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
    2018-06-05T13:57:45+00:00

    When 1709 Fall Update was introduced MS added itself as a 'User' and has since locked down all DCOM settings. If you are now getting the Error ID 10016 (as of April 2018) MS says...'this is as intended and should be ignored'.

    In older OS's one could change settings to eliminate these errors but not anymore. It seems MS wants to be able to remotely access all the OS's from this (1709) point forward.

    These are Windows 8.1 forums, not 10.

    This thread is drifting off-topic, so I will be locking it.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-04-01T12:56:37+00:00

    If you will take the time and go through ALL the posts on this ( it is a long process I know but I had to do it several times before it all came together) you will see that NOT ALL the Error ID's are the same and treat each one separately. 

    The trick is getting the right alpha-numeric strings and those are the ones that are shown in Event Viewer. Event Viewer is the key YOU MUST use those that are being shown. Once you get the right ones changed to 'Administrators'  ( using the Permissions) in Reged it will allow you to be able to change those settings in other applications thus removing the error messages.

     Basically what we all are doing is using the Event Viewer to point us to the correct GUID & AppID then taking that an searching in regedit to change permissions. Once that is done you will be able to modify settings in other applications.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-03-31T19:49:55+00:00

    I did the mailing recipes you sent me2. Go to HKEY_Classes_Root \ CLSID \ {C2F03A33-21F5-47FA-B4BB-156362A2F239} I have found the permissions. Then I went to the advanced.tarifdekiClick Advance and change the owner to the Administrators group. I need to be told more clearly that I could not do the job

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