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
    2017-12-21T16:29:13+00:00

    Sorry but I'm not especially tech savvy. And I'm a tad confused. Got my computer three days ago and it has shutdown twice and restarted with the 10016 error. I have version 1709. From what you said, should I go ahead and apply the fix, or leave it alone?

    Something similar occurred with a previous laptop I had for only a week before returning it. Any assistance would be great as I wouldn't like for this to start cutting out more often.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-09-07T16:47:34+00:00

    Hello,

    I am having trouble with steps 14 to 16.

    i don't know which corresponding service to look for on error viewer,

    also when i right click on a service and go to properties > security, 

    everything is inactive,

    i cant make any selection or changes to any tabs or options that come in security i.e launch and activation permissions.

    How to resolve this, 

    please help.

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  3. 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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  4. Anonymous
    2016-04-06T17:15:11+00:00

    Hallo,

    ...wie bei MacInOhio und Greg310 beschrieben vorgehen, die Rechte in der Registry ändern (Administrator als Besitzer eintragen).

    CLISD und APPID aus deinem Ereignispritokoll !

    .....

    1. Open Regedit

    2. Go to HKEY_Classes_Root\CLSID{aus deinem Ereignisprotokoll}

    3. Right click on it then select permissions

    3. Right click on it then select permission.

    4. Click Advance and change the owner to Administrators. Also click the box that will appear below the owner line.

    5. Apply full control.

    etc.

    ...

    ..eventuell das System neu starten*.*

    und jetzt weiter mit 11.

    Damit sollte es funktionieren.

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