Re: DCOM Problems

From: John John (audetweld_at_nbnet.nb.ca)
Date: 01/24/05 

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:06:06 -0400

It's a bug with Microsoft Word. The type library
({00020906-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}) is wrong and I haven't found a
cure for it on the MS site, just an acknowledgment that there is a error
with it or obscure fixes that require a degree in computer science to
figure out. You can have a look for yourself, if you can make any sense
of of it all the better for you.

BUG: Word 2000 Version Key Doesn't Match Its Type Library Version
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;249626

How to configure Office applications to run under a specific user account
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;288367

Or just search on the KB for the type library or Event ID for other hits
on the subject.

It may be just as easy or even better to just try to disable DCOM and
see if the error goes away, DCOM is a HUGE security risk anyway. See if
this can help:

How to disable DCOM support in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B825750

or a quick crash course on DCOM here http://grc.com/dcom/ along with a
small utility to disable it.

John

JG007 wrote:

> HI, please could anybody give me help or information about the following
> message that appears every 2-4 mins in the error logs
>
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: DCOM
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 10003
> Date: 24/01/2005
> Time: 09:39:39
> User: N/A
> Computer: JG007
> Description:
> Access denied attempting to launch a DCOM Server using
> DefaultLaunchPermssion. The server is:
> {00020906-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
> The user is Unavailable/Unavailable, SID=Unavailable.
>
> Thanks
>

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