When searching for Microsoft Knowledge Base articles concerning COM and DCOM, you can use the Knowledge Base keywords provided in the following tables as criteria to help filter your search results.

Knowledge Base keywords for COM and DCOM

Additional useful Knowledge Base keywords

Keywords for troubleshooting and performance

Keywords for specific operating systems

Searching instructions

Note The portals below may be updated at a future date; therefore, the steps may be slightly different from what is indicated here.

The following steps detail search procedures for these two Microsoft search portals:

• Knowledge Base search
  http://support.microsoft.com (http://support.microsoft.com/)
• MSDN Online Support Search
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/support/ (http://msdn.microsoft.com/support/)
  Note Click Search Knowledge Base.

1. Click Advanced Search to open the Advanced Search page.
2. In the Search Product list, you can either choose a broad scope by selecting All Products or you can refine your search to particular technology or product.
3. Select All of the words entered in the Search Type list.
4. In the For box, use a combination of Knowledge Base keywords and search criteria.
   
   Examples:
   kbCOM - will return all COM articles
   kbDCOM - will return all DCOM articles
   kbDCOM kbSecurity - will return all DCOM articles discussing security issues.
   kbDCOM kbSecurity Access Permission - will return all DCOM articles discussing security issues that mention access permissions. Note that "Access Permission" is not a keyword, it is simply additional criteria.
5. Click the Run the Search button to run your search.

The following steps detail search procedures for:

1. Type one or more Knowledge Base keywords in the Search Microsoft.com for box.
   
   Examples:
   
   kbCOM - will return all COM articles.
   kbDCOM - will return all DCOM articles.
   kbDCOM kbSecurity - will return all DCOM articles that discuss security issues.
   kbDCOM kbSecurity Access Permission - will return all DCOM articles that discuss security issues and mention access permissions. Note that "Access Permission" is not a keyword. It is simply additional criteria.
2. Select English in the Search pages in droplist.
3. Select Knowledge Base (for support) in the Search Only These Sites list.
4. Click the Search button to run the search.

For more information on searching the Knowledge Base, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: