DCOM Server Process Launcher

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Below is a description of this Windows XP service:

DCOM Server Process Launcher

# Service Name:

DcomLaunch

# Service Description:

Provides launch functionality for DCOM services.

# Default Settings:

Default setting in Windows XP Professional: Automatic
Default setting in Windows XP Home: Automatic


# This Windows service logs on as:

Local System

# The default path for this Windows service is:

%systemroot%\system32\svchost.exe -k DcomLaunch

# This Windows service depends on the following system components:

Remote Procedure Call (RPC)

# The following services have a dependency on this service:

None.

Marc Says:

This Windows service was added to Windows XP in Service Pack 2 and is an ESSENTIAL service that should never be disabled. It plays a very important role on the system, and will start other "manual" services when necessary.

This service cannot be stopped by services.msc. The default action for this service failure is to restart the computer.

The Windows Firewall service in Windows XP Service Pack 2 cannot start if the DCOM Process Launcher Service is disabled!

If a program will not install and reports the error: "RPC server is unavailable" it may be that this service is not running.