Ref: http://hi.baidu.com/0ran/blog/item/e3665008ae95fec73ac7636e.html
2. Symptoms: Use"Novel download Reader"Prompt"Database Connection FailedAccording to the Help file, it is known that it is caused by an error in the "Microsoft Data Access Component MDAC.
Solution:
XP SP2 contains an MDAC that is later than MDAC 2.8sp1. Therefore, you cannot directly download the latest version of MDAC 2.8sp1 on the Internet.
My method is: Go to C:/Windows/INF, find MDAC. inf, right-click "Install", and in the pop-up file location box, locate the following directory to find the corresponding file.
C:/program files/common files/system/MSADC
C:/program files/common files/system/ADO
C:/program files/common files/system/OLE DB
C:/program files/common files/Microsoft shared/Dao
C:/program files/common files/mssoap/Binaries
C:/program files/common files/system/MSADC
C:/program files/common files/system/OLE DB
C:/program files/common files/mssoap/binaries/resources/1033
An HTML file cannot be found. You do not need to install it.
After the reinstallation, the problem is solved.