Windows 10: Event Error ID 10016 in Event Viewer...

Wyatt · Jul 4, 2016

Windows 10 Home 64 bit
ASUS X540LA Notebook

What is going on here and what is the best for dealing with this? The AppID seems to be designating RuntimeBroker, but I have done everything so far to correct this error. What am I missing?

Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM
Date: 7/4/2016 7:05:24 PM
Event ID: 10016
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: SYSTEM
Computer: DESKTOP-EOB6C9K
Description:
The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID
{D63B10C5-BB46-4990-A94F-E40B9D520160}
and APPID
{9CA88EE3-ACB7-47C8-AFC4-AB702511C276}
to the user NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM SID (S-1-5-18) 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.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM" Guid="{1B562E86-B7AA-4131-BADC-B6F3A001407E}" EventSourceName="DCOM" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">10016</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-07-04T23:05:24.628795900Z" />
<EventRecordID>2569</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="444" ThreadID="1908" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>DESKTOP-EOB6C9K</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="param1">application-specific</Data>
<Data Name="param2">Local</Data>
<Data Name="param3">Activation</Data>
<Data Name="param4">{D63B10C5-BB46-4990-A94F-E40B9D520160}</Data>
<Data Name="param5">{9CA88EE3-ACB7-47C8-AFC4-AB702511C276}</Data>
<Data Name="param6">NT AUTHORITY</Data>
<Data Name="param7">SYSTEM</Data>
<Data Name="param8">S-1-5-18</Data>
<Data Name="param9">LocalHost (Using LRPC)</Data>
<Data Name="param10">Unavailable</Data>
<Data Name="param11">Unavailable</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

:)

Sanmoy281 · Jul 4, 2016

Event viewer error with event id 10016

Hello,

I am running win 10 SL home edition 64 bit. I am getting this error several times in a day in event viewer.

.

Can you please help me fix it? Any suggestion from your end would be appreciated.

I look forward to seeing you soon.

Thank you.

Rakesh Narayanaswamy · Jul 4, 2016

Event viewer error with event id 10016

Hello,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community forum.

I understand that you are getting an error “DistributedCOM 10016” in the event viewer logs.

Do you face any issues on the computer?

Have you made any recent changes to the computer?

This problem may occur if either of the following conditions is true:

• A program with the class ID (CLSID) that appears in the message tries to start the COM component by using the DCOM infrastructure. However, the user does not have the required permissions to start the COM component.

• The Network Service account does not have the correct permissions.

Event logs are special files that record significant events on your computer, such as when a user logs on to the computer or when a program encounters an error. Whenever these types of events occur, Windows records the event in
an event log that you can read by using Event Viewer. Advanced users might find the details in event logs helpful when troubleshooting problems with Windows and other programs.

If you do not have any issues with app or any other program I would suggest you to ignore it.

Keep us posted if you face any issues related to Windows in future. We will be glad to help you.

Steve C · Jul 4, 2016

There are fixes on the forum if you search for this error. The solution involves changing permissions and editing the registry and should only be attempted if you are sure of what you are doing.

See:
Windows 10 Event ID 10010 and 10016 Errors With DistributedCOM
http://www.eightforums.com/performan...ro-64-bit.html

Wyatt · Jul 4, 2016

Finally, the error is corrected. I followed the steps in the following post...

You had to change the ownership to Administrators (with an s) not Administrator (which is the built in administrator account and not the same thing).

This powershell script will take ownership of the 2 keys for the 10016 RuntimeBroker error, grant authority to Administrators group and then change the ownership back to TrustedInstaller (which it what it should be).

To do this open an elevated powershell window (right click and run as administrator). Then copy everything in the box below, paste it into the powershell window and press enter.

You can select everything in the box by triple clicking, then ctrl + C to copy and ctrl + V to paste.
Code: function enable-privilege { param( ## The privilege to adjust. This set is taken from Privilege Constants (Windows) [ValidateSet( "SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege", "SeAuditPrivilege", "SeBackupPrivilege", "SeChangeNotifyPrivilege", "SeCreateGlobalPrivilege", "SeCreatePagefilePrivilege", "SeCreatePermanentPrivilege", "SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege", "SeCreateTokenPrivilege", "SeDebugPrivilege", "SeEnableDelegationPrivilege", "SeImpersonatePrivilege", "SeIncreaseBasePriorityPrivilege", "SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege", "SeIncreaseWorkingSetPrivilege", "SeLoadDriverPrivilege", "SeLockMemoryPrivilege", "SeMachineAccountPrivilege", "SeManageVolumePrivilege", "SeProfileSingleProcessPrivilege", "SeRelabelPrivilege", "SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege", "SeRestorePrivilege", "SeSecurityPrivilege", "SeShutdownPrivilege", "SeSyncAgentPrivilege", "SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege", "SeSystemProfilePrivilege", "SeSystemtimePrivilege", "SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege", "SeTcbPrivilege", "SeTimeZonePrivilege", "SeTrustedCredManAccessPrivilege", "SeUndockPrivilege", "SeUnsolicitedInputPrivilege")] $Privilege, ## The process on which to adjust the privilege. Defaults to the current process. $ProcessId = $pid, ## Switch to disable the privilege, rather than enable it. [Switch] $Disable ) ## Taken from P/Invoke.NET with minor adjustments. $definition = @' using System; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; public class AdjPriv { [DllImport("advapi32.dll", ExactSpelling = true, SetLastError = true)] internal static extern bool AdjustTokenPrivileges(IntPtr htok, bool disall, ref TokPriv1Luid newst, int len, IntPtr prev, IntPtr relen); [DllImport("advapi32.dll", ExactSpelling = true, SetLastError = true)] internal static extern bool OpenProcessToken(IntPtr h, int acc, ref IntPtr phtok); [DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true)] internal static extern bool LookupPrivilegeValue(string host, string name, ref long pluid); [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Pack = 1)] internal struct TokPriv1Luid { public int Count; public long Luid; public int Attr; } internal const int SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED = 0x00000002; internal const int SE_PRIVILEGE_DISABLED = 0x00000000; internal const int TOKEN_QUERY = 0x00000008; internal const int TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES = 0x00000020; public static bool EnablePrivilege(long processHandle, string privilege, bool disable) { bool retVal; TokPriv1Luid tp; IntPtr hproc = new IntPtr(processHandle); IntPtr htok = IntPtr.Zero; retVal = OpenProcessToken(hproc, TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES | TOKEN_QUERY, ref htok); tp.Count = 1; tp.Luid = 0; if(disable) { tp.Attr = SE_PRIVILEGE_DISABLED; } else { tp.Attr = SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED; } retVal = LookupPrivilegeValue(null, privilege, ref tp.Luid); retVal = AdjustTokenPrivileges(htok, false, ref tp, 0, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero); return retVal; } } '@ $processHandle = (Get-Process -id $ProcessId).Handle $type = Add-Type $definition -PassThru $type[0]::EnablePrivilege($processHandle, $Privilege, $Disable) } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ function Takeown-Registry($key) { switch ($key.split('\')[0]) { "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" { $reg = [Microsoft.Win32.Registry]::ClassesRoot $key = $key.substring(18) } "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" { $reg = [Microsoft.Win32.Registry]::CurrentUser $key = $key.substring(18) } "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" { $reg = [Microsoft.Win32.Registry]::LocalMachine $key = $key.substring(19) } } # take ownership $key = $reg.OpenSubKey($key, "ReadWriteSubTree", "TakeOwnership") $owner = [Security.Principal.NTAccount]"Administrators" $acl = $key.GetAccessControl() $acl.SetOwner($owner) $key.SetAccessControl($acl) # set FullControl $acl = $key.GetAccessControl() $rule = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.RegistryAccessRule("Administrators", "FullControl", "Allow") $acl.SetAccessRule($rule) $key.SetAccessControl($acl) # reset owner $owner = [Security.Principal.NTAccount]"NT SERVICE\TrustedInstaller" $acl = $key.GetAccessControl() $acl.SetOwner($owner) $key.SetAccessControl($acl) } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Grant authority to registry key Write-Host; Write-Host "Elevating privileges for this process" -f yellow; Write-Host do {$result = enable-privilege SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege } until ($result -eq $true) do {$result = enable-privilege SeRestorePrivilege } until ($result -eq $true) $key="HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{9CA88EE3-ACB7-47c8-AFC4-AB702511C276}" Write-Host "Granting authority to $key" Takeown-Registry($key) $key="HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D63B10C5-BB46-4990-A94F-E40B9D520160}" Write-Host "Granting authority to $key" Takeown-Registry($key) Write-Host; Write-Host "Done"; Write-Host
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The result should look like this (it should say "Done") and you can then go to component services and update your DCOM permissions for RuntimeBroker if you like.

Attachment 57135

Note if you've changed some other keys then you'll have to edit the script or do it manually but the steps are the same - change owner to Administrators, grant authority to Administrators, change ownership back to TrustedInstaller. You can easily do it using the script above by running it and then when it has run change $key to whatever you want and run the Takeown-Registry function Code: $key="HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{<whatever>}" Takeown-Registry($key)[/quote] [/quote]

glnz · Oct 1, 2016

See the following post nearby for a new aspect and good help from fdegrove:
Windows 10 Event ID 10010 and 10016 Errors With DistributedCOM

Jhawk55 · Apr 4, 2018

Hi guys, if I have the same Event ID 10016 but different set of CLSID & APPID, can I run this powershell script? Thanks in advance...

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