Error when trying to connect to DB: Provider cannot be found

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Ahmed
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Error when trying to connect to DB: Provider cannot be found

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I am getting this error message trying to open trial version on my home computer running Win XP service pack 3 :

Error when trying to connect to DB: Provider cannot be found it may not be properly +instaled

I uninstalled and re installed but not luck

Any help please

Abacre
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Re: Error when trying to connect to DB: Provider cannot be found

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This is because MDAC (Microsoft Data Access Components) are not installed on your computer.
Download and install it from the following location:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/ ... AC_TYP.EXE

Or go to Microsoft's site in Downloads section and search for MDAC.
Kind regards,
Abacre Limited
http://www.abacre.com
support@abacre.com

Ahmed
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Re: Error when trying to connect to DB: Provider cannot be found

Post by Ahmed »

I have downloaded and try to install but I have the following error message:


MDAC 2.8 RTM is incompatible with this version of Windows. All of its features are currently part of Windows.

Any help please to solve the problem

Abacre
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Re: Error when trying to connect to DB: Provider cannot be found

Post by Abacre »

By default MDAC is installed in XP. I thought that you somehow removed it.
Please do the following:
In Windows press Start button.
Click on Control Panel.
Click on Administrative Tools.
Click on "Data Sources (ODBC)"
Go to Drivers tab.
Verify that in list of drivers you have:
"Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)"
There are other language translations of the text.
But verify that this English text is present in the list of drivers.
If it's possible send to support@abacre.com screenshot of this Drivers tab.
Kind regards,
Abacre Limited
http://www.abacre.com
support@abacre.com

Ahmed
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Re: Error when trying to connect to DB: Provider cannot be found

Post by Ahmed »

Can you explain further in a simple way as I could not understand what do you mean with language

Thanks

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