Great expectations dashed again! It didn't work :(

Here's what I did:
1. MSVCRT.DLL -- v6.00.8337.0, 6/2/2000, 266,293 bytes, failed registration with an "entry point not found" error.

2. COMCAT.DLL -- v5.0, 6/12/1998, 6,144 bytes, registered successfully.

3. Tried MXOP -- still won't run.

4. Downloaded VBRUN60SP4.EXE.
Rebooted to make sure all DLL's were released.
Ran the install -- it went very fast, just a couple of seconds, almost too fast to read the filenames as the progress bars went by.

5. Tried MXOP again -- still got the ActiveX error 429.

6. Before downloading, I had copied down the file data given on the site about the files in the install. I compared them with those on my system (data listed below). After installing, compared again and found than THEY HADN'T CHANGED!

7. Reinstalled just to be sure -- same result.

8. Registered all those files to be sure -- no change.

We're certainly finding out what the problem ISN'T! Well, that's always the way with degugging, isn't it?

VBRUN60SP4.EXE file data:
ASYCFILT.DLL, v2.40.4275.1 (existing file is v2.40.4275, could not be registered)
COMCAT.DLL, v4.71.1460.1, 22,288 bytes (existing is v5.0, 6144 bytes)
MSVBVM60.DLL, v6.00.8877 (existing is same)
OLEAUT32.DLL, v2.40.4275.1 (existing is v2.40.4275)
OLEPRO32.DLL, v5.0.4275.1 (existing is v5.0.4275)
STDOLE2.TLB, v2.40.4275.1 (existing is v2.40.4275)
ADVPACK.DLL, v4.71.1015.0 (existing is v5.00.2516.1900)
W95INF16.DLL, v4.71.704.0 (existing is same)
W95INF32.DLL, v4.71.0016.0 (existing is v4.71.0017.0)
VBRUN60.INF (not present on my system)

Why didn't the new files overwrite the old ones? Was it because they were older???

Jim (still puzzled) Giles