EOleSysError with message 'CoInitialize has not been called'

From: news.borland.com (newsgroups_at_blindsided.org)
Date: 11/29/03 

Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 20:14:47 -0500

After removing and reinstalling Delphi because of a problem installing a
third party package, I receive the following anytime there is a
TADOConnection component in the project:

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Debugger Exception Notification
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Project Smtpdemo.exe raised exception class EOleSysError with message
'CoInitialize has not been called'. Process stopped. Use Step or Run to
continue.
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I can drop a TADOConnection, TADOQuery and TDatasource on a form and see the
data at design time but whenever I try to run the project, I get the error.
I've tried this with the components on the form and on a separate
DataModule. Same problem.

I'd appreciate any suggestions!

Thanks

-dmd-