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Hi Our club has been given an old PC running win 98 so that we can run a scoring program. Software instructions are WinMSS has the following system requirements: Intel Pentium 166 MHz or higher (P2 400 MHz, or better recommended) Microsoft Windows 98/98 SE; Windows NT 4.0 (with service pack 5 or later); Windows ME; Windows 2000; Windows XP; or, Windows 2003. 64 Mb RAM (128 Mb recommended) 32 Mb hard disk space (approximately 7 Mb for WinMSS files without data) VGA or higher resolution monitor Mouse or other pointing device Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC version 2.5 or later, see below) Microsoft Windows Messaging System (optional) WinMSS should run on Windows ME; Windows 2000; Windows XP; and, Windows 2003 problem-free. If you are using Windows 98/98 SE; or, Windows NT 4.0 (with service pack 5 or later), you may need to install Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC). Installing MDAC is similar to a system upgrade and it cannot be removed once installed (see: Installing MDAC). Important: You must use WinMSS in order to submit Match scores to IPSC Headquarters electronically. This includes, but is not limited to, the submission of IPSC International Classification System (ICS) scores. 1.2 Installing MDAC WinMSS uses Microsoft's Data Access Components (MDAC), to maintain its information. Microsoft distributes MDAC with Windows 98 SE (Second Edition); Windows ME; Windows 2000; Windows XP; and Windows 2003. If you are running WinMSS on Windows 98; or, Windows NT 4.0, you may need to update your operating system and install MDAC. Meeting WinMSS's Minimum MDAC Requirements The following steps describe how to ensure that your computer's data access components meet WinMSS's minimum requirements. These steps must be performed in the order in which they are presented: 1) Ensure DCOM (Distributed Common Object Model) is installed Microsoft Data Access Components require the Distributed Common Object Model, but DCOM may not be installed if your are using Windows 98. You may download and install Microsoft's DCOM from here: Win98: http://www.microsoft.com/com/dcom/dcom98/dcom1_3.asp 3 WinMSS Copyright © 2002-2011, International Practical Shooting Confederation WinNT, WinMe, WinXP, Win2000, & Win2K3: DCOM is installed with the operating system. 2) Ensure your computer has MDAC (Microsoft Data Access Components) Check the WinMSS About window. If your computer does NOT have MDAC (e.g.: Windows 98), install MDAC 2.5 SP3 (Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5, Service Pack 3). This step is absolutely necessary, because the Microsoft Jet Engine is not included in the downloadable MDAC 2.6 (and later) releases, and WinMSS requires the Microsoft Jet Engine. You can download and install MDAC 2.5 SP3 from here: Win98: http://www.microsoft.com/data WinNT, WinMe, WinXP, Win2000, & Win2K3: Not required. 3) Ensure minimum MDAC requirements are met (version 2.61.7326.6 or later) Check the WinMSS About window. It will report the current version of MDAC installed in the computer that WinMSS is being run on (not the computer that the WinMSS executable is installed on). If your MDAC version is a lower version than 2.61.7326.6, you need to upgrade that computer with MDAC 2.6 SP2 (Refresh). You may download this from here: http://www.microsoft.com/data 4) Ensure minimum Microsoft Jet Engine requirements are met (version 4.0.6218.0 or later) Check the WinMSS About window. It also reports the current version of the Microsoft Jet Engine installed in the computer that WinMSS is being run on (not the computer that the WinMSS executable is installed on). If you Microsoft Jet Engine version are a lower version than 4.0.6218.0, you need to upgrade that computer with Jet 4.0 Service Pack 7. You may download this from here: http://msdn. microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/downloads/list/dataaccess.asp Note: Current versions of MDAC for all 32-bit Windows operating systems are available from Microsoft's Universal Data Access, Free Downloads, web page: http://www.microsoft.com/data/download.htm If you encounter unusual database problems, compacting and repairing it or downloading and installing the Microsoft MDAC 2.7 SP 1 Refresh usually makes them go away. I am kind of lost and hope that maybe there is a service pack I could download that would take care of it. br22