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dcom error: unable to start a dcom server

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by gghartman, 2009/04/16.

  1. 2009/04/16
    gghartman

    gghartman Inactive Thread Starter

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    lately and i have no idea why and i have checked with microsoft but as you will see theres nothing for me to research. error is as follows -

    unable to start a dcom server: (73e709ea-5d93-4b2e-bbb0-99b7938da9e4). the error: the system cannot find the file specified." happened while starting this command: blank embedding

    whats this telling me ???
     
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  2. 2009/04/20
    gghartman

    gghartman Inactive Thread Starter

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    seen a few people look at my post but nobody apparently knows what could be doing this. just happpened again same error exactly. yet all test indicate my system is healthy.
     
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  4. 2009/04/20
    Arie

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    Take the entire id including the {} and do a search for it in the registry. This will tell you what program is causing the problem.

    Open Component services from Administrative Tools and expand the tree to open DCOM Config (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Component Services).

    Check the properties of whatever program you have found in the registry. On the Identity tab check the 'launching user' apply and then check your event log.
     
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  5. 2009/04/21
    gghartman

    gghartman Inactive Thread Starter

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    arie

    i will check out what you detail. thanks.
     
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  6. 2009/04/26
    gghartman

    gghartman Inactive Thread Starter

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    arie

    when i search the registry for (73e709ea-5d93-4b2e-bbb0-99b7938da9e4) it finds nothing. just happened a bit ago with the same error and address. its not even giving a blue screen it just reboots and i have it set to not reboot.

    any thoughts.
     
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  7. 2009/04/26
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    You'll need to search for {73e709ea-5d93-4b2e-bbb0-99b7938da9e4}.

    You will find Microsoft WMI Provider Subsystem Host.
     
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  8. 2009/04/26
    gghartman

    gghartman Inactive Thread Starter

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    arie

    when i follow your steps and i do find the m.s. wmi provider subsystem host it says zero object found. i assume finding nothing is not a good thing.
     
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