JSI Tip 8763. The Oledb32.dll file is NOT upgraded when you upgrade from Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003?JSI Tip 8763. The Oledb32.dll file is NOT upgraded when you upgrade from Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003?

Jerold Schulman

December 6, 2004

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When you upgrade from Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003, the Oledb32.dll is NOT updated. Using this previous version may result in any of the following errors:

3709 - The connection cannot be used to perform this operation. It is either closed or invalid in this context.

-2147024769 Automation Error

8007007f Unknown Error

8007007f Cannot open the table

"Method'~' of Object '~' failed" on invoking the Open method of an ADODB.Connection

Error: The procedure entry point GetTextExtentPointI could not be located in the dynamic link library MSDART.DLL.

Error connecting to SQL-2147024769-

NOTE: See Microsoft Knowledge Base article 837128 for the steps necessary to extract the compressed Oledb32.dll file from the Windows Server 2003 CD, and copy the file to:

%SystemDrive%Program Filescommon filessystemOle db
%SystemRoot%system32Dllcache



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