This article describes how to enable network COM+ access. By default, Microsoft Network COM+ access is disabled in the Windows Server 2003 products mentioned in "Applies To" section of this article. You can only use COM+ locally on these products.

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Enable network COM+ access

1.	Click Start, point to Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs.
2.	Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
3.	Select Application Server, and then click Details.
4.	Click Enable network COM+ access, and then click OK.
5.	Click Next, and then click Finish.
6.	Restart the computer.

Note COM+ applications that use databases and that you install on separate computers, may not work over the network unless you enable Enable Network DTC Access.

A COM+ client application may return the following error if network COM+ access is disabled: Additionally, event 10016 may be logged in the system log on the server.

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For more information about what is new in COM+ 1.5, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site: For more information about how to enable Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) access, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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