SMS: "Connection Failed" Attempting to Use Remote SMS Administrator Console (248823)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0
This article was previously published under Q248823 SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to use a remote Microsoft Windows NT 4.0-based server or workstation as an Administrator console to manage a Systems Management Server (SMS) site without the distributed version of Component Object Model (COM) enabled on the computer, the following error message occurs when you attempt to connect:
Connection Failed
You can identify this behavior by examining the Wbemprox.log file and searching for the following text:
Error loading module {F7CE2E13-8C90-11D1-9E7B-00C04FC324A8}, return code is 0x80070005(Fri Dec 17 14:21:41 1999) :
ConnectViaDCOM, CoCreateInstanceEx resulted in hr = 0x80070005(Fri Dec 17 14:21:41 1999) :
CAUSE
This behavior occurs if COM is disabled on the computer.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue:
- Start Dcomcnfg.exe in the %SystemRoot%\System32 folder.
- If the COM components have not been registered, you receive two prompts to register them. Click Yes for both prompts.
- On the Default Properties tab, verify that Enable Distributed COM for this computer is selected.
- Click OK.
After you make this change, start the SMS Administrator console again.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/2/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbenv kberrmsg kbprb KB248823 |
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