Microsoft KB Archive/279223

= You receive two &quot;Error 1904: Module failed to register&quot; error messages when you install or reinstall Office 2000 =

Article ID: 279223

Article Last Modified on 1/29/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 2000 Premium Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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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:  Visit the following Microsoft Web site:

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

 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

