Hi guys,

I need to reinstall MDAC 2.8 on Win 2003 server. I've searched the Internet
, but didn't find any definitive answers. Can somebody shed some light on
this issue?

Thank you.

Leon Habinsky.

What is the issue?

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"Leon Habinsky" wrote:
| Hi guys,
|
| I need to reinstall MDAC 2.8 on Win 2003 server. I've searched the
Internet
| , but didn't find any definitive answers. Can somebody shed some light on
| this issue?
|
| Thank you.
|
| Leon Habinsky.
|
|

Dave,

Thank you for the prompt response.

I use the ADO to connect to a database from an installation package I've
written using InstallShiled. As soon as it tries instantiating the
Connection object it throws an exception saying that "The provider cannot be
found."

I've read that a simple reinstallation does not solve the problem because
the 2003 server comes with the 2.8 version of MDAC, and it doesn't actually
overrides the corrupted components.
Do you have any other recommendations for me?

Thank you.

Leon.

"Dave Patrick" <mail@Nospam.DSPatrick.com> wrote in message
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You'll probably have better luck in;
data.ado
or one of the groups specific to the programming language you're using.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"Leon Habinsky" wrote:
| Dave,
|
| Thank you for the prompt response.
|
| I use the ADO to connect to a database from an installation package I've
| written using InstallShiled. As soon as it tries instantiating the
| Connection object it throws an exception saying that "The provider cannot
be
| found."
|
| I've read that a simple reinstallation does not solve the problem because
| the 2003 server comes with the 2.8 version of MDAC, and it doesn't
actually
| overrides the corrupted components.
| Do you have any other recommendations for me?
|
| Thank you.
|
| Leon.

Dave,
Thank you for the recommendation. I think this is not the ADO or my program
specific problem. I've had such a problem before on Win 2000 after the users
installed some updates for Internet Explorer and it messed up the MDAC, but
after I installed the 2.8 on there machines it solved the problem. Is there
any way to reinstall the MDAC on Win 2003 server?

Thank you.
Leon.
"Dave Patrick" <mail@Nospam.DSPatrick.com> wrote in message
news:u2MboNW2EHA.2788@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...

Possibly an in-place upgrade.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816579

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"Leon Habinsky" wrote:
| Dave,
| Thank you for the recommendation. I think this is not the ADO or my
program
| specific problem. I've had such a problem before on Win 2000 after the
users
| installed some updates for Internet Explorer and it messed up the MDAC,
but
| after I installed the 2.8 on there machines it solved the problem. Is
there
| any way to reinstall the MDAC on Win 2003 server?
|
| Thank you.
| Leon.