run time error 429

[Kilo Bravo]

I need to get some data from the serial port into an excel sheet, so it seems like mscomm is a natural solution. On one of my XP boxes it seems to work fine, but on another I keep getting "run time error 429, activex component can't create object"

yes, the mscomm32.ocx is where it should be
yes, it is referenced
yes, it is in the registry
yes, it works on one PC and not another....

yes, another application that also uses mscomm.ocx can be run on the PC with the problem, so the .ocx file is not corrupted in anyway.

all I am doing is:

Dim myComm As MSComm
Set myComm = New MSComm

and it bombs....


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K.Brown
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