[AccessD] ODBC-driver for Access - fixed

somewhere on the way I remember doing the Component Checker, but the key was 
that I think all of the components were there, and on one point I checked 
the registy entry which was ok, but it needed this
windows\inf\mdac.inf
to install, after which all the ODBC drivers show up in admin - ODBC 
datasources - Drivers-Tab

Lembit

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> Jumping into this thread from the end, so this may not be
> relevant / already covered ...
>
> MS has a tool for checking MDAC, see
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301202
>
> The tool is called Component Checker...
>
> From the web page:
>
> SUMMARY
> This article describes two different ways to check which
> version of Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) is
> installed on a system:
> • Use the Component Checker tool.
> • Check the version information that is stored in the
> registry.
>
> Install and Use the Component Checker Tool
> The most reliable way to determine which version of MDAC is
> installed is to compare the version number of each MDAC DLL
> file to a list of the DLL files that are shipped with each
> MDAC version. The Component Checker can help you to do this.
> It checks the files on the computer, compares them to a list
> from each version of MDAC, and reports the closest match.
>
> Regards
> Borge
>
> ---- Original message ----
>>Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:03:20 -0600
>>From: "Gary Kjos" <garykjos at gmail.com>
>>Subject: Re: [AccessD] ODBC-driver for Access - fixed
>>To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>>
>>Good Job Lembit  Way to stick with it until you beat it into
>>submission. The problem that is.
>>
>>GK.
>>
>>On Dec 30, 2007 2:08 PM, Lembit Soobik <lembit.dbamail at t-
> online.de> wrote:
>>> ok, that is fixed now:
>>> I worked with the Windows forum here and after some
> suggestions which did
>>> not help,
>>> I got following link:
>>> http://www.macropool.de/de/download/mdac_reparieren.html
>>> these people have a software for fixing MDAC problems.
>>> (costs 5 Euro)
>>> so I ran that and it checked all the files and whatever
> and fixed whatever
>>> and gave me a list of files to check their version.
>>> and if anyone would be missing or having wrong version, I
> should go to
>>> another website.
>>> Still did not work, although all files are there and have
> the right version.
>>> then on the website they told to run Install on
> windows\inf\mdac.inf
>>> now finally this fixed it.
>>>
>>> Lembit
>>>
>>
>>
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