Error at line 36, position 1 (init.htm): ActiveX component can't create object: 'Scripting.FileSystemObject'

Microsoft VBScript runtime error 800A01AD

Voila. That's the message. It's keeping me down. A quick google found a fix-it in general microsoft page, one very old and seemingly unrelated.

What is to be done to remove this obstacle and to resume work?

Roman.