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Q175794: SMSINST: ODBC Driver Path Is Incorrectly Set on Win95 Client

Article: Q175794
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): 1.0,1.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): smsinst
Last Modified: 22-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2 
- Microsoft Systems Management Server Installer version 1.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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The ODBC Administrator reports that the setup routines could not be loaded,
following the installation of ODBC drivers on a Windows 95 client using a
package created by SMS Installer.

CAUSE
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The Install ODBC Driver option assumes that the driver and setup DLLs are always
placed in the Windows\System directory on Windows 95 clients. Consequently, it
prepends this path to the Driver Attributes on the Windows 95 client computer.

Some ODBC Driver Installation routines create a new application directory
structure and copy the setup and driver DLLs to it. This results in a mismatch
between the path that the registry reports in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBCINST.INI\Applicationname\ and the actual
location of the setup and driver DLLs. Other drivers added to the Driver
Attributes do not have the Windows\System path prepended.

Some ODBC Driver Installation routines copy the setup and driver DLLs to a
newly-created application directory structure, consequently there may be a
mismatch between the path that the registry reports in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBCINST.INI\<Applicationname>\ and the
actual location of the setup and driver DLLs. Other drivers that are added to
the Driver Attributes do not have the Windows\System path prepended.


WORKAROUND
==========

To work around this problem, copy the driver and setup DLL files to the
Windows\System directory on the Windows 95 client computer.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Systems Management
Server, version 1.2. We are researching this problem and will post new
information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodsms SMS Installer

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Keywords          : smsinst 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS120 kbSMSI100
Version           : :1.0,1.2
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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