PST 2007

Thanks for the suggestion, but that didn't do the trick for me either. I
haven't encountered any other problems with my system sofar. Except for those
three for maintenance quite critical programs.

Btw. when I run System Restore from the Vista DVD (at least tried to) I get
the same issue. :(

Tx, Thomas.

"Kue2" wrote:

> Try turning off anti-virus programs & see if that helps.
>
> "McBain" <McBain@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D2942207-7300-458E-B779-326A9E9E0AD4@microsoft.com...
> > I'm having the exact same problem. I also ran the scannow thing and it
> > said
> > it fixed some problems, but it didn't fix that problem. Does anyone know
> > what I can do to fix this? Please????
> >
> > "Thomas" wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks for the tip.
> >>
> >> Unfortunately sfc did not find any violations and the problem is still
> >> there. Might anyone know what RPC server all three applications have in
> >> common?
> >>
> >> Thx,
> >>
> >> Thomas.
> >>
> >> "Tom Ferguson" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Would running sfc /scannow from an elevated command prompt be useful?
> >> >
> >> > Tom
> >> > MSSMVP 1998-2007
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Thomas" <Thomas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:552D30D2-EEF5-4680-86BF-41405E82398F@microsoft.com...
> >> > > Hi,
> >> > >
> >> > > I have a problem with my Vista x64 installation. Something happened
> >> > > on
> >> > > my
> >> > > system that lets 'System Protection', 'Backup and Restore center' and
> >> > > 'System
> >> > > Restore' fail with te following message: "The transfer syntax is not
> >> > > supported by the RPC server. (0x800706C2)"
> >> > >
> >> > > I would like to revert to an earlier restore point but unfortunately
> >> > > this
> >> > > problem prevents System Restore from working at all.
> >> > >
> >> > > I post the message here because after some digging I found out that
> >> > > the
> >> > > message has something to do with a 64bit (ndr64) RPC client trying to
> >> > > access
> >> > > a 32bit (dce) RPC server? Suggesting some 64bit component got
> >> > > replaced
> >> > > by a
> >> > > 32bit one?
> >> > >
> >> > > Any help would be much appreciated. Because the only other solution I
> >> > > see
> >> > > now is to reinstall my system.
> >> > >
> >> > > Tx, THomas.
> >> >
> >> >
>
>

Dennis
Sun Nov 04 16:50:33 PST 2007

Thomas:
Refer to the article at
http://askbobrankin.com/rpc_server_unavailable.html, for possibly a missing
or corrupt registry entry. When it comes to the registry I'm of no help but
may be able to help. Have a great day.

--
Dennis Pack
XP x64 SP2, Vista Enterprise x64
Office Professional Plus 2007
"Thomas" <Thomas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:552D30D2-EEF5-4680-86BF-41405E82398F@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem with my Vista x64 installation. Something happened on my
> system that lets 'System Protection', 'Backup and Restore center' and
> 'System
> Restore' fail with te following message: "The transfer syntax is not
> supported by the RPC server. (0x800706C2)"
>
> I would like to revert to an earlier restore point but unfortunately this
> problem prevents System Restore from working at all.
>
> I post the message here because after some digging I found out that the
> message has something to do with a 64bit (ndr64) RPC client trying to
> access
> a 32bit (dce) RPC server? Suggesting some 64bit component got replaced by
> a
> 32bit one?
>
> Any help would be much appreciated. Because the only other solution I see
> now is to reinstall my system.
>
> Tx, THomas.