>I am trying to install ADO components on a client's macine and am experiencing some difficulty.
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>I need to read an Access97 file. I have done it OK on my machine but cannot get the client's machine is giving me an error 'Provider cannot be found. May be improperly installed'.
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>I have installed ADO 2.5 (no service packs). The operating system is Windows98on the client machine. On my machine I am running Win2K.
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>What do I need to do to get the client up and running?

This could be due to a bad MDAC installation. Download the component checker from the ADO downloads page at http://www.microsoft.com/data/download.htm, and use the option for removing and re-installing MDAC. HTH