DRA Installer throws error on installing MSAccess on a 64-Bit machine (NETIQKB70545)

  • 7770545
  • 26-Jul-2007
  • 17-Nov-2011

Environment

Directory and Resource Administrator 8.1x

Situation

DRA Installer throws error on installing MSAccess on a 64-Bit machine.
During installation of DRA Server on a win2k3 64 Bit Server upon selecting the option to install MS Access feature the installer throws the error.

Resolution

DRA does not install 64-bit MS Access on any platform.  DRA only installs the 32-bit version of MS Access.

For a possible workaround, see the following Microsoft article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/244439

 

Cause

64-bit MS Access does not come as part of the DRA 8.1 Reporting Tool; it is 32-bit MS Access.

Additional Information

Formerly known as NETIQKB70545