Fix the SharePoint DCOM 10016 error on Windows Server 2008 R2

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The reason for it being disabled is that this dialog is mapped to a key in the registry which theTrusted Installer is owner of and everyone else only has read permissions. The key used by the IIS WAMREG admin is:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{61738644-F196-11D0-9953-00C04FD919C1}

 

Image on the left shows the default permissions for Windows Server 2008 R2 and on the right the default settings for Windows Server 2008.

To be able to change the Launch and Activation Permissions with dcomcnfg you have to change the ownership if this key. 

Start the registry editor (regedit), find the key, click Advanced in the Permissions dialog of this key and select the Owner tab. 

Now change the owner of the key to the administrators group for example, then set full control to the administrators group. 

Make sure not to change the permissions for the TrustedInstaller.

Now you have to restart the dcomcnfg application and once find the IIS WAMREG application and then set the Launch and Activation settings that you need to get rid of the DCOM 10016 error.