OFF2000: "A Newer Version of DCOM95 Had Been Installed..." Message During Setup on Windows 95

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.

This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:

You are running Microsoft Windows 95.

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You installed Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) 95 version 1.3 or later.

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You are trying to install Microsoft Office 2000.

You can ignore the message. Click OK when you see the message, and the installation is completed successfully.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

For additional information about DCOM95, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

238732 OFF2000: 'A Newer Version of DCOM95 Had Been Installed' Message During Quiet Mode Setup

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