MDAC 2.8

[John]

MDAC 2.8 was installed when I installed Windows XP SP2.
MDAC stopped working.
Can anyone tell me how to reinstall MDAC 2.8 SP1 for Windows XP SP2?

Thanks,
John

 

[M and D]

"Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8"
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=6c050fe3-c795-4b7d-b037-185d0506396c

Steven

 

[John]

MDAC 2.8 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Release date: August 2004
How to obtain the service pack
To install MDAC 2.8 SP1, you must install Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).
For additional information about how to obtain Windows XP SP2, click the
following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:

I think this is saying that I can't reinstall MDAC 2.8 SP1 without
reinstalling XP SP2, but that doesn't seem to be possible either.

John

 

[John]

This is the error message I received when I tried to install this version of
MDAC:

MDAC 2.8 RTM is incompatible with this version of Windows. All of its
features are currently part of Windows.

John


"Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8"
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=6c050fe3-c795-4b7d-b037-185d0506396c

Steven

 

[Brian A.]

Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) Installation
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnmdac/html/data_mdacinstall.asp

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Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[John]

Thanks for the help Brian, but I ran into the same problem as shown below
for XP:

MDAC Version Number Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition Windows
Me Windows NT 4.0 Windows 2000 Windows XP


MDAC 2.8 SP1
Mdac_typ.exe
Mdac_typ.exe
Mdac_typ.exe
Mdac_typ.exe
Installed with Windows XP SP2, otherwise cannot be installed

 

[Brian A.]

Download and run mdac utility component checker:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/mdac/downloads/default.aspx

For info on it check the link I provided in the previous response.

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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[John]

I have run component checker several times. I'm not sure what the results
mean. In the left pane the symbols in front of "Summary Report", "File
Details" and "MDAC 2.8 SP1 on Windows XP SP2" all turn yellow when selected,
but I don't understand from the Help file what should turn red or yellow to
indicate an error or warning. There are no registry details given only
Summary, File and MDAC.

This is a list of the 13 .dll files listed in the right hand pane of
component checker:
MSADCOR, msado15, MSADOMD, msadrh15, MSDASC, MSDASQL, MSDASQLR, OLEDB32,
SQLOLEDB, SQLSRV32, msdart, msdaorar, msorc32r

I also ran the test described in the troubleshooting guide you sent me to.
The test ran perfectly and recommended running component checker to check
ADO and RDS. I don't know how to check them with component checker.

So far, everything I've done indicates that MDAC is okay.

This started with a database application failing immediately after
installation. The company tech support rep told me it was an MDAC problem,
but he doesn't have the knowledge to help me. I installed the application
on a friends XP system and it works perfectly.

Thank you for your help.
John

 

[Brian A.]

Selecting the top choice Determines the version.
When finished you get a prompt mentioning product release matches, the
version and if you want to run a query on a specific version.
Choose No and the report is shown.
Clicking Details lists the files/ver etc. in the right pane.

If didn't get results click View > Refresh to run another query.
Select the second choice and then select a version you want to query for.
Continue as before.

For further info click HELP on the Menu bar and have a good read.

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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375