http://bugs.winehq.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1636
------- Additional Comments From gerdts@cae.wisc.edu 2003-28-10 23:13 ------- When I asked on the cxoffice discuss list, I got the following answer which looks as though it fixes the problem.
http://crossover.codeweavers.com/pipermail/discuss/2003-October/005169.html
In short, DCOM95 wasn't installed.