[python-win32] pythoncom error -2147180508. What is it?

[Rod Person]

On 04/01/2014 6:52 AM, Joss Gray wrote:
> I'm using the awesome wmi package in my application which I understand 
> uses pythoncom.
>
> I'm using wmi to perform operations like setting the IP of a network 
> adapter, reading various bits of system information.
>
> I'm finding that once in a while calls start failing with an 
> error -2147180508 ( 0x8004A024 ). I can't find any reference to this 
> error anywhere in the COM Error Codes documentation here 
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd542642(v=vs.85).aspx 
> <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd542642%28v=vs.85%29.aspx>
>
> Has anyone observed anything similar?

Quickly, searching duckduck go for - COM ERROR-2147180508, seems to 
point to some kind of MDT error with the network adapter, although I 
don't know what MDT stands for in this case.

-- 
Rod

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