MOSS 2007 install: Not done just yet…
Filed Under (SharePoint 2007) by Just An Admin on 02-07-2008
During the installation of MOSS 2007 I quite often encounter the following error message in the Windows Event Viewer:
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 <serverName>\mossService SID (S-1-5-21-<serviceSID>). This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.
After searching the web and testing i found that the permissions on the DCOM+ Component Service, specifically the IIS WAMREG Admin Service, to be wrong.
To correct this:
– Copy the GUID part from the event viewer message, in this example {61738644-F196-11D0-9953-00C04FD919C1}
– Start regedit and select the most upper location of the registry tree
– Open the Edit menu and select Find. Paste the GUID in the Find what: field en select Find Next
– The search will stop at a registry entry. In the right pane an application name is referenced for the GUID, in this example it was IIS WAMREG Admin Service
– Open the Compnent Services (Start -> Administrative Tools -> Component Services) en open the following tree: Component Services -> Computers – My Computer -> DCOM Config
– In the list of DCOM objects scroll down until you find IIS WAMREG
– Click on this object with the right mouse button and select Properties
– Select the Security tab
– Make sure that the option Customize is selected under the Launch and Activiation Permission paragraph
– Click on the Edit button
– Add the service account that is mentioned in the event viewer message to the list of Groups or user names
– Give this account the Launch, Activate, Remote Launch and Remote Activate permissions
– Click on OK and again OK to confirm your changes and close the Component Services application.
– Restart IIS (iisreset or reboot) and your done. No more error!
The occurance of the problem was somewhat different, but the same solution applied. The error message was solved following this fix… Thanks
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