>>Hi all,
>>
>>Does anyone have an idea what could cause an error:
>>

>>OLE Error Code 0x80080005: Server execution failed
>>

>>
>>This just happened suddenly and out of the blue. Right now,
>>all our OLE codes to Excel no longer work. I even get the same
>>error when issuing CreateObject('excel.application') from the
>>VFP command window. I also get the same error when adding an
>>OLE ActiveX Control to a form for both Excel & Word.
>>
>>Environment:
>>- Windows NT4 TSE; SP4
>>- MS Office 97
>>- VFP 6 (Professional version)
>>
>>Again, we did not have the problem instantiating Excel until today.
>>
>>Any inputs are very highly appreciated.
>
>Really silly question, but is Excel still working from your workstation? has anything new been done to the network since yesterday?

Excel & Word still work without problem. And there hasn't been anything installed in at least 2 weeks.

>The only KB hit on the error message came up with KB Q164360.

Got this KB too.

Had their network guy reboot the server. I will check again tomorrow if the problem is still there.