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MS Windows Distributed Component Object Model. DCOM is Microsoft's approach to a network-wide environment for program and data objects. It is similar to CORBA

more information can be found here: http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/DCOM-Distributed-Component-Object-Model

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc958799.aspx

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Which permissions/rights does a user need to run "Get-WmiObject win32_service" on a remote machine?

I am in almost the same situation as the person who asked this question (link). The only difference is that I'm not writing a monitoring service but trying to get a WMI-based monitoring service to work. However after reading the linked question (and…
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Change a DCOM application's identity with a script

I have a Powershell script to set up a WS2012 web server with no user interaction. The only thing I can't do in the script is to change the identity of a DCOM application. Or, more specifically, I cannot set the password of the user. I know it's a…
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Powershell 3.0 Enter-PSSession fails randomly, reboot solves it. DCOM error in Event Viewer on target machine

Using PowerShell's Enter-PSSession (even locally, against the local computer) fails randomly with the following message. Running Windows 2012 Standard with all updates. The error message takes a while to show up. Command: Enter-PSSession…
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Deleted a CA improperly and receiving a 10009 Event ID error

The basic run down is I didn't know what I was doing and I deleted a CA I stood up but I couldn't get to work properly. I know dumb. But that being said not much I can do about it now. I went through and attempted to remove all parts of it from AD…
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Console dump of a DCOM configuration for a given GUID?

Is there a way to dump the DCOM settings for a given DCOM object on the command line, if the GUID is known? (Maybe using PowerShell)
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Prevent SBS 2008 from connecting to an iomega-storage via DCOM

I have one Windows Small Business Server 2008 with his system-event-log flooded with eventid 10009 and source DCOM. DCOM works perfectly with every single machine in the network except the iomega storage. I don't know if the iomega storage should be…
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Remote WMI Connection Issue on Windows Server 2008 R2

I just did a clean install of Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64). I have an application that talks to the server using Remote DCOM communication and queries some WMI objects. All is good while I use the Administrator login to do the WMI comm. It just…
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How can I enable ahadmin properties?

I need to run dcomcnfg.exe on a Windows Server 2008 and in Component Services\Computers\My Computer\DCOM Config, select the “ahadmin” COM+ package and add a new Endpoint. Problem is that I can't do it; everything is greyed out, despite being logged…
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Is it possible to script DCOM permissions using built-in Windows Server 2003 tools?

Is it possible to script commands using batch commands, VBScript, or anything else? I need to modify a few DCOM components to grant permissions to local groups.
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Cannot configure NAP DCOM security

I've just added a new 2K8 domain controller to an existing domain as part of a transition from 2k3. I am getting a lot of DCOM 10016 errors, indicating launch security permission problems on a specific CLSID, which ends up being the NAP Agent…
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DCOM configuration: accounts with same name but different passwords problem

I'm experiencing troubles with DCOM configuration. Here is the case: I'm using some product which supports client-server interaction through DCOM, but the client won't get any access to the server if the attempt is being done from an account with a…
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Windows Component Services console (dcomcnfg) hangs

After run the "Component Services" console in any way and go to the Computers section, it hangs. Only the forced termination of the process helps. At the same time there is some activity . Long wait does not help. How can I fix this?
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How to modify security settings for DCOM components on Azure cloud app?

I have deployed an application to an Azure cloud service, running as webrole. I am trying to change security settings of DCOM components, but the form is disabled, although the user has admin permissions: Can I edit these settings and if yes…
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DCOM 10009 error for non-existent computer logged every 3 seconds

We have a Windows 2008 R2 Server with only SQL Server, AppAssure, and New Relic services running on it. An Event ID 10009 error is logged every 3 seconds: DCOM was unable to communicate with the computer {our domain name} using any of the…
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Ahadmin disabled

I am trying to manage ahadmin on windows 2008 server: component servivces (MMC snapin) -> Computers\My Computer\DCOM Config\ahadmin -> Properties but, when the properties window gets opened everything is disabled. I tried both a local and domain…
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