Re: win2ksp4 - cannot stop/start services, install/uninstall software, use Internet Explorer

Were any permissions or configurations changed? OK a quick search reveals
that "1BE1F766-5536-11D1-B726-00C04FB926AF" is the 'COM+ Event System'
service. A long shot but you might try Control Panel|Administrative
Tools|Component Services|Computers|My Computer|DCOM Config. When you click
on the DCOM Config branch. You may get notices that some EXE files are not
completely registered. Make sure you recognize each application as a valid
program and say yes to record data regarding it. If you do not recognize a
program, say NO

Failing that you might try a safe mode boot and also enable boot logging
boot to see if that yields any more clues.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"Jim" wrote:
| OK, I did a clean restart and right at the beginning of the system log
| in the event viewer was "The server 1BE1F766-5536-11D1-B726-00C04FB926AF
| did not register with DCOM within the required timeout". That's the only
| error apart from the RSM not being able to configure my tape drive. I
| suspect it has to do with the fact that I hadn't restarted my server
| since applying the latest patches/updates, but of course now I can't
| uninstall or reinstall anything. Google has 2,670 hits for that CLSID
| but I haven't found the helpful one yet... any suggestions?


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