problem with component services

[obxeye]

i go to start and then run. put dcomcnfg in the run box and component
services comes up. under console root i double click on component
services and computers folder appears under component services. i
double click on computers and the whole program just disappears.
running winxp pro with sp1. any ideas? thanks,
obxeye

 

[Wesley Vogel]

I have DCOM disabled and it acts just the way you describe.

So you may have DCOM disabled.

Go here and UNDO the steps that are mentioned...
DCOM Windows XP Do You Need It?
[[Virtually no-one needs it, wants it or uses it! ]]
http://www.updatexp.com/dcom-windows-xp.html

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[obxeye]

wow, what an answer! i have googled all over the place without an
explanation and then remembered this newsgroup where gurus usually hang
out. thank you very much.
obxeye

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Keep having fun!

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

wow, what an answer! i have googled all over the place without an
explanation and then remembered this newsgroup where gurus usually
hang out. thank you very much.
obxeye

I have DCOM disabled and it acts just the way you describe.

So you may have DCOM disabled.

Go here and UNDO the steps that are mentioned...
DCOM Windows XP Do You Need It?
[[Virtually no-one needs it, wants it or uses it! ]]
http://www.updatexp.com/dcom-windows-xp.html