Logical Disk Manager fails to start

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I am running WinXP SP2, fully patched. Recently, I started having problems
with Office (2003 Pro), where I either couldn't get apps to start at all, or
I couldn't open files after I launched the app. I started out trying to
repair office, then ran the Windows Memory Diagnostic tool to make sure it
wasn't a RAM problem, then started trying to run check disk to see if I had
a hard drive failure. Well, when I went into Computer Management and
attempted to launch Disk Management, I got an error. The first error
indicated that the LDM remote tool was being blocked by the firewall, so I
needed to add it as an exception to the firewall rule. After doing that, I
got an error that the RPC port was being blocked by the firewall, and I
needed to add an exception for that. After doing that I continuously get a
"Server execution failed" message every time I try to launch LDM. This error
message coincides with an entry in the System event log which reads:

"Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10010
Date: 7/1/2005
Time: 11:34:27 PM
User: Me
Computer: My 'Puter
Description:
The server {D485DDC0-49C6-11D1-8E56-00A0C92C9D5D} did not register with DCOM
within the required timeout.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.";

Clicking the link gets me nothing - the browser doesn't even launch.I've
googled this, and everything talks about DCOM not being properly configured,
so I've walked through and set it as recommended. Still no workee! Any
suggestions? TIAFAH! - Pat


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