HOW TO: Determine Whether MDAC Is Installed on Your Computer Using FrontPage 2002 (292627)

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256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to determine whether the Microsoft Data Access Component (MDAC) is installed on your computer.

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Determine Whether MDAC is Installed

Click Start and then click Run.
In the Open box, type Regedit and then click OK.
Look for the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DataAccess\FullInstallVer
If the key is located in the registry, MDAC is installed.

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REFERENCES

For more information about the Microsoft Data Access Component, please visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/dataaccess

For additional information about the Microsoft Component Checker and for instructions on how to use it to determine the MDAC Version, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

307255 INFO: Component Checker: Diagnose Problems and Reconfigure MDAC Installations

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