Event Type: Error Event Source: DCOM Event Category: None Event ID: 10016 Date: 1/17/2007 Time: 4:31:48 AM User: <DOMAIN>\\sa_adm Computer: <SERVER> Description:

The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID

{61738644-F196-11D0-9953-00C04FD919C1}

to the user <DOMAIN>\\sa_adm SID (S-1-5-21-162740987-2502514208-3469184634-1119). This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.

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The error listed above is that the user running the Central Administration web application doesn’t have access to activate (instantiate) the IIS WAMREG admin Service object (search the registry for the CLSID).

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On each SharePoint server do the following:

1. Click Start, Click Run, type “dcomcnfg” and click ok
2. Expand Component Services / Computers / My Computer / DCOM Config
3. Right click IIS WAMREG admin Service and choose Properties
4. Click the Security tag
5. Click Edit under Launch and Activation Permissions
6. Click Add
7. In the Select Users, Computers or Groups type computername\\WSS_WPG and

computername\\WSS_ADMIN_WPG 8. Click ok 9. In the Permissions for UserName list, click to select the Allow check box 10. Click Ok twice. 11. Go back to the main Component Services window, right click the “netman” node and select Properties 12. Click the security tab 13. Click Edit under Activation Permissions 14. Click Add on the Launch Permissons Dialog 15. Enter “NETWORK SERVICE” in the edit box 16. Click Ok 17. Enable all the checkboxes for the NETWORK SERVICE 18. Click Ok twice 19. Finally, run “IISReset”

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