To set the COM Security permissions:

1. Open Windows' Start Menu.
2. Look for Administrative Tools, or Windows Administrative Tools.
3. Click on Component Services.
4. Go to Console Root>Component Services>Computers
5. Right-click on My Computer and select the Properties menu option.
6. Go to the COM Security tab.
7. In the section called Access Permissions, click on Edit Default.
8. In the Access Permission dialog , click on Add....
9. In the Select Users or Groups dialog, click on Object Types....
10. In the Object Types dialog window, make sure that Computers is checked.
11. Click OK.
12. In the textbox labeled Enter the obgject names to select type the name of the computer the COM+ Server is installed in. You may need to add a $ sign to the name of the computer to let Windows know that you are specifying the name of a machine, e.g.: COMPLUS$.
13. Click on Check Names.
14. If the name of the machine is recognized, click on OK. If it is not, make sure that the name you typed is correct, and try again.
15. In the box labelled Groups or user names, select the name of the machine you just added.
16. Ensure that Remote Access is allowed for that machine by checking the appropriate box.
17. Click on OK.

Deactivate Simple File Sharing

Window’s Simple File Sharing feature prevents windows from transmitting user credentials when attempting to read from or write to a shared location, which makes it impossible for the sort of authentication required by Déjà Vu X3 and the COM+ Server to work. Therefore it is necessary to deactivate this in all the computers that will be involved in the sharing of databases, that is, the server where shared databases are stored, and the computers running Déjà Vu X3.

To deactivate Simple File Sharing on the server computer, click on the version of Windows you will be installing the COM+ Server in, below:

Configuring COM Security permissions

To set the COM Security permissions:

1. Go to Administrative tools>Component services, and then to Console Root>Component Services>Computers, right-click on My Computer and select the Properties menu option. Go to the COM Security tab and add the following permissions under Access Permissions>Edit Default.
2. Add the user account that is being used to run the Déjà Vu X3 COM+ Server on the server computer. If this account does not exist on the client you must create it by following the instructions in the section Setting up the user accounts. For this account enable: Remote access.