How to repair MDAC in XP SP2?

From: Roy (nadaspam_at_community.nospam)
Date: 10/26/04 

Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:07:03 -0700

(reposted as requested by ngmsdnfb@microsoft.com...)

Prior to SP2, the fix for corrupted MDAC/ADO situations was to simply
re-install MDAC. My customers are remote (to me) end users, and I'd say I see
MDAC/ADO corruptions at a rate of about 2 or 3 out of every 100. This fix was
workable as most end user/consumer seem to be capable of downloading and
running and MDAC/ADO installation when given a link. Why there seem to be so
many corrupt MDAC/ADO situations is a different topic....

XP SP2 seems to have broken the ability for an end user/consumer to resolve
this problem when it occurs. Any attempt at re-installing MDAC results in the
message:

MDAC 2.8 RTM is incompatible...

The only solution I've been able to come up with is to remove SP2,
re-install MDAC 2.8 and then reapply SP2. So far, I've found this solution to
exceed the pain threshold of my end users... they typically just curse and
quit using whatever software was failing... hoping, I think, that someday
their software will work again.

I've seen many posts dancing around this topic that last several weeks, but
nothing definitive in the way of a fix or even an acknowledgement that this
current situation with SP2 and MDAC/ADO is a problem.

What's the plan and timeline for resolving this?

Relevant Pages

  • How to repair MDAC in XP SP2?
    ... the fix for corrupted MDAC/ADO situations was to simply ... XP SP2 seems to have broken the ability for an end user/consumer to resolve ... re-install MDAC 2.8 and then reapply SP2. ...
    (microsoft.public.data.ado)
  • RE: How to repair MDAC in XP SP2?
    ... the fix for corrupted MDAC/ADO situations was to simply ... > re-install MDAC. ... > XP SP2 seems to have broken the ability for an end user/consumer to resolve ... > nothing definitive in the way of a fix or even an acknowledgement that this ...
    (microsoft.public.data.ado)
  • RE: How to repair MDAC in XP SP2?
    ... I have three PCs with xp sp2. ... the fix for corrupted MDAC/ADO situations was to simply ... > workable as most end user/consumer seem to be capable of downloading and ... > running and MDAC/ADO installation when given a link. ...
    (microsoft.public.data.ado)