OFF2000: "A Newer Version of DCOM95 Had Been Installed..." Message During Setup on Windows 95 (241056)
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 Q241056 SYMPTOMS
When you try to install Microsoft Office 2000, the following error message may appear:
A newer version of DCOM95 had been installed. To override, you must uninstall the current version first.
Your only option on the dialog box is to click OK.
CAUSE
This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:
- You are running Microsoft Windows 95.
-and-
- You installed Distributed Component Object Model
(DCOM) 95 version 1.3 or later.
-and-
- You are trying to install Microsoft Office 2000.
RESOLUTION
You can ignore the message. Click OK when you see the message, and the installation is completed successfully.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 10/13/2006 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbpending KB241056 |
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