Re: mdac 2.81 sp1 with xp sp2 issues

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"Brad" <bs@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The uninstall sp2 suggestion was because that's how XP gets the mdac 2.8,
I guess it's part of sp2 I'm not sure.

Yes, the latest MDAC version for WinXP is installed with SP2 anyway.
Therefore, step 2 of that suggestion (updating MDAC between uninstalling
and reinstalling SP2) doesn't make any sense. Skipping that step doesn't
work either (step 1 fails) if SP2 was installed from the very first
beginning. Even if SP2 was installed by the separate update, the problem
may persist if there was a MDAC mismatch already under WinXP RTM or WinXP
SP1.

But, your repair suggestions is one of the instruction sites that I
followed and it isn't working.

So why didn't you perform the additionally suggested repair install.
"How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341/en-us

Note that all available system updates have to be reinstalled afterwards.
Do not install any other MDAC updates unless offered at the Microsoft
Update site.

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