Opening Services.msc gives "Error 1722: The RPC server is unavailable"

Question

Going to Start -> Services.msc on Windows 8.1 gives the following error:

Answer 1

These ones may help.
Managing with Microsoft Management Console
To configure Windows Firewall to allow MMC snap-in(s) to connect

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Answer 2

Hi,

The "RPC server is unavailable" error can occur for the following reasons:

DNS problems

Time synchronization problem

RPC service is not running

Network connectivity problem

RPC service-
Ensure the RPC service is running.

Network connectivity-
Ensure that the important well-known ports required in a domain environment are open on the firewall between these DCs, use the Portqry tool.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/abizerh/archive/2009/06/11/troubleshooting-rpc-server-is-unavailable-error-reported-in-failing-ad-replication-scenario.aspx

Answer 3

Just checking if there's any progress or updates?

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Answer 4

Hello,

I recently had the same issue. Enabling Network & Internet >Advanced network settings>"File and Printer Sharing" appears to resolve the issue. 🤷‍♀️

Hopefully there is a more granular settings that will accomplish this. From a security standpoint solution seems overly broad if your goal is simply remote administration.