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DCOM Server failed to register

I am getting this error

Source : DCOM
Event_ID: 10010

"The server {6FC4FDAE-96C8-11D3-9F9C-005004053207} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout."

This is for a particular exe which when run as local system works fine but when run under an non- builtin administrator fails. I need the exe to run under the non - built in administrator.

Presently I am getting this issue on a Win 2k3 machine with Citrix.

However I also faced this issue on an XP machine before.

Any tips on solving the issue?

Solution

  • In my case the XP on my machine was was modified by my company's IT guys. So they had by some group policy, denied access to certain DCOM settings even for Administrator Group.

    The workaround was to manually register the DCOM servers in a command prompt opened with the credentials of the built-in Administrator account.