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More info?)
You're welcome.
Andy
"SurfCook1" <SurfCook1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:134EB80B-47FC-45D5-9AAF-00D2846488A7@microsoft.com...
> Way to go Andy! That did the trick.
>
> I didn't think about going into startup for this problem. It looks like I
> had a little app called "Bootskins" started that may have caused this.
> All I
> usually run at startup are my anti-virus/spyware apps, firewall, Spyware
> Guard/Blaster, Hotmaill Popper, and YahooPops - that's it. Not sure why I
> had Bootskins set to run at startup - getting senile in my old age, I
> guess
> <BG>. I've been using Stardock/Object Desktop apps for a long time now
> without any problems up to this point. I'm going to head on over to their
> forum and see what gives, and if this has been an issue with anyone else.
> I'll post back to this thread if it has.
>
> Again Andy, thank you so much for taking the time out to help me on this.
>
> Take care...
>
> SurfCook1.
>
>
>
> "Andrew" wrote:
>
>> It might not be the cuase but was aquick stab in the dark. If the
>> service
>> is not running then Windows would stop the service.
>>
>> If you go to Start\Runand type MSCONFIG and then go to the startup tab
>> and
>> click disable all and restart does the erro go away - this will show if
>> it
>> is a non essential application that is causing the error (when you do
>> this
>> you will get a message on startup saying something along the lines of
>> using
>> restricted settings - don't worry about it just click do not show again).
>> If that clears the problem then go back to MSCONFIG and enable each item
>> in
>> turn - restarting after each one to in roder to establish the application
>> that causes the fault.
>>
>> Post back with more info after trying this.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>>
>> "SurfCook1" <SurfCook1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A928C5DE-FC65-4B6D-9C1C-84F2006B516F@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi Andrew. Thanks for quick response!
>> >
>> > Both "COM+ Event System" and "COM+ System Application" are set to
>> > manual.
>> > COM+ Event System is started, but COM+ System Application was not.
>> > After
>> > resarting it, I rebooted, went back into services.msc, and it had
>> > stopped.
>> > I
>> > then restarted the service, cold-booted this time, with the same
>> > result.
>> > If
>> > this is, in fact, the cause of the COM error, how would we go about
>> > setting
>> > this service to remain started after reboot? I can find plenty of info
>> > on
>> > the COM+ service, but nothing relevant as far as this particular error
>> > is
>> > concerned.
>> >
>> > Again, thank you for your help Andrew. Anything else you can suggest
>> > would
>> > really be appreciated.
>> >
>> > SurfCook1.
>> >
>> > "Andrew" wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> "SurfCook1" <SurfCook1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:49232F1E-E846-4CA5-A16E-AED3CD3AE73A@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hello<G>.
>> >> >
>> >> > Every time I boot up, or re-boot, I get the error: "COM
>> >> > initialization
>> >> > failed" on my main screen. After a few seconds it goes away (or I
>> >> > can
>> >> > exit
>> >> > the error message manually) and everything works as it should.
>> >> > Anyway,
>> >> > I
>> >> > was
>> >> > wondering if this might have something to do with my firewall -
>> >> > ZoneAlarm
>> >> > Pro
>> >> > v6.0.631.003 which has been having some issues lately - and if so,
>> >> > how
>> >> > can
>> >> > I
>> >> > fix it. I've been to their forum, and there was one mention of this
>> >> > error
>> >> > occuring, but no resolution was offered. I have also Googled it,
>> >> > searched
>> >> > this site (and Microsoft in general) with no mention being made
>> >> > anywhere
>> >> > of
>> >> > this error or how to correct it. There is no mention of it in event
>> >> > viewer.
>> >> > Any help would be most welcome.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thank you.
>> >> >
>> >> > SurfCook1.
>> >> >
>> >> > Running:
>> >> >
>> >> > XP Pro SP2
>> >> > HP m270n
>> >> > 1GB RAM
>> >> > 200 GB (internal) + 250GB (external) HDD's
>> >> > Verizon DSL w/ Linksys WRT54c Wireless-G Router
>> >> >
>> >> > Spybot, AdAware SE Plus, MS Antispyware Beta (active), PestPatrol
>> >> > ZoneAlarm Pro v6.0.631.003
>> >> > AVG Pro
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Check out Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Services and check that
>> >> the
>> >> COM+ service is not set to disabled.
>> >>
>> >> Andy
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>
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