DOCUMENT:Q130862 13-JUN-2001 [winmisc] TITLE :Unable to Start Quick Recorder as an OLE Server PRODUCT :Miscellaneous Windows Products PROD/VER: OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Windows Sound System, versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== After you install the Windows Sound System, you may receive the following error message when you try to start Quick Recorder: Unable to start Quick Recorder as an OLE server. Run Windows Sound System Setup again. CAUSE ===== The REG.DAT file may not have been updated correctly, or may have been damaged. RESOLUTION ========== To correct this error, either re-install the Windows Sound System soft- ware, or rebuild the default REG.DAT file. For information about how to rebuild the default REG.DAT file, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q80393 How to Rebuild a Default REG.DAT File Additional query words: 1.00 1.10 2.00 ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbWinSoundSysSearch kbWinSoundSys100 kbWinSoundSys200 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.