DCOMCNFG Saves Incorrect Display Name in Services

ID: Q184232

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

After you open an application or service in the DCOM Configuration Utility (Dcomcnfg.exe) whose name is displayed as a CLSID number, the service name in the Services tool in Control Panel may be inadvertently changed to the CLSID.

CAUSE

The APPID name for the service is the CLSID and DCOM saves this APPID name into the services configuration database.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or the individual software update. For information on obtaining the latest service pack, please go to:

http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/ServicePacks/

Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

For information on obtaining the individual software update, contact Microsoft Product Support Services. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.asp

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6.

MORE INFORMATION

Normally, services use the same name for the APPID as it does for the Services display name and does not use the CLSID. So, when this name change in the services configuration database occurs, it is transparent.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbbug4.00 NTSrvWkst
Version : winnt:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb