DCOM PROBLEM

Question

i have a program i'm trying to install, and an error message keeping coming up, and wont aloow me to open, being ' your computer needs microsoft DCOM components installed before application can run' if i didnt need this program it wouldnt and has'nt bothered me before, i'm running xp (home), do you think a simple repair is required or more than that, please dont dombard me with tech talk, simple language please, unless you want to talk about electric and electric motors. cheers mike Wales, UK

volcano11 · Answer

What is the program? Steve

micky k · Answer

complete document manager, it is a health and safety program.

volcano11 · Answer

What is the complete name and publisher of the program?  Are you sure it is compatible with Windows XP?   Steve

redwolfe_98 · Answer

if you are running win xpsp2, you should have dcom running, unless someone disabled it on your computer.. i had dcom disabled in win xpsp1, but disabling dcom in win xpsp2 seemed to cause problems, on my computer..   you can find information about 'dcom' in the microsoft knowledge base..   http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?st=b&na=88&View=en-us&qu=disable+dcom

micky k · Answer

the program is complete document manager version 3 , and runs perfect on my new dell inspiron laptop, but wont run on my desktop dell dimension 2350, have do i find if my dcom is on ?. i have run a copatability test through windows help, tryed 95,98 2000 & me keeps coming up with dcom required as initial message.

i a word "dull"

any help

cheers

mike

volcano11 · Answer

Try Redwolfe's suggestion and see if the DCOM services is started and running.  Go to Start > Run and type services.msc then click OK.  Look down the list and find the DCOM Server Process Launcher.  Double click on it then make sure that the starupt type is set to Automatic and that the process is started.  This is the default for this service and I can't imagine why it would have been changed, but strange things often happen.   Steve

micky k · Answer

thanksfor everybodys help,

this is how i sorted it,

run Dcomcnfg.exe.

clicked component sevices under console root

opened computer

clicked properties

looked in com section

enabled coms internal (not interent)

works lovely, just hope this is'nt going to give me hassle on anything else

once again thanks for your input all,

will use this chat room again a++++

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DCOM PROBLEM

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