Expert: Lorry - 2/24/2005

Question
Thank you for your quick reply.  I am still wondering what will happen if I choose to disable this service.  If I only use email, internet, and word processing, what is an example of something that will no longer work correctly on my computer after disabling the service?  In case it matters, I do not have a network and never plan to have one.

Thanks again for your quick reply.  I am looking forward to hearing from you.
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Followup To
Question -
What is the DCOM Server Process Launcher?  In particular, can you tell (in simple terms) what will happen if I disable this service?
Answer -
Hi Ed,

Basically the DCOM Server Process Launcher provides launch functionality for DCOM services.

DCOM is short for Distributed Component Object Model, an extension of the Component Object Model (COM) that allows COM components to communicate across network boundaries. Traditional COM components can only perform interprocess communication across process boundaries on the same machine. DCOM uses the RPC mechanism to transparently send and receive information between COM components (i.e., clients and servers) on the same network. DCOM was first made available in 1995 with the initial release of Windows NT 4.

DCOM serves the same purpose as IBM's DSOM protocol, which is the most popular implementation of CORBA. Unlike CORBA, which runs on many operating systems, DCOM is currently implemented only for Windows.

From Webopedia.com

No, you don't want to disable it.

Hope this helps!
Lorry


Answer
Hi Ed,

DCOM Process Launcher can be set to manual as it may be needed to install some programs.

From: http://forums.tweaktown.com/showthread.php?t=17957&page=1

You might watn to check out the following:

http://www.microsoft.com/msj/0398/dcom.aspx

Hope this helps!
Lorry