Problem with READYSTATE=0

I have an activeX dll on my webserver with the following code in

Set noIE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")

(code that bulids sURL & lvHeaders)

'Execute the URL
noIE.Navigate sURL, , , , lvHeaders

ldTime = DateAdd("s", 60, Now())

Do Until ((noIE.ReadyState = 4) Or (Now() > ldTime))
DoEvents
Loop

The problem is the object does not seem to be able to navigate to the page (the page I require is sitting on another PC connected to the internet and runs another VB app).

I have put some debugging progress text that is output to file and it tells me that ReadyState = 0 (UNINITIALIZED). I am not sure what this means or why it is not working.

This application used to work but not now. It could be down to some program changes I have made, or some configuration issues with IIS or DCOM. I did have a look at the Internet Explorer (Ver 1.0) in DCOM but couldn't see the anything strange.

Can anyone help?
Thanks

I did a windows update on the webserver yesterday. The OS is Win2K and I think I installed the latest service pack (SP4?).

Could this affect the InternetExplorer object and prevent its Navigate method from working?

Sorry I have now got the correct error message out put to file:

-2147417848
Automation error
The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.

Something I read suggested this was a problem with late binding so I changed the

CreateObject(InternetExplorer.Application)

to

Set noIE = New shdocvw.InternetExplorer

and added the reference in the project.

But it is still failing. Any ideas??

Never got this Internet.Explorer object working on my webserver; or the similar XMLHTTP object - even though they worked on my development Win2K server & even with the assistance of microsoft technical support!

Got around it using WinHTTP object although never found much documentation ot help, but it uses same methods as the XMLHTTP obj

CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5")

working nicely now anyway!