VB6 - Deployment Issue!

[Jigabyte]

Hi Peeps,

I have a VB6 application which has been deployed all over the UK and works well. For some reason I have installed it on one particular PC with Admin rights and that works fine but if you log in as a standard user I get msadodc is missing or not registered.

Can anyone shed any light on this one please,

Thank you,

Jiggy!

[robbedaya]

are you sure you installed it for "All users who use the computer", and not only for current user (admin). Some installation-sets ask this question

[Hack]

Moved

[Jigabyte]

Appologies HACK, did not see the Application Deployment Thread. It will not install as a standard user because they dont have registry write permissions. My guess is that the registery info is in a more secure part of the reg and not in the common????

[randem]

Did you deploy the MDAC or did you rely on it being there already?

[Jigabyte]

It was weird because we gave a normal user admin rights; did the install and it worked; rolled the users right back and tried it and it failed again; gave user admin rights; did install again and did a repair; rolled the users rights back again and it worked.

[randem]

Did you answer the question?

[Jigabyte]

I relied on it being there as it is deployed with XP SP2.

[randem]

That is your fatal mistake. NEVER rely on anything being there, well not if you want you app and installation to work 100% of the time. Less than 100% is good for some but not me...

[Jigabyte]

Thank you mate for all your help, which version should I include in my MSI is it 2.8 and what would happen if it was already installed?