Re: DCom Server Launcher Hangs On Startup

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Better yet, remove DCOM.

How to disable DCOM support in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;825750

DCOM Windows XP Do You Need It?
[[Virtually no-one needs it, wants it or uses it! ]]
http://www.updatexp.com/dcom-windows-xp.html

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:1124079024.945751.132430@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
LongShotBuddy <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> For posterity:
>
> I had a problem with the DCom Server Launcher hanging on startup after
> an XP repair, keeping me from installing SP2 or using Windows Update as
> well as various other applications. I also found several posts where
> people were trying to figure out how to fix.
>
> After several hours of digging, I figured out what caused it and how to
> fix, and decided to post in case someone else has the same problem.
>
> It turns out that I used the wrong XP disc to repair from, I had
> Digital Media Center Edition (SP2) installed, but repaired with XP
> Corporate (SP1). It seems that repairing a SP2 installation with a SP1
> installer can cause this problem, likely because the DCom Server
> Launcher wasn't introduced until SP2.
>
> All I had to do to fix once I figured out how I screwed it up was
> repair once more with the SP2 installation disc, and all was fine.
>
> Hope this helps someone at some point :>)
>
> For "googling" purposes, here are some of the errors that I was seeing
> in my event log (causing severe delays in boot up):
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Syntax error in manifest or policy file
>
"C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\Policies\x86_Policy.6.0.Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls
_6595b64144ccf1df_x-ww_5ddad775\6.0.2600.2180.Policy"
> on line 9. The root or application manifest contains the noInherit
> element but the dependent assembly manifest does not contain the
> noInheritable element. Application manifests which contain the
> noInherit element may only depend on assemblies which are
> noInheritable.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> The DCOM Server Process Launcher service hung on starting.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> The Security Center service failed to start due to the following error:
>
> The executable program that this service is configured to run in does
> not implement the service.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service hung on
> starting.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
> FltMgr
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

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