Hi,
As I understand, you encountered the error in SharePoint 2010.
You could grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application on the SharePoint server.
You should take ownership of the corresponding registry keys firstly and grant Administrators permissions to update the configuration. For more detailed information, you could refer to the article below.
The article below is about SharePoint 2010: Resolving Event ID 10016.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/6820.sharepoint-2010-resolving-event-id-10016.aspx
More references:
The article below is about Event ID 10016 — COM Security Policy Configuration.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc726313(v=ws.10).aspx
The article below is about Event ID 10016, DistributedCOM: The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application (2).
http://blog.ronnypot.nl/?p=843
The article below is about Event ID error messages 10016 and 10017 are logged in the System log after you install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/920783
Best regards,
Sara Fan
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