COM Surrogate Errors

neilt100

Am running Win XP SP2 with Classic ASP+VB6 dll's alongside ASP.NET+C# dll's.

I keep getting the following error â€¦ â€˜COM Surrogate encountered a problem
and needs to shut downâ€™. This requires me to do an IISReset and re-start
whatever I was doing, which is extremely frustrating. Google reveals that
this is a pretty common type of error but does not point me to any kind of
solution to it. MS's knowledge base appears pretty silent on this issue.

I have just rebuilt my PC from scratch and installed mostly MS products
(save the Oracle 9.2.04 ODP) so I cannot understand what could be the cause
of this problem. So if anybody has any advice (aside from installing W2K or
W2003) that may be of help I greatly appreciate it?

Neil

Further info
=======
I have saved the conents of both the following ...
C:\DOCUME~1\b99 95730\LOCALS~1\ Temp\WER05bb.di r00\dllhost.exe .mdmp
C:\DOCUME~1\b99 95730\LOCALS~1\ Temp\WER05bb.di r00\appcompat.t xt
.... and can send on.

A restricted width extract from appcompat.txt is as follows ...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<DATABASE>
<EXE NAME="SYSTEM INFO" FILTER="GRABMI_ FILTER_SYSTEM"
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="advapi32. dll" SIZE="616960"
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="gdi32.dll " SIZE="278016" CHE
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="kernel32. dll" SIZE="983552"
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="ntdll.dll " SIZE="708096" CHE
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="ole32.dll " SIZE="1281536" CH
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="oleaut32. dll" SIZE="553472"
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="shell32.d ll" SIZE="8384000"
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="user32.dl l" SIZE="577024" CH
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="wininet.d ll" SIZE="656384" C
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="winsock.d ll" SIZE="2864" CHE
</EXE>
</DATABASE>

Nov 19 '05 #1

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Bruce Barker

vb6 com objects are apartment model com objects. this mean all access to the
com object must be from the same thread that created it. asp.net is thread
agile (switches threads during processing), vb6 components are not supported
by default. you can set the aspcompat attribute (if a web page) or create
you own thread for calling the vb6 object.

note: .net web services do not support vb6 com objects, you must create a
controlling thread.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

"neilt100" <ne******@discu ssions.microsof t.com> wrote in message
news:54******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

Am running Win XP SP2 with Classic ASP+VB6 dll's alongside ASP.NET+C#
dll's.

I keep getting the following error . 'COM Surrogate encountered a problem
and needs to shut down'. This requires me to do an IISReset and re-start
whatever I was doing, which is extremely frustrating. Google reveals that
this is a pretty common type of error but does not point me to any kind of
solution to it. MS's knowledge base appears pretty silent on this issue.

I have just rebuilt my PC from scratch and installed mostly MS products
(save the Oracle 9.2.04 ODP) so I cannot understand what could be the
cause
of this problem. So if anybody has any advice (aside from installing W2K
or
W2003) that may be of help I greatly appreciate it?

Neil

Further info
=======
I have saved the conents of both the following ...
C:\DOCUME~1\b99 95730\LOCALS~1\ Temp\WER05bb.di r00\dllhost.exe .mdmp
C:\DOCUME~1\b99 95730\LOCALS~1\ Temp\WER05bb.di r00\appcompat.t xt
... and can send on.

A restricted width extract from appcompat.txt is as follows ...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<DATABASE>
<EXE NAME="SYSTEM INFO" FILTER="GRABMI_ FILTER_SYSTEM"
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="advapi32. dll" SIZE="616960"
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="gdi32.dll " SIZE="278016" CHE
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="kernel32. dll" SIZE="983552"
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="ntdll.dll " SIZE="708096" CHE
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="ole32.dll " SIZE="1281536" CH
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="oleaut32. dll" SIZE="553472"
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="shell32.d ll" SIZE="8384000"
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="user32.dl l" SIZE="577024" CH
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="wininet.d ll" SIZE="656384" C
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="winsock.d ll" SIZE="2864" CHE
</EXE>
</DATABASE>

Nov 19 '05 #2

lhardwick69

[

i was having this problem and formatted my pc 3 times since vista has
been released--on the forth time i was getting kind of mad and thought
about going back to vista-as i never had this problem--but my dad fixed
it for me---go to program that causes the com surrogate error to pop up
-
start--programs--find program--right click-go to
properties on the window that pops up--instead of running it as
compatable for windows xp--look toward lower part of box and run it as
administrator--click ok/apply and boom..problem fixed..if it isnt that
program its a program that deals with video..so go through and do that
with all programs that deal with video..it fixed my probleem
it never did this to me on xp but vista it did and where
vista is trying to be the most secure version ever--it requires a lot
more treaking to work right--any other questions--email me at
lhardwick69 @ frontiernet.net and if i can help i will

QUOTE]-Originally posted by Bruce Barker -
*vb6 com objects are apartment model com objects. this mean all access
to the
com object must be from the same thread that created it. asp.net is
thread
agile (switches threads during processing), vb6 components are not
supported
by default. you can set the aspcompat attribute (if a web page) or
create
you own thread for calling the vb6 object.

note: .net web services do not support vb6 com objects, you must create
a
controlling thread.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

"neilt100" <ne******@discu ssions.microsof t.comwrote in message
news:54******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

Am running Win XP SP2 with Classic ASP+VB6 dll's alongside

ASP.NET+C#

dll's.

I keep getting the following error . 'COM Surrogate encountered a

problem

and needs to shut down'. This requires me to do an IISReset and

re-start

whatever I was doing, which is extremely frustrating. Google reveals

that

this is a pretty common type of error but does not point me to any

kind of

solution to it. MS's knowledge base appears pretty silent on this

issue.

>
I have just rebuilt my PC from scratch and installed mostly MS

products

(save the Oracle 9.2.04 ODP) so I cannot understand what could be

the

cause
of this problem. So if anybody has any advice (aside from installing

W2K

or
W2003) that may be of help I greatly appreciate it?

Neil

Further info
=======
I have saved the conents of both the following ...
C:\DOCUME~1\b99 95730\LOCALS~1\ Temp\WER05bb.di r00\dllhost.exe .mdmp
C:\DOCUME~1\b99 95730\LOCALS~1\ Temp\WER05bb.di r00\appcompat.t xt
... and can send on.

A restricted width extract from appcompat.txt is as follows ...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<DATABASE>
<EXE NAME="SYSTEM INFO" FILTER="GRABMI_ FILTER_SYSTEM"
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="advapi32. dll" SIZE="616960"
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="gdi32.dll " SIZE="278016" CHE
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="kernel32. dll" SIZE="983552"
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="ntdll.dll " SIZE="708096" CHE
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="ole32.dll " SIZE="1281536" CH
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="oleaut32. dll" SIZE="553472"
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="shell32.d ll" SIZE="8384000"
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="user32.dl l" SIZE="577024" CH
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="wininet.d ll" SIZE="656384" C
<MATCHING_FIL E NAME="winsock.d ll" SIZE="2864" CHE
</EXE>
</DATABASE>

*

--
lhardwick69
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