Microsoft has hardened authentication for its DCOM Server in response to a vulnerability. Check for the impact on your network now before the change becomes permanent. Microsoft’s June security update ...

I have 3 clients a Windows 7 client, a Windows 8.1 client and a Windows 2012 R2 client, all wanting to have a chat via DCOM with a 2008R2 Server. To test I have logged onto each client as the domain ...

Microsoft Transaction Server is a key component within DCOM. It not only provides distributed transaction processing support, but also a number of additional services aimed at providing the sorts of ...

The Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center (WaterISAC) has released an advisory, Potential for Mandatory Microsoft DCOM Patch to Disrupt SCADA. ICS/OT/SCADA engineers and operators should ...

Microsoft took an important step this spring towards keeping industrial systems secure. They made their KB5004442 security patch for DCOM mandatory. This affects all systems that network OPC DA, one ...

If the Event Viewer displays an error message—The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application ...

This service crashes (svchost.exe) whenever the PC starts, forcing a reboot within 60 seconds. It's quite circular. It started when I sent a Remote Assistance request, so someone could watch me do ...

The DistributedCOM error, specifically Event ID 10016, is a common issue in Windows that can be perplexing but is often harmless. However, for users who prefer a ...