http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11447
--- Comment #4 from Sameer Morar smorar@gmail.com 2008-02-05 09:25:33 --- Yes, dcom98 seems to work around this issue, however, it doesn't work on a non-clean installation.
Also, if dcom98 is installed before office 2003, the office 2003 installer fails.