Creating security permissions for a non-domain-member user in Windows Server 2008

cross-domainuser-managementwindows-server-2008

I apologize in advance for incorrect use of terminology, as I'm not an IT person by trade.

I'm doing some remote work via a VPN for a client and I need to add some DCOM Service security permissions for my remote user. Even though I'm on the VPN, the request for access to the DCOM service is using my PCs native user (and since I'm running Vista Home Premium it looks something like: PC-NAME\Username). The request for access comes back with access denied and I can not add this user to the security permissions as it "is not from a domain listed in the Select Location dialog box, and is therefore not valid".

I'm pretty stuck and have no clue what kind of steps I need to do here. Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.

EDIT:
I have no control over what credentials are being passed in to the server by my computer. This scenario is occurring in an installation wizard that has a section which requests you point it to the machine running the "server" version of the software I'm installing (it then tries to invoke the relevant COM service, but my user does not have "Remove Activation Permissions" on that service, so I get request denied).

Best Answer

This answer is assuming that you have an actual Domain account that you are able to authenticate with. I'm not familiar with this exact issue, but on the program you are trying to open, you may be able to SHIFT + Right-Click and select Run As. Then type your DOMAIN\Username as the username and your network password. This should be the same as your VPN domain, username, and password.