The Server Did Not Register with DCOM Within the Required Timeout [Tutorial]

The Server Did Not Register with DCOM Within the Required Timeout [Tutorial]. Sometimes after upgrading your Windows OS, the System Logs under Event Viewer may display the following error message: Event ID 10010 error – The server did not register with DCOM within the required timeout. What does this DCOM error message signify and how can you fix this error? These are some of the questions we’ll have answered in today’s post. The server did not register with DCOM within the required timeout Before proceeding further, first, let us know what DCOM is. DCOM or Distributed Component Object Model is a proprietary Microsoft technology that allows Component Object Model (COM) software to communicate across a network. You can consider it as an extension of COM, equipped with the capability of solving a few inherent problems associated with the COM model to better use over a network. Component Services needs the DCOM wire protocol to communicate with the Component Object Model (COM) components on other computers. In a Windows-based system, by default, network computers are initially configured to enable DCOM. What’s COM? It’s a tool used for advanced configuration and troubleshooting in Windows 10. The developers often use it to configure routine component and application behavior, such as participation in transactions and object pooling, etc. Also, some components in Windows might require registering themselves with DCOM. If they fail to do so, you’ll get this message. This...