Error - Event ID: 10016; DistributedCOM

Anonymous
2013-10-20T20:30:29+00:00

I am getting this error repeatedly since I updated from Windows 8 to 8.1. It occurs once every time the PC is booted, about 2 minutes after it boots up.

Can you please help me to fix it?

Log Name:      System

Source:        Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM

Date:          10/20/2013 3:19:04 PM

Event ID:      10016

Task Category: None

Level:         Error

Keywords:      Classic

User:          LOCAL SERVICE

Computer:     

Description:

The machine-default permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID

{C2F03A33-21F5-47FA-B4BB-156362A2F239}

 and APPID

{316CDED5-E4AE-4B15-9113-7055D84DCC97}

 to the user NT AUTHORITY\LOCAL SERVICE SID (S-1-5-19) from address LocalHost (Using LRPC) running in the application container Unavailable SID (Unavailable). This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.

The APPID {316CDED5-E4AE-4B15-9113-7055D84DCC97} is for a COM application called "Immersive Shell". I cannot use the Component Services administrative tool to edit the security permissions because every setting is "grayed-out".

I tried running in Safe Mode and was still unable to modify any of the Immersive Shell settings.

The PC has no software installed except for the latest Intel drivers. I performed a clean installation of Windows 8, installed chipset, VGA, Intel Rapid Storage Tech, LAN, and Intel Management Engine drivers. Then I updated to 8.1 through the Store app. The errors began immediately after that update.

The PC has an ASUS Z87 motherboard, 16 Gb of DDR3-1866 ram, Intel i7-4770k cpu. It is not overclocked but memory is in XMP mode at frequency 1866. The system drive is an SSD.

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Anonymous
2013-10-24T18:39:39+00:00

In system event viewer, I started getting error Event ID: 10016 after upgrading to Win8.1 on October 17, 2013.  The system event viewer on my Dell XPS One 2710 was error free prior to upgrading from Win8 to Win8.1.

The machine-default permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID {C2F03A33-21F5-47FA-B4BB-156362A2F239} and APPID

{316CDED5-E4AE-4B15-9113-7055D84DCC97}  to the user NT AUTHORITY\LOCAL SERVICE SID (S-1-5-19) from address LocalHost (Using LRPC) running in the application container Unavailable SID (Unavailable). This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.

For me, the solution was provided by Greg310 in Dulwichdik's link as follows:

  1. Open Regedit
  2. Go to HKEY_Classes_Root\CLSID{C2F03A33-21F5-47FA-B4BB-156362A2F239}
  3. Right click on it then select permissions
  4. Click Advance and change the owner to Administrators group. Also click the box that will appear below the owner line. ("Replace owner ...")
  5. Apply full control
  6. Go to HKEY_LocalMachine\Software\Classes\AppID{316CDED5-E4AE-4B15-9113-7055D84DCC97}
  7. Right click on it then select permission
  8. Click Advance and change the owner to Administrators group
  9. Click the box that will appear below the owner line
  10. Click Apply and grant full control to the Administrators group
  11. Go to Administrative tools
  12. Open component services
  13. Click Computer, click my computer, then click DCOM
  14. Look for the corresponding service that appears on the error viewer [Immersive Shell]
  15. Right click on it then click properties
  16. Click security tab then click Add User. Add Local Service then apply
  17. Tick the Activate local box

Thank you Daniel MoisesMagulado and Greg310 for addressing the problem and providing the solution!

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-01-27T22:47:00+00:00

    Got this problem in Windows 10 Pro and followed this information.

    Could not find the "Activate local box", but after restart my problem was resolved.

    Thank You.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-01-23T12:00:05+00:00

    I have this error 10016 whenever I delete via Firefox 64Bit the current chronicle - but only when I delete cookies. Why this is so, I can not explain so far ...

    Windows 10 64Bit

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-01-23T11:21:55+00:00

    Why can't Microsoft come up with a patch to fix this issue.  I've been having the same problem for two weeks now and cannot play most games because of it.  I have tried all the steps suggested above but I get an error message saying access denied.  I've even tried running it as an administrator.  I get the same error.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-01-04T15:36:33+00:00

    I would think that the above 'fix' would apply to the AppID being shown in the Event ID Error Message and not necessarily the one used in the tutorial...

    I get these errors from time to time as 'shut down' errors...i.e. when I shut the PC down then start up, let's say the next morning...those errors show time stamped when I actually shut it down an not on Startup...

    Personally I have just about toggled off all the W10 Store Apps, Cortana and all  other sorts of things W10 has introduced and each 'accumulative' update seems to try and re-set those things back causing those dreaded shut down errors.

    I would say if the App ID being shown is different then use the one currently showing in your Event ID report using the same guide...what we are doing is changing the permissions an letting the LOCAL SERVICE do it's thing.

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