I have XP Pro on single home PC connected via cable.

I have disabled DCOM because I have heard it is a security risk.

However Windows Image Acquisition (I think) keeps trying to start
DCOM and i get a lot of "red" errors in the System Log.

------- QUOTE -------
Event Source: DCOM
Event ID: 10005
DCOM got error "The service cannot be started, either because it is
disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. "
attempting to start the service StiSvc with arguments "" in order to
run the server: {A1F4E726-8CF1-11D1-BF92-0060081ED811}-------
UNQUOTE -------

How can I stop these errors?

You can't. If you have DCOM disabled, you're gonna see DCOM errors in the
Event Viewer. Do what I do, ignore them. I also have the StiSvc service
Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) disabled.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In news:1099956734.BcILOtQApKhNofU2hSjDoQ@teranews,
Franklin <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
> I have XP Pro on single home PC connected via cable.
>
> I have disabled DCOM because I have heard it is a security risk.
>
> However Windows Image Acquisition (I think) keeps trying to start
> DCOM and i get a lot of "red" errors in the System Log.
>
> ------- QUOTE -------
> Event Source: DCOM
> Event ID: 10005
> DCOM got error "The service cannot be started, either because it is
> disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. "
> attempting to start the service StiSvc with arguments "" in order to
> run the server: {A1F4E726-8CF1-11D1-BF92-0060081ED811}-------
> UNQUOTE -------
>
> How can I stop these errors?

If you used a Cable/DSL Router, then that "risk" would be mitigated, DCOM can be enabled and
the point would be moot.

Dave



"Franklin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1099956734.BcILOtQApKhNofU2hSjDoQ@teranews...
| I have XP Pro on single home PC connected via cable.
|
| I have disabled DCOM because I have heard it is a security risk.
|
| However Windows Image Acquisition (I think) keeps trying to start
| DCOM and i get a lot of "red" errors in the System Log.
|
| ------- QUOTE -------
| Event Source: DCOM
| Event ID: 10005
| DCOM got error "The service cannot be started, either because it is
| disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. "
| attempting to start the service StiSvc with arguments "" in order to
| run the server: {A1F4E726-8CF1-11D1-BF92-0060081ED811}-------
| UNQUOTE -------
|
| How can I stop these errors?