How to fix “DCOM Service terminated unexpectedly” error

“DCOM server process launcher service terminated unexpectedly or Plug and Play service terminated unexpectedly”
“Windows must now restart because the DCOM server process terminated unexpectedly”
One of the above “DCOM Service terminated unexpectedly” error messages might suddenly appear while you start up the computer. It will force the Windows to restart; however, same error persists even though you have tried restarting the computer for many times. Is there any way to get rid of this startup message permanently?

When the Windows computer frequently displays you the message “DCOM Service terminated unexpectedly”, run a complete virus scan if you are able to start up or launch the computer properly. Many viruses right now can disguise themselves as tracking cookies, which may allow access to personal information that you give out over the internet, collecting and stealing your personal information. Also, they may slow down your computer significantly, erase information, destroy vital data, even shut down your computer, but those are rather extreme ones and pretty rare… If the Windows was infected, you will no doubt get various unexpected messages like “Invalid Value for Registry” rather than the mentioned startup error here.

Also, you should check and make sure that the DCOM server process launcher service is running on the computer. Log on your computer as an administrator and perform the below steps to go:

*Click Start button, Control Panel and then type administrative tools in the search box and then click Administrative Tools to open it
*Double click Services. Sometimes, you will be prompted to enter an administrator password or confirmation. If so, enter it or provide confirmation.
* Right click the DCOM server process launcher service, and then click Properties.
* On the General tab, next to Startup type, make sure that Automatic is selected.
* If the service is not already running, click Start under Service status, and then click OK.
* Now, the error message “DCOM Service terminated unexpectedly” will be gone immediately.

Thirdly, you can perform a System Restore to restore your computer’s system files to an earlier point in time before the message “Windows must now restart because the DCOM server process terminated unexpectedly” appears. You can open System Restore by clicking the Start button , go to search box, type System Restore, and then, in the list of results, click System Restore. Then, you can select the date to when you want to restore the computer and follow the on-screen steps to go. BTW, if you’re prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

Finally, check and fix registry errors as well. You should know that the registry is taken to be the most important part of the Windows-based operating system. It tells the system when and how to perform every computer task properly. If the system fails to recall the needed entries, lots of computer issues such as slow speed, poor performance, system crashes, blue screen of death and this error message “DCOM Service terminated unexpectedly” or more will appear. It is therefore important to scan registry errors, clean and fix them all so as to run the computer correctly.

So, perform the above steps right now so as to run the computer properly all the time without the message “DCOM Service terminated unexpectedly”. It is highly advised that you can keep on doing this so as to run the computer smoothly all the time.