How to grant local activation permissions for the COM Server application to the user ?

How to grant local activation permissions for the COM Server application to the user ?

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Article ID: KB0071321

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Products Versions
Spotfire Statistica 14.0 and higher

Description

This article describes the steps to grant the Local Activation permission for the COM Server application to the user or the group. 

When using Windows Integrated login with WebStatistica it throws an error from "Distributed COM" reported as log under System tab in Windows Event Viewer.
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The log details are as such : 
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM
Level: Error
Description:
The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID
{D613B911-B515-4536-83FF-6F2EE0686D57}
and APPID
{A51763ED-F33E-45E7-98D6-C8425244C5C6}
to the user <username> SID (<user's SID>) from address LocalHost (Using LRPC) running in the application container Unavailable SID (Unavailable). This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.

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The APPID "{A51763ED-F33E-45E7-98D6-C8425244C5C6}" in the log corresponds to StatSoft WebSTATISTICA Service.
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NOTE : Follow the below resolution steps as per the APPID shown in the logs to grant the permission to that particular Component under DCOM Config.

Issue/Introduction

How to grant local activation permissions for the COM Server application to the user ?

Environment

OS: Windows only

Resolution

This error in the log indicates that the COM component does not have sufficient permissions. To grant Local Activation permission, try the following steps in order.

Updating COM permissions
1. Launch Control Panel >> Administrative Tools >> Component Services. Expand Component Services >> DCOM Config.
2. Find the component named :StatSoft WebSTATISTICA Service. Right click and select Properties.
3. Open the Security tab.
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4. Click on Edit under the Launch and Activation permissions. Ensure that SWS_USERS group is present have the permission : Local Launch and Local Activation as shown below :

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Note : If SWS_USERS group is not present, add the group using add button.

5. Similarly, click on Edit button under Access Permissions and ensure that SWS_USERS group have atleast Local access (Checkbox enabled under Allow).
6. Restart WebStatistica service (if changes were made) and check if the error is resolved.
 

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