Ed,

I have learned from the Microsoft support site that your SWAG is probably right on. The currently logged user on the server does not seem to matter.

As for User Context, I think if I knew that I would have the problem solved. Is this set using DCOMCNFG? That so far is all I have played with. I have experimented with a few of the security settings in DCOMCNFG, but must confess that I am going trial-by-error with no understanding of the underlying theory, and am not getting anywhere.

Do you know the simplest settings that just give the COM Server network access? Can you point me to a FAQ or white paper?

TIA...

>>Folks,
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>>I have a DCOM server that is freezing whenever it accesses a network drive. The routine in question does just fine when it accesses the remote server's local drives.
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>>I assume this is some type of security thing, but I am in over my head, can anyone help?
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>Just a SWAG, but what user context does the server run under? It does not inherit from the currently logged in user by default.