DCOM, Installshield, and old code

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I am once again revisiting very old code since we are not allowed to update it - just make it work with newer technology (I know this does not make good coding sense, but it is what I have to work with).

Background - We used to use Installshield 6 to install an app with DCOM code. Over the years we have made the application work with Windows 7. Now we are moving forward to use sql server (don't think this is part of the problem). We also have moved to Installshield X (again old but what we have). This works fine for the sql server install but we now are having issues with DCOM.

In Installshield 6 they had a "DCOM Deployment Object" that appeared to run clireg32 (and maybe other stuff) to set up the DCOM stuff. This is now gone in Installshield X, so I am trying to replicate it myself.

I found that I can run clireg32 from a command line to make the proper registry entries, but now I am getting the "error 70 - permissions denied" error on the client side.

Does anyone out there know either what Installshield 6 did to get DCOM set up or how I can use it in Installshield X? Or maybe another answer would be what else do I need to do besides running clireg32 to set up DCOM?