MS Word runtime error: Microsoft Visual Basic popup

[Charlie]

For several months, I get MS Visual Basic popup when I first open Word 2003
-- message is: "Run-time error '429': ActiveX component can't create object "

What do I have to do to correct this ?

I have been running Win XP Home SP2 for over 3 years with Office 2003 SBE...

 

[Jay Freedman]

For several months, I get MS Visual Basic popup when I first open Word 2003
-- message is: "Run-time error '429': ActiveX component can't create object "

What do I have to do to correct this ?

I have been running Win XP Home SP2 for over 3 years with Office 2003 SBE...

You have a macro in your Normal.dot template or in an add-in that's
broken and causing the error. See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm#CompileError
for steps to find it and remove it.