>Thanks for the info.
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>My question is can someone shed some light on an easy way to determine if a system has 'Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.5' which is needed to update to SP5.
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>TIA

From http://www.microsoft.com/data/download :
Component Checker

The Component Checker tool is designed to help you determine installed version information and diagnose installation issues with the Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC). Component Checker runs on the following operating systems: Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000. Only 32-bit and 64-bit platforms are supported. Component Checker has been updated to include MDAC 2.6 data.

MDAC is installed with numerous Microsoft products and also can be redistributed using the redistribution program (mdac_typ.exe) accessible through the links on the rest of this page.

Component Checker is a customizable tool that performs the following tasks:

Identifies the current MDAC installation on a computer.
Creates a series of reports about the files identified for the current MDAC installation.
Removes the current MDAC installation after listing .dll conflicts and identifying programs that reference a given .dll. "