ACCESS ERROR - OFFICE 2000

by Xp Nov 1, 2004 5:31AM PST

While reinstalling Microsoft Office 2000 because of a hard drive crash, I came up with the following error while trying to run Access for the first time (second, third, etc.) under Windows XP (home).

"A problem occurred while Microsoft Access was communicating with the OLE server or ActiveX control.
Close the OLE server and restart it outside of Microsoft Access. Then try the original operation again in Microsoft Access?OK"

Access will not even start without the above error, continuously popping up. Everytime I click OK, Access closes and I need to retart the program. Anyone know how the above can be corrected? If so, please advise.

Please note that I have Office installed on my partitioned E: drive. I ran the Detect and Repair option available in Word (which, by the way, runs fine) but it didn't correct anything.

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Re: ACCESS ERROR - OFFICE 2000

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 1, 2004 5:42AM PST

Try the reply at http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6129-0.html?forumID=29&threadID=27891&messageID=511528&tag=

It seems this is popping up now and then. You may get to remove Office entirely and install fresh.

Bob

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Re: ACCESS ERROR - OFFICE 2000

by Xp Nov 1, 2004 6:36AM PST

R. Proffitt,

Many thanks. Will review your post and reinstall (gee, all of my programs/hardware??? haha) if necessary.

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Just office...

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 1, 2004 6:44AM PST

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/xp/appndx/appa15.htm

I've found I need to use this ORK tool to truly uninstall...

Bob

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Re: Just office...

by Xp Nov 1, 2004 9:38AM PST

R. Proffitt,

Got the ORK tool. If I read your response correctly, only Office needs to be reinstalled.

Many thanks...again.

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Re: Just office...

by Xp Nov 2, 2004 5:43AM PST

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the orktool. Tried it, and the tools cleaned up office better than the Add/Remove tool in the Control Panel of Win XP (Home).

I reinstalled MS Office 2000 and still couldn't get Access to work without the previously mention reference to the OLE.

Am now deinstalling each program that I have and reinstalling Office.

Any other hints you can suggest to help me get Access to run w/o the error?

Thanks,

John

P.S. I have an eMachine, 1GHz with 512 RAM. Also have a USB2Connect connected and a HP Scanjet 3500c hooked up. I deinstalled AntiVirus and tried the Office setup but it didn't work.

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Did you try this one?

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 2, 2004 6:27AM PST

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=295824

Bob

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Re: Did you try this one?

by Xp Nov 2, 2004 10:06AM PST

Hi Bob,

Yes...I did try the above as you suggested yesterday.

Didn't work, BUT...

I just got Access working a few minutes ago. Basically, I looked in the Event log to get hints.
Bottom line...successful installation after I changed the following services

Started COM+ System Application (Manual)
DCOM Server Process Launcher (Automatic)
Server (Manual)

Don't really feels safe as I really don't know how these services fit into the picture of installing Microsoft Office 2000. Will tweak for security as time goes on.

Many Thanks, Aloha, Mahalo, Gracias, Salamat, Dojay, etc. for stearing me in the right direction.

John

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