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SharePoint 2010: Error 10016: The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Launch permission for the COM Server application with CLSID {24FF4FDC-1D9F-4195-8C79-0DA39248FF48}

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Problem

While performing a routine check of the logs of the machine hosting the SharePoint Server 2010 farm Central Administration, I saw the following error in the machine's System log:

Log Name:System
Source:Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM
Date:[date/time]
Event ID:10016
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords:Classic
User:SYSTEM
Computer:[servername]
Description:
The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Launch permission for the
COM Server application with CLSID 
{24FF4FDC-1D9F-4195-8C79-0DA39248FF48}
 and APPID 
{B292921D-AF50-400C-9B75-0C57A7F29BA1}
 to the user NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM SID (S-1-5-18) from address 
LocalHost (Using LRPC). This security permission can be modified using the Component 
Services administrative tool.
Event Xml:
...

Solution

The problem involves a permission issue and is resolved similar to other instances of this error (see references below). In this case, the account needing the permission to access the registry keys is the local system account.

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