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This error appears in the System event log, even though DCOM has been set not to look for this service. Win2k3 server OS. No solutions on general web search, but other reports of the error.<br />
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Unable to start a DCOM Server: {D61A27C6-8F53-11D0-BFA0-0<wbr />0A02415198<wbr />3}. The error:<br />
&quot;&quot;C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntms<wbr />svc.dll&quot; -Embedding is not a valid Win32 application. &quot;<br />
Happened while starting this command:<br />
&quot;C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntmss<wbr />vc.dll&quot; -Embedding<br />
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This error appears in the System event log, even though DCOM has been set not to look for this service. Win2k3 server OS. No solutions on general web search, but other reports of the error.

Unable to start a DCOM Server: {D61A27C6-8F53-11D0-BFA0-00A024151983}. The error:
""C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntmssvc.dll" -Embedding is not a valid Win32 application. "
Happened while starting this command:
"C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntmssvc.dll" -Embedding

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event 10000 Unable to start a DCOM server.....not a valid Win32 application

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).