Re: Error: "COM initialization failed"



It might not be the cuase but was aquick stab in the dark. If the service
is not running then Windows would stop the service.

If you go to Start\Runand type MSCONFIG and then go to the startup tab and
click disable all and restart does the erro go away - this will show if it
is a non essential application that is causing the error (when you do this
you will get a message on startup saying something along the lines of using
restricted settings - don't worry about it just click do not show again).
If that clears the problem then go back to MSCONFIG and enable each item in
turn - restarting after each one to in roder to establish the application
that causes the fault.

Post back with more info after trying this.

Andy


"SurfCook1" <SurfCook1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:A928C5DE-FC65-4B6D-9C1C-84F2006B516F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Andrew. Thanks for quick response!
>
> Both "COM+ Event System" and "COM+ System Application" are set to manual.
> COM+ Event System is started, but COM+ System Application was not. After
> resarting it, I rebooted, went back into services.msc, and it had stopped.
> I
> then restarted the service, cold-booted this time, with the same result.
> If
> this is, in fact, the cause of the COM error, how would we go about
> setting
> this service to remain started after reboot? I can find plenty of info on
> the COM+ service, but nothing relevant as far as this particular error is
> concerned.
>
> Again, thank you for your help Andrew. Anything else you can suggest
> would
> really be appreciated.
>
> SurfCook1.
>
> "Andrew" wrote:
>
>>
>> "SurfCook1" <SurfCook1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:49232F1E-E846-4CA5-A16E-AED3CD3AE73A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Hello<G>.
>> >
>> > Every time I boot up, or re-boot, I get the error: "COM initialization
>> > failed" on my main screen. After a few seconds it goes away (or I can
>> > exit
>> > the error message manually) and everything works as it should. Anyway,
>> > I
>> > was
>> > wondering if this might have something to do with my firewall -
>> > ZoneAlarm
>> > Pro
>> > v6.0.631.003 which has been having some issues lately - and if so, how
>> > can
>> > I
>> > fix it. I've been to their forum, and there was one mention of this
>> > error
>> > occuring, but no resolution was offered. I have also Googled it,
>> > searched
>> > this site (and Microsoft in general) with no mention being made
>> > anywhere
>> > of
>> > this error or how to correct it. There is no mention of it in event
>> > viewer.
>> > Any help would be most welcome.
>> >
>> > Thank you.
>> >
>> > SurfCook1.
>> >
>> > Running:
>> >
>> > XP Pro SP2
>> > HP m270n
>> > 1GB RAM
>> > 200 GB (internal) + 250GB (external) HDD's
>> > Verizon DSL w/ Linksys WRT54c Wireless-G Router
>> >
>> > Spybot, AdAware SE Plus, MS Antispyware Beta (active), PestPatrol
>> > ZoneAlarm Pro v6.0.631.003
>> > AVG Pro
>> >
>>
>> Check out Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Services and check that the
>> COM+ service is not set to disabled.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>>
>>


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