hi guys, good thinking darren...i used registry monitor (regmon.exe) from ms/sysinternals and came up with this: hklm\software\microsoft\ole\enabledcom value can be: Y (dcom enabled) N (dcom disabled) daniel. On 17/07/2008, Darren Mar-Elia <darren@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Without spending the time to drill into it, what I usually suggest in > these circumstances is to use something like Process Monitor (on the TechNet > site) to watch Registry SetValue operations while you enable or disable this > option. You can usually pin down which registry values are being tweaked > using this approach, and then you should be able to create a custom ADM for > it or even use the GP Preferences registry extension feature. > > > > Darren > > > > *From:* gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On > Behalf Of *rpo > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 16, 2008 4:02 PM > *To:* gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* [gptalk] Re: Enable Distributed COM on this computer > > > > i'd also like to know if this can be enabled in registry. we use a > particular peice of software here that disables dcom when it is uninstalled. > this then breaks the sms agent on the computer. so if i can write an adm to > re-enable dcom that'd be great. > > On 15/07/2008, *Darren Mar-Elia* <darren@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Not that I'm aware of, but given that its probably just a reg tweak , you > might be able do a custom ADM on it. > > > > Darren > > > > *From:* gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On > Behalf Of *Ray Lewis > *Sent:* Monday, July 14, 2008 1:27 PM > *To:* gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* [gptalk] Enable Distributed COM on this computer > > > > Hello all… > > > > Anyone know the policy to "Enable Distributed COM on this computer" within > dcomcnfg > Default Properties ? > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > Ray > > > > >