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- Feb 17, 2005
While trying to upgrade Microsoft anti spyware beta. this site: http://castlecops.com/postitle120958-0-0-.html says to start the Dcom service.
I cannot start this service because it does not exist on my machine. I am running win2k sp4. I also had this problem on a customers machine a while ago (that was running winxp sp2.) The problem then was that I could not open her security center without it. It was not even listed in the services.msc though. I am fairly certain that the DCom sevice is not unique to xp, and I want to get M$AS to install properly.
So how can I add services to windows, or repair this one, without having to catastrophically reinstall anything? I have been very curious about adding services to windows for a while now.
Oh I forgot, I also tried the "Net start Dcomlaunch" from the command prompt, but it gave me error 2185, I think, it said that there is no such service? IDK I am trying to learn as much as possible about windows, without pulling out too much hair...I like my hair...
I cannot start this service because it does not exist on my machine. I am running win2k sp4. I also had this problem on a customers machine a while ago (that was running winxp sp2.) The problem then was that I could not open her security center without it. It was not even listed in the services.msc though. I am fairly certain that the DCom sevice is not unique to xp, and I want to get M$AS to install properly.
So how can I add services to windows, or repair this one, without having to catastrophically reinstall anything? I have been very curious about adding services to windows for a while now.
Oh I forgot, I also tried the "Net start Dcomlaunch" from the command prompt, but it gave me error 2185, I think, it said that there is no such service? IDK I am trying to learn as much as possible about windows, without pulling out too much hair...I like my hair...