Article ID: 230388
Article Last Modified on 9/24/2004
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft COM+ 1.0, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft COM+ 1.5, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
This article was previously published under Q230388
SYMPTOMS
When you install a component in a COM+ application, the following error message may occur:
Microsoft COM+, version 1.0 on Microsoft Windows 2000:
Microsoft COM+, version 1.5 on Microsoft Windows XP:
CAUSE
This error message can occur if the person who is installing the component is not in the "Administrators group" in the computer.
RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, create a COM component exposing the methods to perform administrative tasks by using the COMAdmin objects COMAdminCatalog, COMAdminCatalogCollection, and COMAdminCatalogObject.
This COM component can then be hosted into a COM+ application that runs as an account with administrative privileges.
This application serves as an administrative proxy, which can be used (through scripting) by nonadministrative users to perform COM+ administrative tasks. However, Microsoft recommends that you do not enable a nonadministrator to do administrative tasks without special consideration.
For more information on automating COM+ administration, please see the "Automating COM+ Administration" topic in the Microsoft Platform SDK documentation.
MORE INFORMATION
Component installation in COM+ fails if the user who is installing the component is not in the Administrators group in the computer, even though that user has been added to Administrators role for "System Application" in Component Services explorer.
During component installation, COM+ writes some information in catalog files and this requires that the user has Administrator privileges.
Keywords: kbprb kbsysadmin KB230388
