If you want ADO and don't want to install IE4, go to
http://www.microsoft.com/data/mdac15.htm and follow the 'Register and Download Updated MDAC 1.5 (January 7, 1998)' link.
Not only does this install ADO, but it also installs the latest RDS, OLE DB, and ODBC components as well as the latest drivers and providers.
Enjoy!
"It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much -- the wheel, New York, wars and so on -- whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man -- for precisely the same reasons." - Douglas Adams