BRAVE FREEZING WINDOWS 11 rendering it useless


Description of the issue:
I’ve been experiencing persistent and unusual behavior on Windows 11. To address it, I performed a clean installation of the OS on a brand-new SSD. Despite this, the issue remained unresolved—until I made a key discovery.

To my surprise, the problem began only after installing the Brave browser. Once I uninstalled Brave, the system stabilized immediately. Upon closer investigation, I noticed that Brave appears to initiate a DCOM-related process, which is unexpected. This DCOM process attempts to call objects that are either missing or incorrectly referenced in the registry, resulting in system instability.

Request:
Please investigate why Brave is triggering DCOM activity and accessing registry objects that may not exist or are improperly configured. This behavior seems to be the root cause of the system issues and may pose a broader compatibility or security concern.

** Windows 11 - Event Trigger by Brave: ***
BODY{font:x-small ‘Verdana’;margin-right:1.5em} .c{cursor:hand} .b{color:red;font-family:‘Courier New’;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none} .e{margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;margin-right:1em} .k{margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;margin-right:1em} .t{color:#990000} .xt{color:#990099} .ns{color:red} .dt{color:green} .m{color:blue} .tx{font-weight:bold} .db{text-indent:0px;margin-left:1em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-left:.3em;border-left:1px solid #CCCCCC;font:small Courier} .di{font:small Courier} .d{color:blue} .pi{color:blue} .cb{text-indent:0px;margin-left:1em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-left:.3em;font:small Courier;color:#888888} .ci{font:small Courier;color:#888888} PRE{margin:0px;display:inline}

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10016

0

3

0

0

0x8080000000000000

2533

System

XX5

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application-specific

Local

Activation

{2593F8B9-4EAF-457C-B68A-50F6B8EA6B54}

{15C20B67-12E7-4BB6-92BB-7AFF07997402}

XX5

MEDIA

S-1-5-21-4094341059-2758679105-3966429639-1003

LocalHost (Using LRPC)

MicrosoftWindows.Client.WebExperience_525.10401.30.0_x64__cw5n1h2txyewy

Unavailable

Exact URL of the website in question:

Did the issue present with default Shields settings? (yes/no)

Does the site function as expected when Shields are turned off?

Is there a specific Shields configuration that causes the site to break? If so, tell us that configuration. (yes/no):
No

Does the site work as expected when using Chrome?

Brave version (check About Brave):

Latest Version

@raquilesc

You can export the Windows Registry as a text file. Maybe handy for you to have as a relative reference - relative to future experience and findings. (Guide for Windows OS 10, but Windows OS 11 should be the same:) https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/125696-export-import-registry-keys-windows.html

Reference re DCOM - info at TheWindowsClub - https://www.thewindowsclub.com/dcom-event-id-10016-error

The Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) is an integral aspect of networked communication on Windows computers. It is a proprietary Microsoft technology that whirs into action every time an application makes a connection to the internet. A traditional COM can only access information on the same machine, whereas DCOM can access data on remote servers.

For example, many websites and services use scripts that access a remote server. When your system makes a request using a script or otherwise, DCOM forwards the request to the specific script object. Given how frequently modern applications use a network connection and our general use of computers, you can see how frequently DCOM comes into use.

A DCOM error usually occurs when an application or service attempts to use DCOM but does not have the proper permissions. Most of the time, DCOM errors won’t affect your system, other than clogging up your Event Viewer. These 10016 events are recorded when Microsoft components try to access DCOM components without the required permissions. In this case, this is expected and by design.

@Mattches

OP encountered a “DistributedCOM Event ID 10016 error”.

From what I’m seeing, this particular error shouldn’t be causing OPs system to freeze:

Might be something else at play here. @raquilesc have you tried reinstalling the browser after uninstalling it initially? Additionally, do you see the same behavior if you install and run the Beta Build of the browser?

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