The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID, Event 10016 Problem
On a computer that is running Microsoft Windows Server 2003, an event that resembles the following may be logged in the System log:
Event Type: Error Event Source: DCOM Event Category: None Event ID: 10016 Date: 9/18/2007 Time: 1:01:32 PM User: NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE Description: The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID {BA126AD1-2166-11D1-B1D0-00805FC1270E} to the user NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE SID (S-1-5-20). This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool. Solution
To resolve this issue, grant the permissions the netman component in DCOM. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Click Start, click Run, type dcomcnfg, and then click OK.
  2. In Component Services, double-click Component Services, and then double-click Computers.
  3. Expand My Computer, expand DCOM Config, and then click netman in the DCOM Config node.
  4. Right-click netman, and then click Properties.
  5. In the netman Properties dialog box, click the Security tab.
  6. Under Launch and Activation Permissions, click Edit.
  7. In the Launch Permission dialog box, click Add.
  8. In the Enter the object names to select box, type Network Service, and then click OK.
  9. While Network Service is selected, click to select the Allow check boxes for the following items:
    • Remote Launch
    • Local Activation
    • Remote Activation
  10. Click OK two times.
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