MSDART and GetTextExtentPointIX

[JHA]

Running Office 2000 on Windows XP. Every time I highlight
Outlook Today, I get a popup error message that says:

Personal Folders - Microsoft Outlook: OUTLOOK.EXE - Entry
Point Not Found
The procedure entry point GetTextExtentPointIX could not
be located in the dynamic link library MSDART.DLL

A simple Google search of this group with "MSDART.DLL"
as the search string would have turned upi your answer
for you. Install the latest MDAC.

I did that. I downloaded and installed MDAC_TYP (the
latest MDAC is 2.8) and it still didn't solve the
problem. No change. Rebooted. Still no change.

Note that the name of the procedure entry point ends with
IX, not just I.

To be sure, I deleted MSDART.DLL from the SYSTEM folder
(intending to install MDAC 2.8 again), but the DLL
suddenly reappeared! Is this normal behavior, or do I
have a virus?

John