ASP in IIS 5.0 errors caused by COM+ failure

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From: Chad B (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/17/04 

Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 22:59:21 -0700

G'day,

I am having trouble loading my local .asp files in IE 6
using http://localhost

It is saying a HTTP 500 server error.
I have found a KB article here in Microsoft support
showing a troubleshoot for it.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;309051

I try to go through the processes listed, but am stuck at
No. 2 where I cannot expand 'My Computer' in Component
Services, which leads me to
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
US;301919

I follow the procedure to remove COM3 from the registry.
However when going through the Add/Remove Windows
Components installation, it fails to reinstall the COM+
components.

It gives the error:

Sub-component COM+ raised an exception while processing
the OC_COMPLETE_INSTALLATION setup message.

d:\nt\com\com1x\src\complussetup\comsetup\csetuputil.cpp
(line 3406)

Error Code = 0x8007007f

The specified procedure could not be found.

Failed to load the library 'C:\WINDOWS\System32
\comuid.dll'.

Does anyone know the problem? And more importantly how to
workaround it?

Thanks

Chad