Error message when you try to connect to a Windows 2000 COM+ application folder in the Dcomcnfg.exe tool on a Windows Vista or Windows 2008 Server-based computer: "Error Code 800706F7"

When you try to use Dcomcnfg.exe connect to a computer that is running Windows 2000 Server from a computer that is running Windows Vista or that is running Windows Server 2008, you receive the following error message when you expand the COM+ Application folder: Additionally, the following event is logged in the System log on the computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008:

Event ID: 10006
Source: DCOM
Type: Error
Description:
DCOM got error "2147746132" from the computer <computer name> when you try to activate the server: {ECABB0C4-7F19-11D2-978E-0000F8757E2A}

This issue occurs because Windows 2000 Server sends data that is rejected by Windows Vista or by Windows Server 2008.

To resolve this issue, Use the Microsoft Application Compatibility toolkit to let Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 accept these packets. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Download the Microsoft Application Compatibility toolkit. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=24DA89E9-B581-47B0-B45E-492DD6DA2971&displaylang=en (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=24DA89E9-B581-47B0-B45E-492DD6DA2971&displaylang=en)
   
   
2. Create a new Application Fix database by using the WinXPSP2VersionLie additional compatibility mode with the following compatibility fixes:
   • DisableMaybeNULLSizeisConsistencycheck
   • DisableAdvanceRPCClientHardening
   • DisableAdvancedRPCrangeCheck
   • DisableNewWMPATINGDispatchInOLE
3. Save the database, and then copy it to the %SystemRoot%\AppPatch folder.
4. Install the database by using the following command-line command:
   sdbinst <drive>:\windows\AppPatch\<yourdbname>.sdb

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.