Hello Guys!
I have a corrupted MDAC Installation on a Windows XP Sp2 Client.
The Application we use responds with the message "provider not found" for a
MS SQL 2000 Connection.
Poorly i cannot just install MDAC again since the setup denies that under
Win XP Sp2.
Is there any way to reinstall MDAC or heal this corrupt part? A reinstall of
the Service Pack did not solve it.
Greetings,
Daniel Guenther
Hi Daniel,
Thanks for your post.
From your descriptions, I understood that you would like to reinstall MDAC
in Windows XP SP2 box. Have I understood you? Correct me if I was wrong.
Based on my scope, the reason why you cannot complete the installation was
that Windows XP Service Pack 2 comes with MDAC 2.81 already so that it is
not necessary for you to install it.
Anyway, if you want to reinstall MDAC manually, you could follow the steps
below (anyway, I will not recommend to do so if there is nothing wrong with
your MDAC)
Navigate to the folder c:\windows\inf. Right-click on MDAC.INF and click
"install."
It will recopy the mdac files and reregister some of the basic registry
entries.
It will ask for the Windows XP CDROM as well as the Windows XP SP2 CDROM.
Some other pointers here:
- When it asks for the Windows XP SP2 CDROM, you will need to point it over
to c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386.
- When it asks for the Windows XP CD, you will need to have the cd in the
drive and point it over to D:\i386 (assuming D is the cdrom drive.)
- If you do not have the Windows XP CD, you may have an i386 folder on
drive C (if the OEM manufacturer put it there.) In this case point it over
to C:\i386.
If all aboves doesn't resolve your problem, please paste your
c:\WINDOWS\dasetup.log here and I would love to make further research.
Thank you for your patience and corporation. If you have any questions or
concerns, don't hesitate to let me know. We are here to be of assistance!
Sincerely yours,
Michael Cheng
Online Partner Support Specialist
Partner Support Group
Microsoft Global Technical Support Center
Get Secure! - http://www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights.
Please reply to newsgroups only, many thanks!
|||Hello Michael!
Thanks alot for your quick answer.
Poorly your tip didn't help me much.
I have no idea why, but this setup is not able to copy any single file
during the installation.
I only get the file query dialog again and again.
NTFS Permissions are checked, i am admin and can write/read from
source/destination dir.
The files to copy are definitly in the windows\servicepackfiles\i386
directory.
To be true, I am lost actually... ;)
The logfile btw. does not contain a single entry of my actual try to install
mdac.
So, you have probably another hint for me? ;-)
Greetings,
Daniel Guenther
|||Hi Daniel,
Based on my scope, the file query dialog box comes again and again only
when incorrect file path was specified. Could you confirm you had use the
right ones?
Another workaround is reinstall Windows XP Service Pack 2. It seems you had
tried this, but please try again. Make sure to follow the instuctions in KB
below to reomve first.
How to remove Windows XP Service Pack 2 from your computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875350/EN-US
And here is some KB for further troubleshooting that may help
Component Checker: Diagnose problems and reconfigure MDAC installations
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307255/EN-US/
How To MDAC Setup Troubleshooting Guide
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/232060/EN-US/
Thank you for your patience and corporation. If you have any questions or
concerns, don't hesitate to let me know. We are always here to be of
assistance!
Sincerely yours,
Michael Cheng
Online Partner Support Specialist
Partner Support Group
Microsoft Global Technical Support Center
Get Secure! - http://www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights.
Please reply to newsgroups only, many thanks!
|||I am having a similar problem with MDAC after the installation of XP
SP2. I have run the MS Component Checker tool in its default mode and
it produces an error message stating that you must select a specific
version to check against. However MDAC 2.81 XP SP2 is not listed, only
a the previous Mdac 2.7 XP SP1 and this returns a whole list of
errors. If XP SP2 includes MDAC 2.81 then presumably previous versions
are not required. Is there any way to remove all the old MDAC
components, registry entries etc with a clean install of XP?
Thanks
Dave
v-mingqc@.online.microsoft.com ("Michael Cheng [MSFT]") wrote in message news:<v3oASSkwEHA.3956@.cpmsftngxa10.phx.gbl>...
> Hi Daniel,
> Based on my scope, the file query dialog box comes again and again only
> when incorrect file path was specified. Could you confirm you had use the
> right ones?
> Another workaround is reinstall Windows XP Service Pack 2. It seems you had
> tried this, but please try again. Make sure to follow the instuctions in KB
> below to reomve first.
> How to remove Windows XP Service Pack 2 from your computer
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875350/EN-US
> And here is some KB for further troubleshooting that may help
> Component Checker: Diagnose problems and reconfigure MDAC installations
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307255/EN-US/
> How To MDAC Setup Troubleshooting Guide
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/232060/EN-US/
> Thank you for your patience and corporation. If you have any questions or
> concerns, don't hesitate to let me know. We are always here to be of
> assistance!
>
> Sincerely yours,
> Michael Cheng
> Online Partner Support Specialist
> Partner Support Group
> Microsoft Global Technical Support Center
> Get Secure! - http://www.microsoft.com/security
> This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights.
> Please reply to newsgroups only, many thanks!
|||Hi Daniel,
Have you tried to uninstall XP SP2 and then reinstall it? Does this resolve
your issues? I am just checking on your progress regarding the information
that was sent you! I wonder how the testing is going. If you encounter any
difficulty, please do not hesitate to let me know. Please post here and let
me know the status of your issue. Without your further information, it's
very hard for me to continue with the troubleshooting.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon
Thank you for your patience and corporation. If you have any questions or
concerns, don't hesitate to let me know. We are always here to be of
assistance!
Sincerely yours,
Michael Cheng
Online Partner Support Specialist
Partner Support Group
Microsoft Global Technical Support Center
Get Secure! - http://www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights.
Please reply to newsgroups only, many thanks!
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MDAC 2.8 Fatal Setup Error. This setup does not support installing on this operating system
I have XP Pro SP2 with MDAC 2.8.1022. It had a problem so I tried to reinstall MDAC and got a Fatal Setup Error. This setup does not support installing on this operating system. I downloaded MDAC 2.8 1177 and get the same error.
I thought of uninstalling/reinstalling SP2, but this is a 2 month old Dell Latitude 610 with factory installed XP. There is no Windows Service Pack 2 option listed in the Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
There's some other strange things, so I wonder if they are related.
1) I have Paul set up as an administrator account. Some folders like MSSQL show that account with no permissions. I grant all the permissions to Paul for that folder. I come back later and the permissions are gone.
2) I deleted 20 files in Explorer, but 7 of them did not go away. I deleted those 7 again and they instatnly reappeared. I deleted those 7 again and then they finally went away.
3) I get a slow reaction time for things like Windows Explorer and opening and closing programs. This is suprising since it has 2 gig of RAM and 2.3 Gig processor. Could it be a memory handling problem that's causing OS problems. Probably, the memory didn't handle the OS installation well and the whole system is compromised now.
I'm having the same problem on XP Sp2 trying to re-install MDAC.
Thought I'd try re-installing MDAC since my system errors out when I try to register DLL files.
|||I've seen this error during MDAC installation on XP SP2 as well. I was able to get around it by changing the Compatibility Properties of the mdac installation file to Win NT. It then installs OK.
|||
Chnaces are the files did go away for an instant but they are on the system recovery list and XP replaced them.
|||I have XP Pro SP2 . It had a problem so I tried to install ADO.Net (MDAC Version 2.8 SP1 ) many times and reload it from download.microsoft.com. I couldn't install on my computer. I get the Fatal Setup Error "This setup does not support installing on this operating system". How can I solve this problem ?
|||I could not overcome the problem.. I finally did erased the drive and reinstalled windows.
Paul
|||Windows XP comes pre-installed with MDAC you should not install the standalone MDAC installer on Windows XP. If you have a problem with the MDAC install on XP then just run a repair install of XP this will reinstall the MDAC that XP ships with.|||I had a similar experience. Two possible options can be used to allow XP to repair the entries or force the install without having to repair the XP installation.
1. To repair your MDAC installation. Found this solution on the web that works. Have your XP SP2 install disk handy. Go to and find c:\windows\inf\mdac.inf. Right click on the .inf file and pick Install. It will attempt to reinstall the files. Browse to source files on the XP CD. It should install smoothly. It may ask for the handler.reg (in c:\program files\common files\system\msadc\). Restart. Sign in (admin) and then after a few minutes windows update will want to apply the security patch again. You may want to follow up with the SJet update also.
2. To force the installation. Found this one also. XP SP2 will already have the SP1 update applied but has registry corruption (virus after affects). Right click on the MDAC 2.8 SP1 install exe file and select properties. Select the Compatability tab, check the compatability mode box and pick "windows NT" or possibly "Windows 2000". Click apply and run the file again. It should install all the proper files again.
This restored the complete connectivity to databases. In visual studio the data tables did not display properly with a flawed connection. If the access (mdb) tables display properly, then a connection to the SQL database (mdf) - missing tables -is a access/login rights problem. Grant login rights to the user for the database.
|||John,
#2 works like a charms. Thanks a million.
sqlMDAC 2.8 Fatal Setup Error. This setup does not support installing on this operating system
I have XP Pro SP2 with MDAC 2.8.1022. It had a problem so I tried to reinstall MDAC and got a Fatal Setup Error. This setup does not support installing on this operating system. I downloaded MDAC 2.8 1177 and get the same error.
I thought of uninstalling/reinstalling SP2, but this is a 2 month old Dell Latitude 610 with factory installed XP. There is no Windows Service Pack 2 option listed in the Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
There's some other strange things, so I wonder if they are related.
1) I have Paul set up as an administrator account. Some folders like MSSQL show that account with no permissions. I grant all the permissions to Paul for that folder. I come back later and the permissions are gone.
2) I deleted 20 files in Explorer, but 7 of them did not go away. I deleted those 7 again and they instatnly reappeared. I deleted those 7 again and then they finally went away.
3) I get a slow reaction time for things like Windows Explorer and opening and closing programs. This is suprising since it has 2 gig of RAM and 2.3 Gig processor. Could it be a memory handling problem that's causing OS problems. Probably, the memory didn't handle the OS installation well and the whole system is compromised now.
I'm having the same problem on XP Sp2 trying to re-install MDAC.
Thought I'd try re-installing MDAC since my system errors out when I try to register DLL files.
|||I've seen this error during MDAC installation on XP SP2 as well. I was able to get around it by changing the Compatibility Properties of the mdac installation file to Win NT. It then installs OK.
|||
Chnaces are the files did go away for an instant but they are on the system recovery list and XP replaced them.
|||I have XP Pro SP2 . It had a problem so I tried to install ADO.Net (MDAC Version 2.8 SP1 ) many times and reload it from download.microsoft.com. I couldn't install on my computer. I get the Fatal Setup Error "This setup does not support installing on this operating system". How can I solve this problem ?
|||I could not overcome the problem.. I finally did erased the drive and reinstalled windows.
Paul
|||Windows XP comes pre-installed with MDAC you should not install the standalone MDAC installer on Windows XP. If you have a problem with the MDAC install on XP then just run a repair install of XP this will reinstall the MDAC that XP ships with.|||I had a similar experience. Two possible options can be used to allow XP to repair the entries or force the install without having to repair the XP installation.
1. To repair your MDAC installation. Found this solution on the web that works. Have your XP SP2 install disk handy. Go to and find c:\windows\inf\mdac.inf. Right click on the .inf file and pick Install. It will attempt to reinstall the files. Browse to source files on the XP CD. It should install smoothly. It may ask for the handler.reg (in c:\program files\common files\system\msadc\). Restart. Sign in (admin) and then after a few minutes windows update will want to apply the security patch again. You may want to follow up with the SJet update also.
2. To force the installation. Found this one also. XP SP2 will already have the SP1 update applied but has registry corruption (virus after affects). Right click on the MDAC 2.8 SP1 install exe file and select properties. Select the Compatability tab, check the compatability mode box and pick "windows NT" or possibly "Windows 2000". Click apply and run the file again. It should install all the proper files again.
This restored the complete connectivity to databases. In visual studio the data tables did not display properly with a flawed connection. If the access (mdb) tables display properly, then a connection to the SQL database (mdf) - missing tables -is a access/login rights problem. Grant login rights to the user for the database.
|||John,
#2 works like a charms. Thanks a million.
MDAC 2.8 Fatal Setup Error. This setup does not support installing on this operating system
I have XP Pro SP2 with MDAC 2.8.1022. It had a problem so I tried to reinstall MDAC and got a Fatal Setup Error. This setup does not support installing on this operating system. I downloaded MDAC 2.8 1177 and get the same error.
I thought of uninstalling/reinstalling SP2, but this is a 2 month old Dell Latitude 610 with factory installed XP. There is no Windows Service Pack 2 option listed in the Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
There's some other strange things, so I wonder if they are related.
1) I have Paul set up as an administrator account. Some folders like MSSQL show that account with no permissions. I grant all the permissions to Paul for that folder. I come back later and the permissions are gone.
2) I deleted 20 files in Explorer, but 7 of them did not go away. I deleted those 7 again and they instatnly reappeared. I deleted those 7 again and then they finally went away.
3) I get a slow reaction time for things like Windows Explorer and opening and closing programs. This is suprising since it has 2 gig of RAM and 2.3 Gig processor. Could it be a memory handling problem that's causing OS problems. Probably, the memory didn't handle the OS installation well and the whole system is compromised now.
I'm having the same problem on XP Sp2 trying to re-install MDAC.
Thought I'd try re-installing MDAC since my system errors out when I try to register DLL files.
|||I've seen this error during MDAC installation on XP SP2 as well. I was able to get around it by changing the Compatibility Properties of the mdac installation file to Win NT. It then installs OK.
|||Chnaces are the files did go away for an instant but they are on the system recovery list and XP replaced them.
|||I have XP Pro SP2 . It had a problem so I tried to install ADO.Net (MDAC Version 2.8 SP1 ) many times and reload it from download.microsoft.com. I couldn't install on my computer. I get the Fatal Setup Error "This setup does not support installing on this operating system". How can I solve this problem ?
|||I could not overcome the problem.. I finally did erased the drive and reinstalled windows.
Paul
|||Windows XP comes pre-installed with MDAC you should not install the standalone MDAC installer on Windows XP. If you have a problem with the MDAC install on XP then just run a repair install of XP this will reinstall the MDAC that XP ships with.|||I had a similar experience. Two possible options can be used to allow XP to repair the entries or force the install without having to repair the XP installation.
1. To repair your MDAC installation. Found this solution on the web that works. Have your XP SP2 install disk handy. Go to and find c:\windows\inf\mdac.inf. Right click on the .inf file and pick Install. It will attempt to reinstall the files. Browse to source files on the XP CD. It should install smoothly. It may ask for the handler.reg (in c:\program files\common files\system\msadc\). Restart. Sign in (admin) and then after a few minutes windows update will want to apply the security patch again. You may want to follow up with the SJet update also.
2. To force the installation. Found this one also. XP SP2 will already have the SP1 update applied but has registry corruption (virus after affects). Right click on the MDAC 2.8 SP1 install exe file and select properties. Select the Compatability tab, check the compatability mode box and pick "windows NT" or possibly "Windows 2000". Click apply and run the file again. It should install all the proper files again.
This restored the complete connectivity to databases. In visual studio the data tables did not display properly with a flawed connection. If the access (mdb) tables display properly, then a connection to the SQL database (mdf) - missing tables -is a access/login rights problem. Grant login rights to the user for the database.
|||John,
#2 works like a charms. Thanks a million.
MDAC 2.8 Fatal Setup Error. This setup does not support installing on this operating system
I have XP Pro SP2 with MDAC 2.8.1022. It had a problem so I tried to reinstall MDAC and got a Fatal Setup Error. This setup does not support installing on this operating system. I downloaded MDAC 2.8 1177 and get the same error.
I thought of uninstalling/reinstalling SP2, but this is a 2 month old Dell Latitude 610 with factory installed XP. There is no Windows Service Pack 2 option listed in the Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
There's some other strange things, so I wonder if they are related.
1) I have Paul set up as an administrator account. Some folders like MSSQL show that account with no permissions. I grant all the permissions to Paul for that folder. I come back later and the permissions are gone.
2) I deleted 20 files in Explorer, but 7 of them did not go away. I deleted those 7 again and they instatnly reappeared. I deleted those 7 again and then they finally went away.
3) I get a slow reaction time for things like Windows Explorer and opening and closing programs. This is suprising since it has 2 gig of RAM and 2.3 Gig processor. Could it be a memory handling problem that's causing OS problems. Probably, the memory didn't handle the OS installation well and the whole system is compromised now.
I'm having the same problem on XP Sp2 trying to re-install MDAC.
Thought I'd try re-installing MDAC since my system errors out when I try to register DLL files.
|||I've seen this error during MDAC installation on XP SP2 as well. I was able to get around it by changing the Compatibility Properties of the mdac installation file to Win NT. It then installs OK.
|||
Chnaces are the files did go away for an instant but they are on the system recovery list and XP replaced them.
|||I have XP Pro SP2 . It had a problem so I tried to install ADO.Net (MDAC Version 2.8 SP1 ) many times and reload it from download.microsoft.com. I couldn't install on my computer. I get the Fatal Setup Error "This setup does not support installing on this operating system". How can I solve this problem ?
|||I could not overcome the problem.. I finally did erased the drive and reinstalled windows.
Paul
|||Windows XP comes pre-installed with MDAC you should not install the standalone MDAC installer on Windows XP. If you have a problem with the MDAC install on XP then just run a repair install of XP this will reinstall the MDAC that XP ships with.|||I had a similar experience. Two possible options can be used to allow XP to repair the entries or force the install without having to repair the XP installation.
1. To repair your MDAC installation. Found this solution on the web that works. Have your XP SP2 install disk handy. Go to and find c:\windows\inf\mdac.inf. Right click on the .inf file and pick Install. It will attempt to reinstall the files. Browse to source files on the XP CD. It should install smoothly. It may ask for the handler.reg (in c:\program files\common files\system\msadc\). Restart. Sign in (admin) and then after a few minutes windows update will want to apply the security patch again. You may want to follow up with the SJet update also.
2. To force the installation. Found this one also. XP SP2 will already have the SP1 update applied but has registry corruption (virus after affects). Right click on the MDAC 2.8 SP1 install exe file and select properties. Select the Compatability tab, check the compatability mode box and pick "windows NT" or possibly "Windows 2000". Click apply and run the file again. It should install all the proper files again.
This restored the complete connectivity to databases. In visual studio the data tables did not display properly with a flawed connection. If the access (mdb) tables display properly, then a connection to the SQL database (mdf) - missing tables -is a access/login rights problem. Grant login rights to the user for the database.
|||John,
#2 works like a charms. Thanks a million.
MDAC 2.8 Fatal Setup Error. This setup does not support installing on this operating system
I have XP Pro SP2 with MDAC 2.8.1022. It had a problem so I tried to reinstall MDAC and got a Fatal Setup Error. This setup does not support installing on this operating system. I downloaded MDAC 2.8 1177 and get the same error.
I thought of uninstalling/reinstalling SP2, but this is a 2 month old Dell Latitude 610 with factory installed XP. There is no Windows Service Pack 2 option listed in the Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
There's some other strange things, so I wonder if they are related.
1) I have Paul set up as an administrator account. Some folders like MSSQL show that account with no permissions. I grant all the permissions to Paul for that folder. I come back later and the permissions are gone.
2) I deleted 20 files in Explorer, but 7 of them did not go away. I deleted those 7 again and they instatnly reappeared. I deleted those 7 again and then they finally went away.
3) I get a slow reaction time for things like Windows Explorer and opening and closing programs. This is suprising since it has 2 gig of RAM and 2.3 Gig processor. Could it be a memory handling problem that's causing OS problems. Probably, the memory didn't handle the OS installation well and the whole system is compromised now.
I'm having the same problem on XP Sp2 trying to re-install MDAC.
Thought I'd try re-installing MDAC since my system errors out when I try to register DLL files.
|||I've seen this error during MDAC installation on XP SP2 as well. I was able to get around it by changing the Compatibility Properties of the mdac installation file to Win NT. It then installs OK.
|||
Chnaces are the files did go away for an instant but they are on the system recovery list and XP replaced them.
|||I have XP Pro SP2 . It had a problem so I tried to install ADO.Net (MDAC Version 2.8 SP1 ) many times and reload it from download.microsoft.com. I couldn't install on my computer. I get the Fatal Setup Error "This setup does not support installing on this operating system". How can I solve this problem ?
|||I could not overcome the problem.. I finally did erased the drive and reinstalled windows.
Paul
|||Windows XP comes pre-installed with MDAC you should not install the standalone MDAC installer on Windows XP. If you have a problem with the MDAC install on XP then just run a repair install of XP this will reinstall the MDAC that XP ships with.|||I had a similar experience. Two possible options can be used to allow XP to repair the entries or force the install without having to repair the XP installation.
1. To repair your MDAC installation. Found this solution on the web that works. Have your XP SP2 install disk handy. Go to and find c:\windows\inf\mdac.inf. Right click on the .inf file and pick Install. It will attempt to reinstall the files. Browse to source files on the XP CD. It should install smoothly. It may ask for the handler.reg (in c:\program files\common files\system\msadc\). Restart. Sign in (admin) and then after a few minutes windows update will want to apply the security patch again. You may want to follow up with the SJet update also.
2. To force the installation. Found this one also. XP SP2 will already have the SP1 update applied but has registry corruption (virus after affects). Right click on the MDAC 2.8 SP1 install exe file and select properties. Select the Compatability tab, check the compatability mode box and pick "windows NT" or possibly "Windows 2000". Click apply and run the file again. It should install all the proper files again.
This restored the complete connectivity to databases. In visual studio the data tables did not display properly with a flawed connection. If the access (mdb) tables display properly, then a connection to the SQL database (mdf) - missing tables -is a access/login rights problem. Grant login rights to the user for the database.
|||John,
#2 works like a charms. Thanks a million.
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