ok so far so good. Now why doesnt right click desktop produce a New\Microsoft Data Link from the pop up menu? I'm trying to follow JVP's ADO white papters
Thanks

>>Went to www.microsoft.com/data and I cant tell which is latest version. They
>>go so much crap there. Any help? TIA I run 98SE and 2K Prof.
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>MDAC 2.6 Release is the latest version. 2.5 shipped with Windows 2000 Professional.
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>2.6 does not include the VFP ODBC drivers, so if 98SE doesn't have them, install MDAC 2.5 before 2.6
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>2.1 breaks anything that relies on the Microsoft FoxPro Driver (as opposed to the VFP driver).
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>HTH!