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Get error 0x80004005 when running regsvr32 on scrrun.dll

I am trying to figure out why the default Vista gadget "currency" gives me the error "Bad Number" in both edit fields. Searching on the internet I found the following:
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The FIX...
Open the Command Prompt with Administrator Priv's then run....
regsvr32 scrrun.dll
Press Enter. Similarly, run these two commands:
regsvr32 jscript.dll
regsvr32 msxml3.dll
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When I ran regsvr32.dll in the command prompt on scrrun.dll I got the error

tboy6423

Remove the gadgets, close the gadget screen(exit the sidebar), and then re-add them.... It should fix the issue

sramesh2k

Pls make sure you';re running the commands from an "elevated" Command Prompt, rather than a normal one.
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/208/1/Gadgets-in-the-Windows-Vista-Sidebar-are-not-displayed-correctly.html

thesurfer31

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tboy6423 - I tried removing the gadgets, closing the side bar and repopulating the side bar with gadgets....same error in the microsoft currency gadget

srameshh2k - I am running the commands in the command window (the DOS window if you want) When I ran the msxml3.dll with regsvr32 I get the followign error "the module 'msxml3.dll' was loaded but the call to DIIRegisterServer failed with error code 0x80070005

sramesh2k

>> I am running the commands in the command window

Did you run it "elevated"?

thesurfer31

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Sramesh2k - yes now I did ;-) and regsvr32 ran all the files noted in the link you gave me. I then deleted all the gadgets and closed the sidebar. Then I reopened the sidebar and loaded the Vista defaul currency gadget and I still have the same error "Bad number"

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thesurfer31

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TBOY5423 - this is company PC. A company that is migrating from Windows 2000 to Vista. They are very security conscious. But when I load other currency gadgets they work. Before I run that program I will bring this up as a problem to IT support.

thesurfer31

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I had a discussion with our IT support and they are controlling the windows firewall with group policy. I guess enough people have not complained about (or don't use it) for them to make an exception. Funny that all the other currency gadgets work just fine.