>>Set oIisthingie = GetObject("IIS://LOCALHOST/W3SVC/1/ROOT/STRAHLBOOK")

>>Server object error 'ASP 0196 : 80040154'
>>
>>Cannot launch out of process component

>>The first part of the script is given by Rick specifically to prevent the error reported by the second part. The result "TrueTrue" tells me that it should have worked. I suspect it has something to do with paths but I can't guess what.

Is the page you are currently running running under the default web site and in the folder specified? IOW, You did allow out-of-proc components for 1/ROOT/STRAHLBOOK, but is that the context you're running under?