This has been answered about a zillion times, any search on Google Groups 
would have found it. There are three or four main possibilities.
If your code is client-side on a web page then as the FileSystemObject is 
marked unsafe then it can only be instantiated in a low security scenario.
If on a server then it may have been blocked by the administrators or if 
Norton Anti-Virus is running then this will also prevent it being used.
There is always the possibility that the dll (ScrRun.dll) is not present.
Typical Google thread, watch for URL wrap:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&safe=off&threadm=ecDRDkMDCHA.1224%40
tkmsftngp02&rnum=5&prev=/groups%3Fas_epq%3DAutomation%2520server%2520can%27t%2520create%2520object%26safe%3Doff%26ie%3DUTF-8
%26oe%3DUTF-8%26lr%3D%26as_drrb%3Db%26as_mind%3D12%26as_minm%3D5%26as_miny%3D2002%26as_maxd%3D31%26as_maxm%3D7%26as_maxy%3D2002%26hl
%3Den

Joe

>From: tzhang@h...
>Reply-To: "javascript" <javascript@p...>
>To: "javascript" <javascript@p...>
>Subject: [javascript] Automation server can't create object
>Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 18:02:21
>
>I did a search in this site.  I found the similar question has been raised
>several times and it has never been answered.
>
>I got an error message "Automation server can't create object" on the
>following script:
>fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
>
>what did I do wrong?
>
>In my case I can't VBScript.
>
>I am sure somebody can help me and thanks in advance.
>
>
>Tim Zhand
>
>---
>
>Improve your web design skills with these new books from Glasshaus.
>
>Usable Web Menus
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1904151027/ref=nosim/theprogramme
>r-20
>Constructing Accessible Web Sites
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1904151000/ref=nosim/theprogramme
>r-20
>Practical JavaScript for the Usable Web
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1904151051/ref=nosim/theprogramme
>r-20




_________________________________________________________________
Join the world?s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. 
http://www.hotmail.com