BUG: COM+ 1.0 AdminCatalog Always Returns "My Computer" (247752)

SYMPTOMS

When you use the LocalComputer collection of the COM+ Administration objects, all attributes will have the values corresponding to the computer specified in the Connect method of the COMAdminCatalog object, except for the Name property. This will always return the string "My Computer".

RESOLUTION

Currently there is no workaround. If you need the computer name, you must rely on the string you pass to the .Connect method of the COMAdminCatalog object rather than using the value returned by the Name of the LocalComputer collection.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a new Standard EXE project in Visual Basic.
Add a reference to "COM + 1.0 Admin Type Library".
Place a CommandButton control on Form1.

Paste the following code in the Command1_Click event:

    Dim oCat As New COMAdminCatalog
    Dim oCLocalComputerCol As COMAdminCatalogCollection
    Dim oCLocalComputerItem As COMAdminCatalogObject    

    oCat.Connect "Win2KServer" 'Replace with any Windows 2000 computer name 
    Set oCLocalComputerCol = oCat.GetCollection("LocalComputer")
    oCLocalComputerCol.Populate
    Set oCLocalComputerItem = oCLocalComputerCol.Item(0)
    MsgBox oCLocalComputerItem.Value("Name")
        
    Set oCLocalComputerItem = Nothing
    Set oCLocalComputerCol = Nothing
    Set oCat = Nothing

Run the project. No matter what computer you connect to, you will always get "My Computer" in the message box. Please remember to connect to Windows 2000 computers while testing.

REFERENCES

For more information about the LocalComputer collection, see the following MSDN Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/psdk/cossdk/comadmincollections_04z2.htm