Re: MDAC on Win2k3 SP1



I suspect that Windows Server 2003 has a more recent version of MDAC already
installed (2.8 SP1) and you can't downgrade.

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"Mike" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Im not sure this is the correct board for this post. I have a program i am
> trying to install on our Windows Server 2003 SBS SP1 box and i keep
> getting this error on install "MDAC 2.6 Sp1 cannot be installed on this
> machine. MDAC 2.6 Sp1 requires.....blablabla Win 95, ME, NT4, 2000
>
> This program WILL install on Windows XP SP2. I checked the MDAC version of
> our server and my local xp machine and they are 2 different versions. XP
> is running 2.81.xxx and 2k3 is running 2.82.xxx. I also tried running this
> in compaytibility mode but get the same error.
>
> I contacted the software vendor and they are looking into it but i was
> wondering why the 2k3 version of MDAC doesnt work but the XP SP2 version
> does and is there a work around? Or should i just wait for the vendors
> response IF they actually respond.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Mike
>


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