To ensure that DCOM is enabled, you must check in both the Windows Registry and within the DCOM configuration utility, Dcomcnfg.exe.
To ensure that DCOM is enabled in the Windows registry
- Click Start > Run, type regedit, and click OK.
- In the Registry Editor, go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\OLE
- Examine the string value EnableDCOM. If the string value is set to N, double-click it and change it to Y.
- If you made a change in step 3, restart the computer.
To ensure that DCOM is enabled in Dcomcnfg.exe on Windows XP or Windows Server 2003
- Click Start > Run, type Dcomcnfg.exe, and click OK.
- Under Console Root, click Component Services > Computers.
- Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
- Type the computer name.
- Right-click the computer name, and then click Properties.
- On the Default Properties tab, check Enable Distributed COM on this Computer.
- Click OK to apply the changes and quit Dcomcnfg.exe.
- Restart the computer for the changes to take effect.
To ensure that DCOM is enabled in Dcomcnfg.exe on Windows 2000
- Click Start > Run, type Dcomcnfg.exe, and click OK.
- On the Default Properties tab, check Enable Distributed COM on this Computer.
- Click OK to apply the changes and quit Dcomcnfg.exe.
- Restart the computer for the changes to take effect.