>I have Visual Studio 6 and want to connect to Access 2000 and it tells me that it can not recognize the database. What can i do to get them to connect without converting it back to Access 97
Install the latest version of the MDAC (MDAC_TYP.EXE shipped with the VS SP3 and SP4 updates, and can be downloaded separately from the MS Web site. The drivers incvluded with the MDAC work with all versions of Access.