How to re-create the COMTI Utilities COM+ application package for Host Integration Server 2000 (899609)

INTRODUCTION

This step-by-step article describes how to re-create the COMTI Utilities Microsoft COM+ application package in Component Services for Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000.

If the COMTI Utilities COM+ application package is deleted from Component Services, you may experience problems with authentication and with security method calls. You can re-create the COMTI Utilities COM+ application package on a computer that has Microsoft Component Object Model (COM) Transaction Integrator (COMTI) runtime files installed.

To re-create the COMTI Utilities COM+ application package in Microsoft Windows Server 2003, use the following procedures.

Create a new COM+ server application that is named "COMTI Utilities"

1. Click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Component Services.
2. Expand Component Services, expand Computers, and then expand My Computer.
3. Right-click COM+ Applications, click New, and then click Application.
4. On the Welcome to the COM+ Application Install Wizard page, click Next.
5. Click Create an empty application.
6. In the Enter a name for the new application box, type COMTI Utilities.
7. Click to select the Server application check box, and then click Next.
8. On the Set Application Identity page, set the application to run under a specific user account.
   
   Note You must set an application identity only if the component must run when no user is logged on to the computer.
9. On the Add Application Roles page, click Next.
10. On the Add Users to Roles page, click Next, and then click Finish.

Install the Comtisec.dll file and the Comtisec.tlb file in the new COM+ application

1. In Component Services, expand COMTI Utilities.
2. Right-click Components, and then click New.
3. On the Welcome to the COM+ Component Install Wizard page, click Next.
4. On the Import or install a component page, click Install new component(s).
5. In the Select files to install dialog box, locate and then click the following files:
   • Comtisec.dll
   • Comtisec.tlb
   Note By default, the COMTI runtime files are located in the following folder:

   C:\Program Files\Host Integration Server\system

6. Click Open.
7. On the Install new components page, click Next, and then click Finish.

Disable changes to the new COM+ application

1. In Component Services, right-click COMTI Utilities, and then click Properties.
2. In the COMTI Utilities Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab.
3. Under Protection, click to select the Disable changes check box, and then click OK.