{"id":76184,"date":"2024-07-31T17:22:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T11:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=76184"},"modified":"2024-10-04T21:38:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T16:08:52","slug":"wsearch-error-1722-rpc-server-unavailable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wsearch-error-1722-rpc-server-unavailable\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Search Error 1722: The RPC server is unavailable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you attempt to start the Windows Search service on your Windows 10 or 11 system, the following error may occur:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"err\">Windows could not start the Windows Search service on Local Computer.\n\nError 1722: The RPC server is unavailable.<\/pre>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76185\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/wsearch-rpc-error-1722-gui.png\" alt=\"windows search error 1722 - rpc server unavailable\" width=\"388\" height=\"172\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <code><strong>net start wsearch<\/strong><\/code> command may show the same error:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"err\">The Windows Search service could not be started.\n\nA system error has occurred.\n\nSystem error 1722 has occurred.\n\nThe RPC server is unavailable.<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/wsearch-rpc-error-1722.png\" alt=\"windows search error 1722 - rpc server unavailable\" width=\"752\" height=\"273\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Cause<\/h2>\n<p>The Windows Search error code 1722 (&#8220;RPC_S_SERVER_UNAVAILABLE&#8221;) occurs because the Windows Event Log service is disabled.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rp\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/error-21-windows-search-service-start\/\">Error 21: Windows Search Service Could not Start on Local Computer<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Resolution<\/h2>\n<p>Launch the Services MMC by running <code><strong>services.msc<\/strong><\/code>.<\/p>\n<p>Double-click <strong>Windows Event Log<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Set it to &#8220;Automatic&#8221; start.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/wsearch-rpc-error-1722-event-log.png\" alt=\"windows search error 1722 - rpc server unavailable\" width=\"406\" height=\"468\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click Apply.<\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Start<\/strong> to start the services manually.<\/p>\n<p>This should fix the Windows Search service error 1722.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you attempt to start the Windows Search service on your Windows 10 or 11 system, the following error may occur: Windows could not start the Windows Search service on Local Computer. Error 1722: The RPC server is unavailable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,869],"tags":[191,490],"class_list":["post-76184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","tag-error-messages","tag-services"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":74789,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/error-21-windows-search-service-start\/","url_meta":{"origin":76184,"position":0},"title":"Error 21: Windows Search Service Could not Start on Local Computer","author":"Ramesh","date":"April 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"When you attempt to start the Windows Search (WSearch) service via the Services MMC, the following error may occur: Windows could not start the Windows Search service on Local Computer Error 21: The device is not ready. 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Intel seventh (7th)-generation \"Intel Core\" processor or a later generation AMD seventh (7th)-generation (\u201cBristol Ridge\") processor or\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Windows 7&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Windows 7","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/category\/microsoft\/windows\/windows-7\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"windows update error 80240037 ","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wu-windows7-new-cpu.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wu-windows7-new-cpu.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wu-windows7-new-cpu.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1038,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-search-service-error-1053-windows-7\/","url_meta":{"origin":76184,"position":3},"title":"Fix Windows Search Error 1053 &#8220;Service did not respond&#8221;","author":"Ramesh","date":"April 25, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Recently I came across a problem where the Windows Search service failed to auto-start, and manually starting the service using Services MMC resulted in Error 1053, with the following error message verbatim. Windows could not start the Windows Search service on Local Computer. Error 1053: The service did not respond\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Windows&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Windows","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/category\/microsoft\/windows\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"wsearch error 1053 - indexing options grayed out","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/wsearch-error-1053-indexing-options-blank.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5819,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/fix-event-id-10016-distributedcom-error-event-log-dcomcnfg-permissions\/","url_meta":{"origin":76184,"position":4},"title":"Fix: Event ID 10016 DistributedCOM Errors Recorded in the Event Log","author":"Ramesh","date":"November 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Even in a fresh Windows 10 installation, you might see some DistributedCOM (DCOM) errors Event ID: 10016 in the System event log. 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