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by r. diel 1 view

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I'm troubleshooting a Win98SE machine, and whenever the machine loads windows, I get the above error. I have searched the startup locations, and there is no indication what might be trying to configure ODBC. The user cannot remember what she triedto install before she started getting the error and I have checked the ODBC control panel applet to no success. Any ideas that would point me in the right direction would be appreciated. The next step is to disable startup programs one by one until the error goes away, and then to completely reinstall the OS and programs. *shudder*

TIA

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by mcarswell

Check the registry and see if you have any application specified in the following Key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

by mphoffar

I first try to log in as the default user (just pressing cancel on the windows login screen should get you there, if you havto, do a login in as a different user to get to that screen) and then a reload or repair microsoft office while sitting as the default user

Just a note...although it sounds like this isn't it. I seem to remember something about oracle 7.3 had problems running under 98.

Good luck to you

Mark

by rick.philips9

Try downloading and installing the latest version of the ODBC drivers from microsofts Website. If your user can't remember what was installed just before this happened search for install logs and modifiled files on or about the date of the problem.

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