Providers used by Microsoft Provisioning Framework (MPF) are loaded by dllhost.exe. If a computer is running multiple instances of dllhost.exe, you can identify the COM+ process ID (PID) for MPF as follows:

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, then click Administrative Tools.
2. Click Component Services.
3. Expand Component Services.
4. Expand Computers.
5. Expand My Computer.
6. Select COM+ Applications, right-click View, then click Status View.
   
   The right pane displays the PID for the MPF process.

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