How to search for COM and DCOM Knowledge Base articles (249726)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Platform Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.0, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
    • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
    • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
    • Microsoft Windows 98
    • Microsoft Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q249726

SUMMARY

When searching for Microsoft Knowledge Base articles concerning COM and DCOM, you can use the Knowledge Base keywords provided in the following tables as criteria to help filter your search results.

MORE INFORMATION

Knowledge Base keywords for COM and DCOM

Category  KB keywords
Component Object Model Fundamentals  kbCOMt
Distributed COM Fundamentals  kbDCOM
Events  kbActiveXEvents
Authentication  kbAuthentication
Apartment Model  kbApartment
Asynchronous Calls  kbAsynchCall
Method Call Canceling  kbCallCancel
Client Application in Client/Server Context  kbClient
Client/Server Applications  kbClientServer
Sample Code Not Compilable by ItselfkbCodeSnippet
COM Internet Services  kbCOMIS
Component Categories  kbCompCat
Connecting Clients to Servers  kbConnectivity
Connection Points  kbConnPts
DCOM Configuration Utility (DCOMCnfg.exe)  kbDCOMCnfg
Debugging Code, Not TroubleshootingkbDebug
Application Deployment IssueskbDeployment
Error Message Follow-up InformationkbErrMsg
RPC Endpoints (Ports)  kbEndpoint
Interface Definition Language  kbIDL
Inproc Handler  kbHandler
Inproc Server (.dll's)  kbInprocSvr
Local Servers (.exe's)  kbLocalSvr
MarshalingkbMarshal
Microsoft Interface Definition Language/Compiler  kbMIDL
STA (Single Threaded Apartment) Message Filters  kbMsgFilter
Network Protocol  kbNetProtocol
Object Pooling  kbObjectPooling
Network Pipe or Named Pipe APIs  kbPipes
Remote Access Server (RAS)kbRAS
Registry Entries  kbRegistry
Remote Procedure Calls kbRPC
Compilable Code Samples Created by SupportkbSample
Windows 32-bit SDK  kbSDKWin32
Relating to Scalability of a SolutionkbScalability
SecuritykbSecurity
Windows NT System Services  kbService
Multithreading  kbThread
Thread Synchronization Objects  kbThreadSync
User Defined Data Types  kbUserDT

Additional useful Knowledge Base keywords

Category KB Keywords 
Third Party issues  kb3rdparty
Cluster Server (Wolfpack) kbClustServ
Documentation Fixes  kbDocFix
Firewalls  kbFirewall
Written by Developer Support COM SDK group  kbGrpCOM
Mastering COM  kbMastCOM
Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS)  kbMTS
Proxy Server  kbProxyServer
Terminal Server  kbTermServ
Windows Distributed InterNet Architecture  kbWinDNA
Network Load Balancing (NLB) (or WLBS)  kbNLB

Keywords for troubleshooting and performance

Category  KB Keyword
Administrative  kbSysAdmin
Visual Studio Application Performance Explorer  kbAppPerfExpl
Checklists  kbCheckList
Debug Tools  kbDebugTool
Network Monitor  kbNetMon
Performance Information  kbPerformance
Performance Monitoring (Not Profiling)  kbPerfMon
Analysis Tools that Assist in Improving Performance  kbPerformanceTool
Troubleshooting  kbTroubleShoot

Keywords for specific operating systems

Category  KB Keywords
Windows Operating System  kbOSWin
Windows CE OS  kbOSWinCE
Windows 95 Operating System  kbOSWin95
Windows 98 Operating System  kbOSWin98
Windows NT Operating System  kbOSNT
Windows NT 4.0 Operating System  kbOSNT400
Windows 2000 Operating System  kbOSWin2000
Specific to UNIX Platform  kbOSUNIX

Searching instructions

Note The portals below may be updated at a future date; therefore, the steps may be slightly different from what is indicated here.

The following steps detail search procedures for these two Microsoft search portals:
  1. Click Advanced Search to open the Advanced Search page.
  2. In the Search Product list, you can either choose a broad scope by selecting All Products or you can refine your search to particular technology or product.
  3. Select All of the words entered in the Search Type list.
  4. In the For box, use a combination of Knowledge Base keywords and search criteria.

    Examples:
    kbCOM - will return all COM articles
    kbDCOM - will return all DCOM articles
    kbDCOM kbSecurity - will return all DCOM articles discussing security issues.
    kbDCOM kbSecurity Access Permission - will return all DCOM articles discussing security issues that mention access permissions. Note that "Access Permission" is not a keyword, it is simply additional criteria.
  5. Click the Run the Search button to run your search.

The following steps detail search procedures for:

Microsoft.com Advanced Search
http://search.microsoft.com/advancedsearch.aspx

  1. Type one or more Knowledge Base keywords in the Search Microsoft.com for box.

    Examples:

    kbCOM - will return all COM articles.
    kbDCOM - will return all DCOM articles.
    kbDCOM kbSecurity - will return all DCOM articles that discuss security issues.
    kbDCOM kbSecurity Access Permission - will return all DCOM articles that discuss security issues and mention access permissions. Note that "Access Permission" is not a keyword. It is simply additional criteria.
  2. Select English in the Search pages in droplist.
  3. Select Knowledge Base (for support) in the Search Only These Sites list.
  4. Click the Search button to run the search.

REFERENCES

For more information on searching the Knowledge Base, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

242971 How to use the Developer Support Microsoft Knowledge Base

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/15/2006
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