Re: DCOM, RPC and InstallShield problems

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research on Google about using DCOMCFG (DCOM Config) to fix security
settings in DCOM.. usually this is the problem with DCOM not starting..

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"Duncan" <Duncan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have exactly the same errors including internet explorer not working.
>This
> a new pc (media centre compatable hardware) but still I get the same
> errors
> and dcom will not start. Did you ever work out how to sort it out?
>
> "Sergio Florez M." wrote:
>
>> I just bought a Compaq Presario R4000 laptop with an Athlon 64 processor.
>> It
>> came with XP Home but since I have a Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
>> licence I installed it on the laptop also. Inmediately after installing
>> MCE
>> I installed XP Service pack 2. After this I proceeded to install al the
>> drivers and here's where everything gets messed up.
>>
>> The drivers couldn't install. They all gave me the following error:
>>
>> The InstallShield Engine (iKernel.exe) could not be launched.
>> The RPC Server is unavailable.
>>
>> The driver CD says it works on XP Home and XP Professional, so since MCE
>> is
>> an XP pro I figured it wasn't really the drivers and focused on the RPC
>> Server.
>>
>> I checked the RPC services in Control Panel > Services and they were
>> configured the same way as in my other XP pro box which works perfectly.
>> Still, I get the "RPC Server is unavailable" message all over the place.
>> It
>> pops up every time I hit the dependencies tab on the properties page of a
>> service (services.msc) and also when I try to open Computer management >
>> Disk management.
>>
>> After googling around for a while I read something about having to start
>> the
>> DCOM service because InstallShield uses it for something through RPC to
>> resolve names or something, so I went back to Control Panel > Services
>> and
>> there was DCOM, not started.
>>
>> I figured this would be it, just start DCOM and voila, but guess what?
>> DCOM
>> doesn't start. It gives me this error when I try to start it:
>>
>> Could not start the DCOM Server Process Launcher service on Local
>> Computer.
>> Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request
>> in a
>> timely fashion.
>>
>> So now I have no idea on how to start DCOM. Can anybody help me please?
>>
>> PS: Internet Explorer is missing. Is this related in any way?
>>
>> --
>> Sergio Florez M.
>> Medellín, Colombia
>>
>>
>>


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