> > Has anyone encountered this problem before specifically with
> > the CF SQLOLEDB provider and Windows 2000, and if so - what
> > is the solution? CF 4.5?.
>
> The CF installation breaks the version of MDAC which comes
> with Win2K, MDAC 2.5. Unfortunately, you can't just reinstall
> MDAC 2.5 on Win2K. Instead, you'll have to "upgrade" Win2K to
> the latest version - which is probably what you're already
> running. Just put the Win2K CD in, select "Upgrade your
> current operating system", wait about half an hour through a
> couple of reboots, click "OK" a bunch of times, and when you're
> done, reinstall any drivers that didn't come with the Win2K
> distribution. After that, you shouldn't have any problems with
> OLEDB. Of course, if you install CF again, you might have to
> repeat the process!
...
> You can't use the 2.5 MDAC that's available from Microsoft?
No, that only works on NT 4. If you try to install it on Win2K, you'll get
the helpful message that you've already got 2.5 installed as part of the OS.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
voice: (202) 797-5496
fax: (202) 797-5444
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