Q237974: Unable to Activate a DCOM Server from WTS Client Session

Article: Q237974
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:4.0,4.0 SP4
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 11-DEC-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 4.0, 4.0 SP4, Terminal Server Edition 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you try to activate a DCOM server on a Terminal Server computer from a
Terminal Server client session, activation does not work for some components,
and the Event log on the Terminal Server computer shows the following:

  Unable to start a dcom server, all pipe instances are busy.

  The description for Event ID ( 10000 ) in Source ( DCOM ) could not be found.
  It contains the following insertion string(s):

  C:\FCWSCO~1\TSCOMP~1\TSNAVB~1.EXE -Embedding, 231,
  {8381FDF0-36C7-11D2-8EBD-00C04FD054E0}.

This error occurs when there is high thread and process usage.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT Server
4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack


STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal
Server Edition. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Server,
Terminal Server Edition, Service Pack 5.

Additional query words: wts tse

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbNTTermServ400 kbNTTermServ400sp4 kbNTTermServSearch
Version           : winnt:4.0,4.0 SP4
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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