I have a call to create a Remote COM object like this:
auth=DispatchEx('Authenticate.Authenticate','servername')
This call is made from a zope external method. We have also made this
call from a small python program that was set to run as a service.
Every so often, the rcp session gets messed up
This is actually a windows problem I have seen many times. What happens
is if any program crashes, it can leave phantom icons on the system
tray. I have seen this a lot with outlook and Yahoo Pager. What you
usually need to do is just move your mouse over the icon on the tray and
windows will cl