>>>What is the object, classid, or whatever's its called for Excel 2003?
>>>

>>>oXls1 = createobject('Excel.Application.9') && still opens Excel 2000
>>>oXls2 = createobject('Excel.Application.11') && still opens Excel 2000
>>>

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>>The ProgID for Excel 2003 is Excel.Application.11. The second CREATEOBJECT should instantiate Excel 2003. If it doesn't that something is srewd up in the registry. I would try to run Excel 2003 repair install.
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>Thanks Sergey. I got the go ahead from our IT guy to remove the older version of Office. This should solve my problem.

I'm not sure about that because uninstall wouldn't fix the registry.