OFF2000: "A Newer Version of DCOM95 Had Been Installed" Message During Quiet Mode Setup (238732)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office 2000 Premium
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Professoinal
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Standard
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Developer
  • Microsoft Access 2000
  • Microsoft Excel 2000
  • Microsoft FrontPage 2000
  • Microsoft Outlook 2000
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
  • Microsoft Word 2000

This article was previously published under Q238732

SYMPTOMS

When you try to install Office 2000, an error message similar to the following appears:
A newer version of DCOM95 had been installed. To override, you must uninstall the current version first.
When you click OK, the installation continues and finishes successfully.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:
  • You are installing Office 2000 in quiet mode with the QN+ switch. -and-

  • You are using Windows 95a.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a).

To obtain SR-1/SR-1a, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

245025 OFF2000: How to Obtain and Install Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a)

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/13/2006
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbQFE KB238732