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
    2016-07-30T21:00:04+00:00

    hiMacInOhio ,

            I looked into it and followed the given steps, but after going in the properties of " immersive Shell " to Add a user on a security tab, all option was grayed !

    Also when i was on registry, there was no entry of 

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

    in HKEY_Classes_Root\CLSID.

    Machine : Windows 8 laptop.

    Any thoughts ?

    Regards,

    Sean

    Tech Support Enginner

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-07-31T03:12:16+00:00

    I personally followed all the hints and tips too and my experiences with W10 is DCOM errors have minimized down to a few Cortana deals that seem to have something to do with Windows Explorer errors which is what Cortana is tied to in W10.  An the DCOM errors have only popped up on rare occasions [no where near as many as they use to] with only a few Event ID 10016 being shown on occasional cold starts [pc booting up from total shut downs]

    As far as that goes and how it applies to W8 n W8.1 I have no clue, but they ARE related somehow. 

    From normal Restarts the DCOM errors have disappeared from the many I use to get using the tutorials....then again I'm on W10 not 8.

    Do try copying and pasting this to help alleviate those errors [even though they still pop up from time to time]....copy>paste the following lines into CMD DOS prompt with Admin

    Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup&sfc/scannow&Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth&sfc/scannow&pause

    I personally have a feeling that it is a flaw in the OS showing and creating those errors and error messages.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-07-31T03:43:25+00:00

    I did get this with that ...

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-08-01T18:56:26+00:00

    I'll check by following your steps on windows 8.1.  we'll see if the issue resolve or not.

    Thanks for your assist.

    Sean Parker

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