The COM+ (Dllhost.exe) Process Loads the Latest Version of .NET Runtime During Remote Client Activations (328925)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft COM+ 1.0, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000 SP1
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000 SP2
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3
This article was previously published under Q328925

SYMPTOMS

The COM+ (Dllhost.exe) process loads the latest version of .NET Runtime during remote client activations. Dllhost.exe must load the version of .NET Runtime that the client application is linked with.

CAUSE

By default, DLLGetClassObject loads .NET Runtime when remote client activations arrive at mscoree!DllGetClassObject.

RESOLUTION

Service Pack Information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.

MORE INFORMATION

In mscoree!DllGetClassObject, Dllhost.exe uses GetRequestedRuntimeVersionForCLSID to ask Mscoree.dll what version of .NET Runtime to load before it activates a managed component.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:8/14/2003
Keywords:kbIISCom kbbug kbfix kbWin2000preSP4Fix KB328925
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