MDAC2.8 Installation Problems and Solutions

1. When installing MDAC2.8 in windows xp + sp2, the following message is displayed: "mdac 2.8 Rtm is incompatible with this version of windows ".

Solution: all functions of MDAC2.8 are now part of Windows XP SP2. This prompt is normal and will not affect usage. Your system is WINXP-SP2, the system comes with MDAC 2.8 SP2, so you cannot install MDAC 2.8, And the WINXP-SP2 Cannot uninstall MDAC, which is the core part of the system, you can only upgrade your MDAC by installing the service pack and cannot roll back to the previous version of MDAC. if you have installed and downloaded the MDAC Microsoft Data Access Component version 2.8 and installed it on the machine of WINXP SP2, you will receive the following error message: This version of mdac 2.8 Rtm is incompatible with your WINDOWS system version and the software version you are about to install is not compatible with Method

1: Install MDAC 2.81 method 1 Install MDAC 2.81 http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/mdac/downloads/default.aspx (http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/mdac/downloads/default.aspx)
For more information about how to install MDAC2.81, visit. The MDAC2.8 SP1 distribution installation package and WINXP SP2 are installed with the same data access component. Method
2: Repair the MDAC 2.81 installation that is already ded with Windows XP SP2 method 2 patch the MDAC 2.81 installed in WINXP SP2 if you cannot see the windows inf directory, perform the following steps, click Start My Computer Tools menu folder option B. click to view c. under advanced settings, click show hidden files and folders d. remove the extension option e. click application and click OK.

2. In the windows inf directory, right-click MDAC. INF and choose install
3. When you are prompted to insert the WINXP SP2 disc, select the following method to insert the disc to the optical drive. If you are welcome to use WINXP, click to exit.
B. Click Browse.
C. Enter the drive letter in the file name, including the I386 directory. If your drive is a drive D, enter D: \ WINXP.
D. click Open or directly enter % systemroot % \ windows \ servicepackfiles \ i386. clicking open may prompt you to insert a WINXP SP2 disc for system installation. The above steps are estimated to be true, it should also solve the problem of accessing the ADO database. The core components of data access installed in MDAC 2.8 SP1 are the same as those of Microsoft SQL Server OLE DB Provider and ODBC Driver. MDAC 2.8 SP1 is the final distribution installer for installing the same core components as Microsoft Windows XP SP2 with Data Access. Http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx? Scid = kb; en-us; 899861 this version does not include Microsoft Jet, Microsoft Jet ole db Provider, Desktop Database Drivers ODBC Driver, or Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver.