>We have one workstation (actually a laptop)from which we get the following error:
>OLE Error Code 0x80080005 Server Execution failed.
>
>When issuing oWord = createobject('word.basic')
>
>It is as if Word is not installed on the machine, but it is. INstanciating Excel works fine. Does anybody know what is causing this?

Check Registry under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and see if Word.Basic is there. If not re-install Word.

Is this Office 97? Can you instantiate Word.Application?

-- Randy