Error: "Incompatible version of the RPC stub" - what is it?

[Lior Messinger]

Hi all,

One of my users, when trying to install, gets the above error:
Error number; 0x80070725
Description: Incompatible version of the RPC stub
Setup will now terminate

I'm using InstallShield 6.2. The user is using IE 6.0, Windows 98. Any ideas
what can it be?

Thanks for _any_ ideas...
best,
Lior

[Ted]

There's currently an epidemic of this problem. It's a really new problem,
because Microsoft in their wisdom, made a version of the OLEAUT32.DLL (et.
al), version 3.50, that is incompatible with Windows 98. IMHO this was a
big mistake by Microsoft and the worst form of DLL HELL. It comes with the
version that ships with Windows XP.

Someone has made an install that includes this new DLL, thereby destroying
your system. Here is a fix

Download:

download.microsoft.com/download/msninvestor/Patch/1.0/WIN98/EN-US/mcrepair.E
XE

Then run it, and when it prompts you to overwrite newer files, make sure you
click YES for each file (not "No" or "No to all")

This will replace all of the 3.50 DLLs from XP with older versions
compatible with Windows 98 (2.40.4515)

NOTE TO ALL INSTALL DEVELOPERS: DO NOT INCLUDE THE WINDOWS XP VERSION OF
OLEAUT32.DLL, OLEPRO32.DLL, ASYCFILT.DLL and STDOLE2.TLB in your setup. It
is causing great pain everywhere.

Ted.

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[Don]

"Ted" <T...@t--x.org> wrote in message news:<3c1ce59d$1...@news.installshield.com>...

> >I had the same problem with a newer version of the oleaut32.dll file being installed on my computer. I replaced it with an older version and all problems related to the RPC stub were fixed.

This fix lasted a week and last night it reoccured. I was trying to
get on the net and I could not, because another sympton of this RPC
stub is that MSN 7.0 will not work (although it will not give you the
0x80070725 error, just an internal error msg).

I checked the version of the oleaut32.dll and it was the newer version
again. Once again I replaced the dll with an older version and it
fixed my problems again.

Question any thoughts on how this file is being replaced? Would
running zonealarm help. The first time I fixed this problem I was told
that it could be a spy ware problem so I ran AD-ware and did find 6
spy references, but the second fix I had none.

Confusing. I would appreciate any ideas. Thanks

Don