MDAC

[Smooty]

Please can someone help? Trying to install some new
software I was shown this Windows Error Message:

"Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5 is already
installed on the version of Windows that you are runnung.
Setup
cannot update the system. for more information about
updatimg Microsoft data Access Components 2.5 on your
system, see the download page relating to this release of
Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5 on the web Page
http://www.microsoft.com/data"

I tried this webpage, which is no longer a valid address
but redirects to a current microsoft pdownload page, then
I get confused> I can find downloads for MDAC 2.5 but how
do I know which if any I need?

[Mary Sauer]

The MDAC files are needed on your system for various applications. You will find the
refresh here

http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/

Release Manifest for MDAC 2.8 (2.80.1022.3)
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=828396

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Mary Sauer MS MVP
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"Smooty" > wrote in message
...
> Please can someone help? Trying to install some new
> software I was shown this Windows Error Message:
>
> "Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5 is already
> installed on the version of Windows that you are runnung.
> Setup
> cannot update the system. for more information about
> updatimg Microsoft data Access Components 2.5 on your
> system, see the download page relating to this release of
> Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5 on the web Page
> http://www.microsoft.com/data"
>
> I tried this webpage, which is no longer a valid address
> but redirects to a current microsoft pdownload page, then
> I get confused> I can find downloads for MDAC 2.5 but how
> do I know which if any I need?

[J.C. Hornbeck [MSFT]]

Without knowing too many details you could try installing the latest version
of MDAC. If you go to
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en and search for
MDAC you'll see links to the different versions there.

--
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Microsoft Product Support

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"Smooty" > wrote in message
...
> Please can someone help? Trying to install some new
> software I was shown this Windows Error Message:
>
> "Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5 is already
> installed on the version of Windows that you are runnung.
> Setup
> cannot update the system. for more information about
> updatimg Microsoft data Access Components 2.5 on your
> system, see the download page relating to this release of
> Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5 on the web Page
> http://www.microsoft.com/data"
>
> I tried this webpage, which is no longer a valid address
> but redirects to a current microsoft pdownload page, then
> I get confused> I can find downloads for MDAC 2.5 but how
> do I know which if any I need?

[*Vanguard*]

"Smooty" said in :
> Please can someone help? Trying to install some new
> software I was shown this Windows Error Message:
>=20
> "Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5 is already
> installed on the version of Windows that you are runnung.
> Setup
> cannot update the system. for more information about
> updatimg Microsoft data Access Components 2.5 on your
> system, see the download page relating to this release of
> Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5 on the web Page
> http://www.microsoft.com/data"
>=20
> I tried this webpage, which is no longer a valid address
> but redirects to a current microsoft pdownload page, then
> I get confused> I can find downloads for MDAC 2.5 but how
> do I know which if any I need?

That's not an error message. That's an informational message. If that =
version, or later, is already installed then you don't need to install =
it again. When you walk over to the printer with a wad of paper to =
refill it but upon arriving at the printer you find its feed tray is =
completely filled, do you remove the old same paper and put in yours? =
No, it's already filled so you don't need to fill it. If whomever wrote =
the program cannot figure out that it simply needs to bypass that =
install and continue, well, then there are folks too stupid to walk away =
from the printer, too. You need to talk to whomever developed the setup =
program to figure out why they are too stupid to ignore the non-problem.

Of course, if they are too stupid to figure out that the software has =
already been installed and to bypass that bogus "error", then maybe =
they're too stupid to figure out how to actually detect the version of =
MDAC that is actually installed. Get Microsoft's MDAC utility =
"Component Checker" at http://snipurl.com/3zh7.


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