I should have listened to Lyle Fairfield. Thanks Van T Dinh, ODBCproblem resolved.

I was having problems connecting to an ODBC data source in A2003. I
would click on File/GetExternalData/Link and select "ODBC Databases()"
from the "file of type" dropdown. This would simply quit on me and not
present the "Select Datasource" window. It was driving me nuts.

I did a search on selecting ODBC datasources and closing the datasource
window and a message thread by Van T Dinh, who was a regular poster in
this newsgroup, provided the solution. THANK YOU VAN!!!!
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.access/brows e_thread/thread/91e4438566355c02/e8448a10f749897b?hl=en&lnk= st&q=can%27t+see+data+source+odbc#e8448a10f749897b

The culprit was NAV 2006. There was a thread I started regarding VSTO
and worms on 10/1/2007. Lyle's suggestion was "I would uninstall
everything Symantec" I didn't follow his advice. If I had I wouldn't
have had this problem.


Good signs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfKKJ-tqHFE

Re: I should have listened to Lyle Fairfield. Thanks Van T Dinh, ODBC problem resolved.

Hi, Salad

> The culprit was NAV 2006. There was a thread I started regarding VSTO
> and worms on 10/1/2007. Lyle's suggestion was "I would uninstall
> everything Symantec" I didn't follow his advice. If I had I wouldn't
> have had this problem.

That's a known problem ...

I regret, that did'nt read your post regarding your ODBC-problem earlier - I
could have give you this link :

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.databases.ms-access/brow se_thread/thread/10fa0a14b03dcaf3

Regards
Jens

Re: I should have listened to Lyle Fairfield. Thanks Van T Dinh, ODBC problem resolved.

Per Salad:
>The culprit was NAV 2006.

FWIW, I've been using the freebie version of Avast on three
different PCs for over three years now and haven't had any
malware problems of any kind during that time.

Was paying for PC-Cillin before that. Dumped it after a Trojan
brought my PC to it's knees and I discovered there was basically
no support at Trend Micro - PC-Cillin's publisher.
--
PeteCresswell

Re: I should have listened to Lyle Fairfield. Thanks Van T Dinh, ODBC problem resolved.

On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:08:17 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote:

>Per Salad:
>>The culprit was NAV 2006.
>
>FWIW, I've been using the freebie version of Avast on three
>different PCs for over three years now and haven't had any
>malware problems of any kind during that time.
>
>Was paying for PC-Cillin before that. Dumped it after a Trojan
>brought my PC to it's knees and I discovered there was basically
>no support at Trend Micro - PC-Cillin's publisher.

I have a multi-boot system, W ME and W 98. Both systems are running the free
Avast program. I have a problem that I blame on the free Avast program. I
don't know for a fact that AVG is the culprit. I update both systems once a
day. Sometimes after a major program update, one that requires the computer to
be re-boored for the update to take affect. The desktop icons in W ME get
re-arranged alphabetically every time the computer is booted. The icons in W
98 are not affected. I have a program that can save the icon positions and can
also restore those positions. I run the icon restore after every boot for a
week or so. Then after many more AVI updates, not always a major update, the
problem goes away. I've checked for viruses, spies, trojans, rootkits.
Nothing shows up.

Chuck
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Re: I should have listened to Lyle Fairfield. Thanks Van T Dinh, ODBC problem resolved.

"Salad" wrote in message
news:13iq1omq6sc1ba5@corp.supernews.com...
>
> Lyle's suggestion was "I would uninstall everything Symantec" I didn't
> follow his advice. If I had I wouldn't have had this problem.
>

My experience of Symantec products (AV and Ghost) was not a good one. I now
use AVG anti-virus (free) and Acronis True Image (about 20 quid). Both head
and shoulders above Symantec IMHO.

Keith.