IONE6.0: Error in setup log: "Creating maintenance jobs: PMLMSDEManager: ActiveX component can't create object"

ION Enterprise user may notice that SQL Jobs (such as Maintenance, Backup. Archive & Trim etc. are missing from the ION Enterprise system.

Inspection of the "ION Enterprise6.0Setup.log" file may show the following error:
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OK (0) 6/17/2011 1:55:46 PM Error (-2146827859) Creating maintenance jobs: PMLMSDEManager: ActiveX component can't create object
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This error is associated with 64-bit operating systems trying to execute the VB script that is normally called by the IONE installer using the 64-bit version of wscript.exe. The resolution to this issue can be found near in