You receive two "Error 1904: Module <filename> failed to register" error messages when you install or reinstall Office 2000 (279223)


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 Q279223
WARNING:This information is preliminary and has not been confirmed or tested by Microsoft. Use only with discretion.

SYMPTOMS

When you install or reinstall Microsoft Office 2000, you may receive the following two error messages:
Error 1904: Module C:\Program Files\System\Ole DB\MSDAORA.DLL failed to register. HResult -2147024865. Contact your support personnel
followed by:
Error 1904: Module C:\Program Files\System\Ole DB\MSRCLR40.DLL failed to register. HResult -2147023729. Contact your support personnel

CAUSE

Your computer has mismatched Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) files or a damaged MDAC installation.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, download the latest Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) version.

You can download the latest MDAC version from the Microsoft.com Download Center. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Visit the following Microsoft Web site:

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=78cac895-efc2-4f8e-a9e0-3a1afbd5922e

  2. In the Change Language list, select the appropriate language, and then click Go.
Note MDAC 2.8 is also installed when you install Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). If your operating system is Microsoft Windows XP, you may choose to install Windows XP SP2 instead of following the steps to download the latest MDAC version. To install Windows XP SP2, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/xpsp2getinstall


For more information about Windows XP SP2, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/default.mspx

If you still experience the problem after you download and install the latest version of MDAC, you may have to remove and reinstall MDAC by using the Microsoft Component Checker.

For more information about remove MDAC and ihow to install the current version of MDAC by using the Component Checker, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

307255 Component Checker: Diagnose problems and reconfigure MDAC installations

REFERENCES

For more information about the Error 1904 error message, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

237294 Error 1904 during Office 2000 Setup

For more information about troubleshooting MDAC installation issues, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

232060 How to MDAC Setup troubleshooting guide

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/13/2006
Keywords:kbtshoot kbsetup kberrmsg kbprb KB279223
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