Microsoft KB Archive/908466

= After you install Office 2004 for Mac SP2, you receive an error message when you start Entourage 2004 for Mac, Excel 2004 for Mac, PowerPoint 2004 for Mac, or Word 2004 for Mac =

Article ID: 908466

Article Last Modified on 10/16/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Entourage 2004 for Mac
 * Microsoft Excel 2004 for Mac
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2004 for Mac
 * Microsoft Word 2004 for Mac

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SYMPTOMS
After you install Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Service Pack 2 (SP2), you experience the following symptoms:  When you start Microsoft Entourage 2004 for Mac, you receive the following error message:

An older version of the Microsoft Database Daemon is running.

To open Entourage, first delete the daemon from the Startup Items, and then restart the computer. For more information, see Mac OS Help.

 When you start Microsoft Excel 2004 for Mac, Microsoft PowerPoint 2004 for Mac, or Microsoft Word 2004 for Mac, you receive the following error message:

An unexpected error occurred while trying to load the Microsoft Framework library.





CAUSE
This problem may occur if the old Microsoft Database Daemon is not shut down by the updater.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, perform one of the following actions:  Restart the computer. Download and install the updated Office 2004 for Mac SP2. To obtain the updated Office 2004 for Mac SP2, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/default.aspx?pid=office2004sp2



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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the initial release of Office 2004 for Mac SP2. This bug was corrected in the updated release of Office 2004 for Mac SP2.

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MORE INFORMATION
For more information about how to obtain the latest service pack for Office 2004 for Mac, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

323601 How to obtain the latest version of a Microsoft product for a Macintosh computer

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