What is this re DCOM?

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Terry Pinnell

In Event Viewer I have this message:

'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 ImapiService with arguments "-Service"
in order to run the server:
{520CCA63-51A5-11D3-9144-00104BA11C5E}'

Absolutely meaningless to me! Anyone able to tell me what it means
please? FWIW, in Services there is no service named DCOM or anything
like it.
 
Heirloom said:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;841996
Go to the above MS site, it explains the error, cause and resolution.
Heirloom, old and Google is good


Terry Pinnell said:
In Event Viewer I have this message:

'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 ImapiService with arguments "-Service"
in order to run the server:
{520CCA63-51A5-11D3-9144-00104BA11C5E}'

Absolutely meaningless to me! Anyone able to tell me what it means
please? FWIW, in Services there is no service named DCOM or anything
like it.
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Thanks, I'll try that. It's odd though, as I already seem to have Help
& Support running, and I don't seem to ever have run Security Update
KB840374, which both seem to be criteria for the symptoms. But the
proof of the pudding...etc.
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Terry,

For some reason DCOM cannot start the IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service.

{520CCA63-51A5-11D3-9144-00104BA11C5E} is the CLSID for Microsoft IMAPI Disc
Master or ImapiService, the freindly name is IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service.

IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service is imapi.exe.

First, are you trying to use XP's inbuilt CD burner? If yes...

See if the IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service is disabled.
Open Services....
Start | Run | Type: services.msc | Click OK |
Scroll sown to an d double click IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service |
Set startup type to Automatic | Click Apply | Try to start it, Hit the Start
button |
If it starts close Services.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;841996 has nothing
to do with the IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service.

You need to have the Event ID & the Event Source, then plug 'em in here...
Windows XP Home/Professional Events and Errors
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/support/ee/ee_advanced.asp

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427

Event Viewer overview
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../xp/all/proddocs/en-us/event_overview_01.mspx

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Thanks Wes,
I was going by the error message and not enough into the
detail.........my bad.....my apologies.
Heirloom, old and humbled
 
Wesley Vogel said:
Terry,

For some reason DCOM cannot start the IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service.

{520CCA63-51A5-11D3-9144-00104BA11C5E} is the CLSID for Microsoft IMAPI Disc
Master or ImapiService, the freindly name is IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service.

IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service is imapi.exe.

First, are you trying to use XP's inbuilt CD burner? If yes...

See if the IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service is disabled.
Open Services....
Start | Run | Type: services.msc | Click OK |
Scroll sown to an d double click IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service |
Set startup type to Automatic | Click Apply | Try to start it, Hit the Start
button |
If it starts close Services.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;841996 has nothing
to do with the IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service.

You need to have the Event ID & the Event Source, then plug 'em in here...
Windows XP Home/Professional Events and Errors
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/support/ee/ee_advanced.asp

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427

Event Viewer overview
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../xp/all/proddocs/en-us/event_overview_01.mspx
Click to expand...

Thanks Wes.

I have that imapi service disabled, as I don't use the service. I have
Nero/ahead inCD which I use on one of my CD-RW drive. (From time to
time I consider removing it, as I frequently hear diatribes against
UDF in general and inCD in particular, but it *is* convenient to have
a 650MB 'floppy' at hand!) For general burning I use Nero.

So I wonder why DCOM would be trying (frequently, every day) to start
imapi?

Thanks for that handy link to identify Events. Note that it needs an
extra 'x', or gives a 'Not Found'.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/support/ee/ee_advanced.aspx

Regarding that hotfix Heirloom recommended, from
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;841996
I'm now a little nervous that I shouldn't have installed it. I'm
thinking maybe there was a good reason why I didn't do so in 2004 when
it was published. I'd *uninstall* it, but I'm darned if I can find it
in Add/Remove. No mention of KB840374 as one of the 'Security Update
for Windows XP' entries, or anywhere else as far as I can see. Yet it
apparently did install yesterday... Any thoughts please?
 
Terry,

I get a DCOM error by the *hundreds*. Trying to start the StiSvc service or
Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) service. Of course I have it disabled. I
just ignore them and clear the event logs.

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}

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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