From: Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@...>
Date: 2006-01-05T04:16:43+09:00
Subject: Re: win32-services - RPC server unavailable?

On 1/4/06, Daniel McBrearty <danielmcbrearty@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Trying to get a ruby win32 service running on my winxp. Downloaded the
> win32-installer from raa, it seemed to install OK. Then trying this
> sample code:
>
> require "win32/service"
>    include Win32
>
>    s = Service.new("some_machine")
> ...
>
> when I run this I get "The RPC Server is unavailable
> (Win32::ServiceError)
>
> at the s = .. line.
>
> Any ideas?

My suggestion would be to open the Windows Services console and make
sure the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service and/or the RPC Locator
service are running.

Ryan