Good Day John,

Another day has passed and I no closer to fixing my issue. With the limited
research that I have done that there should be a simple method to employ to
fix this issue. I have "googled" this issue and it seems to be more common
than I thought.
My guess is that the MDAC issue and windows installer issue are related to
one another. How do I get the MVPs to help with this issue?
Once again I appreciate your help with the easy to understand explanations,
it makes it easier to comprehend.
I will continue to review this site and others looking for a fix. Thank you
in advance!
Brian

John John wrote:
>Hmmm... yes indeed. It says there that:
>
>"Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 SP1 contains core Data
>Access components such as the Microsoft SQL Server™ OLE DB provider and
>ODBC driver. This redistributable installer for the MDAC 2.8 SP1 release
>installs the same Data Access components as Microsoft Windows XP SP2."
>
>But then it says:
>
>"Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows 98; Windows ME;
>Windows NT"
>
>So it seems that XP doesn't support this "back door" approach to
>reinstalling MDAC. Probably can only be installed from SP2 or an
>install switch that we don't know of. Possibly or probably part of sfp
>or the now "new" PC Health features that Microsoft tested on Windows ME
>before making it a "feature" of XP. 'nough said!
>
>Here it says that there is no web release for it:
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;231943
>
>But the one prior to that (MDAC 2.8) says:
>
>Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 contains core Data Access
>components such as the Microsoft SQL Server™ OLE DB provider and ODBC
>driver. This redistributable installer for the MDAC 2.8 release installs
>the same Data Access components as Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
>
>and:
>
>Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows 98; Windows ME;
>Windows NT; Windows XP
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
>
>Perhaps trying to reinstall SP2 or the older 2.8 might work, but really
>this one is for the MVP's now. It could be treacherous trying to
>install older MDAC components on top of newer ones, could trash your XP
>installation! Reinstalling SP2 probably won't hurt anything but I don't
>think the same can be said for MDAC 2.8. if XP SP2 even allows it. I
>think XP SP3 should be in the works now...
>
>John
>
>> Thank you for the continued support. When I went to ms and tried to download
>> the below link:
>[quoted text clipped - 60 lines]
>>>>>>Please understand I am a new to this computer thing.
>>>>>>Thank you in advance for your consideration

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