diff --git a/comtypes/_comobject.py b/comtypes/_comobject.py
index 74d0dbf7..e808b644 100644
--- a/comtypes/_comobject.py
+++ b/comtypes/_comobject.py
@@ -4,14 +4,16 @@
 from ctypes import (
     POINTER,
     FormatError,
+    OleDLL,
     Structure,
+    WinDLL,
     byref,
     c_long,
     c_void_p,
-    oledll,
+    c_wchar_p,
     pointer,
-    windll,
 )
+from ctypes.wintypes import INT, LONG, LPVOID, UINT, ULONG, WORD
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@
 
 from comtypes import GUID, IPersist, IUnknown, hresult
 from comtypes._vtbl import _MethodFinder, create_dispimpl, create_vtbl_mapping
+from comtypes.automation import DISPID, DISPPARAMS, EXCEPINFO, VARIANT
 from comtypes.errorinfo import ISupportErrorInfo
 from comtypes.typeinfo import IProvideClassInfo, IProvideClassInfo2, ITypeInfo
 
@@ -51,9 +54,10 @@
 
 ################################################################
 
+_kernel32 = WinDLL("kernel32")
 try:
-    _InterlockedIncrement = windll.kernel32.InterlockedIncrement
-    _InterlockedDecrement = windll.kernel32.InterlockedDecrement
+    _InterlockedIncrement = _kernel32.InterlockedIncrement
+    _InterlockedDecrement = _kernel32.InterlockedDecrement
 except AttributeError:
     import threading
 
@@ -82,14 +86,69 @@ def _InterlockedDecrement(ob: c_long) -> int:
     _InterlockedIncrement.restype = c_long
     _InterlockedDecrement.restype = c_long
 
+_oleaut32 = WinDLL("oleaut32")
+
+_DispGetIDsOfNames = _oleaut32.DispGetIDsOfNames
+_DispGetIDsOfNames.argtypes = [
+    POINTER(ITypeInfo),
+    POINTER(c_wchar_p),
+    UINT,
+    POINTER(DISPID),
+]
+_DispGetIDsOfNames.restype = (
+    LONG  # technically, it is a HRESULT, but we want to avoid the OSError
+)
+
+_DispInvoke = _oleaut32.DispInvoke
+_DispInvoke.argtypes = [
+    LPVOID,
+    POINTER(ITypeInfo),
+    DISPID,
+    WORD,
+    POINTER(DISPPARAMS),
+    POINTER(VARIANT),
+    POINTER(EXCEPINFO),
+    POINTER(UINT),
+]
+_DispInvoke.restype = (
+    LONG  # technically, it is a HRESULT, but we want to avoid the OSError
+)
+
+
+_ole32_nohresult = WinDLL("ole32")
+_ole32 = OleDLL("ole32")
+
+_CoInitialize = _ole32_nohresult.CoInitialize
+_CoInitialize.argtypes = [LPVOID]
+_CoInitialize.restype = (
+    LONG  # technically, it is a HRESULT, but we want to avoid the OSError
+)
+
+_CoUninitialize = _ole32_nohresult.CoUninitialize
+_CoUninitialize.argtypes = []
+_CoUninitialize.restype = None
+
+_CoAddRefServerProcess = _ole32.CoAddRefServerProcess
+_CoAddRefServerProcess.argtypes = []
+_CoAddRefServerProcess.restype = ULONG
+
+_CoReleaseServerProcess = _ole32.CoReleaseServerProcess
+_CoReleaseServerProcess.argtypes = []
+_CoReleaseServerProcess.restype = ULONG
+
+
+_user32 = WinDLL("user32")
+
+_PostQuitMessage = _user32.PostQuitMessage
+_PostQuitMessage.argtypes = [INT]
+_PostQuitMessage.restype = None
+
 
 class LocalServer(object):
     _queue: Optional[queue.Queue] = None
 
     def run(self, classobjects: Sequence["hints.localserver.ClassFactory"]) -> None:
-        # Use windll instead of oledll so that we don't get an
-        # exception on a FAILED hresult:
-        hr = windll.ole32.CoInitialize(None)
+        hr = _CoInitialize(None)
         if hresult.RPC_E_CHANGED_MODE == hr:
             # we're running in MTA: no message pump needed
             _debug("Server running in MTA")
@@ -100,7 +159,7 @@ def run(self, classobjects: Sequence["hints.localserver.ClassFactory"]) -> None:
             if hr >= 0:
                 # we need a matching CoUninitialize() call for a successful
                 # CoInitialize().
-                windll.ole32.CoUninitialize()
+                _CoUninitialize()
             self.run_sta()
 
         for obj in classobjects:
@@ -116,15 +175,15 @@ def run_mta(self) -> None:
         self._queue.get()
 
     def Lock(self) -> None:
-        oledll.ole32.CoAddRefServerProcess()
+        _CoAddRefServerProcess()
 
     def Unlock(self) -> None:
-        rc = oledll.ole32.CoReleaseServerProcess()
+        rc = _CoReleaseServerProcess()
         if rc == 0:
             if self._queue:
                 self._queue.put(42)
             else:
-                windll.user32.PostQuitMessage(0)
+                _PostQuitMessage(0)
 
 
 class InprocServer(object):
@@ -401,7 +460,7 @@ def IDispatch_GetIDsOfNames(self, this, riid, rgszNames, cNames, lcid, rgDispId)
             tinfo = self.__typeinfo
         except AttributeError:
             return hresult.E_NOTIMPL
-        return windll.oleaut32.DispGetIDsOfNames(tinfo, rgszNames, cNames, rgDispId)
+        return _DispGetIDsOfNames(tinfo, rgszNames, cNames, rgDispId)
 
     def IDispatch_Invoke(
         self,
@@ -432,7 +491,7 @@ def IDispatch_Invoke(
             # an error.
             interface = self._com_interfaces_[0]
             ptr = self._com_pointers_[interface._iid_]
-            return windll.oleaut32.DispInvoke(
+            return _DispInvoke(
                 ptr,
                 tinfo,
                 dispIdMember,