Security researchers at Cyberbit Ltd. have uncovered a new way that hackers can hijack Windows installations using a vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.’s Component Object Model. The Microsoft COM is a ...

Before proceeding further, first, let us know what DCOM is. DCOM or Distributed Component Object Model is a proprietary Microsoft technology that allows Component Object Model (COM) software to ...

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Altium Designer introduces a new, higher level model of the component object, separating the engineering part from the manufacturer or vendor parts. It’s through a series of ‘Part Choices’ that the ...

The big competition for Corba then was the Open Software Foundation (OSF), with its Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) standard. Meanwhile, Microsoft was not really in the DOC game at all, other ...

If you get DistributedCOM error 10005 on Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC, here is how you can fix the issue. This error appears when there are some issues with the ...