You receive a "The download of the specified resource has failed. (0x800C0008)" error message in Application Center (820461)

SYMPTOMS

• If you open anything in the MMC, a connection dialog box prompts you for credentials. Only the credentials of an Administrator can display the MMC view that you want.
• Navigation through the Application Center 2000 MMC is very slow.
• When you select the Members view in the left pane, you receive the following messages:

  Could not load the status list. The download of the specified resource has failed. (0x800C0008)Could not load the synchronizations list. The download of the specified resource has failed. (0x800C0008)

• When you try to add Performance Counters to the cluster or to the members, you receive the following message:

  Could not load the counter list. The download of the specified resource has failed. (0x800C0008)

• When you try to add Performance Counters to the cluster or to the members, and then you add a counter to the counter list, its data does not appear in the graph.
• When you select a member in the left pane, you receive the following message:

  Could not load the deployment list

• When you try to open the Applications node, it is slow to open, and you receive the following message:

  Could not load the applications. The download of the specified resource has failed. (0x800C0008)

• When you try to open the Events view, it is slow to open. The Windows event log shows the following event: Event ID: 10010
  Source: DCOM
  User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
  Description: The server {GUID} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout.
• When you try to open the Synchronizations view, it is slow to open, and you receive the following message: Could not load the synchronizations. The download of the specified resource has failed. (0x800C0008)
• The New Deployment Wizard fails, and you receive the following error message:
  
  0x80080005. Server execution failed.