SMSINST: ODBC Driver Path Is Incorrectly Set on Win95 Client

- Microsoft Systems Management Server, version 1.2 - Microsoft Systems Management Server Installer, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

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

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

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.