Peter's Gekko

I haven't tried this yet, but, like most things in Vista, I think if you start typing "Component ser.." in the start menu (Win + R) it'll list the correct shortcut. I'll have to wait until I get back home to try for sure. I hope it works :)

That's what I expected too. Search found the phrase in a ppt presentation attached to message in some mail-folder (!) but not the manager. They did a good job on hiding. (I think the windows sytem folders are not indexed)

In my last post I wandered why the component service manager was so hard to find in Vista. This appears

Have you tried connecting to another machine from component services on Vista?  I'm getting "the stub received bad data" error and "the parameter is incorrect".  Any ideas?

I've seen these error's before. They have to do with insufficient rights. Horrific puzzle..

I have similar experience, tried to fiddle with the com+ permissions on the local machine, but no luck, still the same error comes. Any idaes?

Again, most likely a rights matter, Which can even get more complicated when AD wants a say in the matter.

Component Services (COM+) seems to be the "black sheep" of Windows features. I talked once to a Microsoft employee about some of the breaking changes (security etc) made to COM+ (XP SP2) and he said "nobody uses COM+ anyway" (!!??!!).

They do use it. Whether they like it is another question :)

ok, i had used by this way:

i had opened the microsoft management console (mmc) typing mm in the command prompt, next in the file menu i had choosed, add/remove snap-in, and voila, there is it, the component services

i hope i not late....

As Andres has said, use the MMC., One console for all administration apps works best for me. Most  administrators I know use a custom mmc. Its simple with one link pinned to your start menu.

Still i agree MS should make it easier to provide people with the choice.