I have a DCOM server on a machine and the client on another machine. whenever I Compile and connect using an admin share(D$) the DCOM Server connects right away, but if I just use a regular share it takes forever and a day to initialize. Naturally I don't want to have to give users access to the admin share. I read Microsoft's article on Slow DCOM activations on Multi-homed machines(Q288886), but that didnt solve my problem. Any help on this would be appreciated.