Microsoft KB Archive/177350

= OFF98: Errors Running Office Programs from Another Computer =

Article ID: 177350

Article Last Modified on 11/13/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q177350



SYMPTOMS
When you start Microsoft Excel, you may receive the following error message:

One of your object libraries (Excel Object Library) is missing or

damaged. Please install the program again.

When you start the Visual Basic Editor in Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, or Microsoft Excel, you may receive one of the following error messages

'VBA Extensibility Library (1)' could not be loaded,

followed by:

Out of memory.

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Unexpected critical error: can't start program.

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The Visual Basic Environment could not be initialized.



CAUSE
This problem occurs if all of the following conditions are true:


 * You are running the Microsoft Office programs from another Macintosh computer.

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 * The entire hard disk of the Macintosh computer from which you are running Microsoft Office is shared.

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 * The hard disk of the Macintosh computer from which you are running Microsoft Office has the same name as the hard disk on your computer.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: XL98 OFF98 run from server workstation can t

Keywords: kberrmsg kbbug kbsetup KB177350

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