Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 09/28/21 11:39

David Kirkman (foxwaycomputing@gmail.com) writes:
> An Access 97 linked server in SQL Server 2K has recently stopped
> working. In Enterprise Manager, the following error message appears
> when attempting to view the list of tables in the linked server:
>
> Error 7399:OLE DB provider 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0' reported an error.
> OLE DB error trace [OLE/DB Provider 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0'
> IDBInitialize::Initialize returned 0x80004005: ].
>
> This linked server has not been used recently and in that time Win2K
> SP4 and SQL Server 2K SP4 have both been applied. We now need to use
> this linked server on a regular basis so any help will be much
> appreciated.

Check out in master..sysservers how the server is set up. Pay particular
attention to the providerstring column.

Or just drop the server, and set it up a new.

Also, verify that the connect string you use works from a regular client
as well.


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