MDAC install problem

[FunkyGibbon]

For some reason the SQL OLEDB drivers on my PC have gone . (The driver files there, just not registered anymore).

So I'm trying to re-install MDAC 2.7. It gets as far as trying to load Webdata components and crases with:

Advanced INF Installer: INF Install failure: Access denied.

I've looked at msdn and can only find this http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;248849 which doesn't help.

I have admin rights to the PC, so that shouldn't be a problem.

Any ideas on sorting this would be greatfully received.

i.e. any one know how to manually register drivers using odbcconf.exe?

TIA

FG

[plotloss]

Bit of chat on Usenet...

http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?q=INF+Install+failure:+Access+denied.+MDAC&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&start=0&sa=N

Is Win2K SP4 installed?

[FunkyGibbon]

plotloss said:

Bit of chat on Usenet... http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?q=INF+Install+failure:+Access+denied.+MDAC&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&start=0&sa=N Is Win2K SP4 installed?

cheers Matt. I'm on sp3, I'll see is sp4 will help.

thanks.

[FunkyGibbon]

Result!

One of the usenet links suggested that you can re-install mdac back to original state by doing this...

right click winnt(slash)inf (slash) mdac.inf and select install.

it simply re-registers all the required dlls.

Well, I didn't know you could do that

Thanks again Matt.

>> Edited by FunkyGibbon on Wednesday 9th June 10:40

[plotloss]

Smart!

Just doing my moderator bit, for future reference (and while Ted is working on the Parser) if you use double backslashes for a backslash in a post they appear.

c:\windows\inf