Thanks. I installed mdac 2.8, but I get same message. Is this something to do with 32-bit versus 64-bit? I found this site which claims to address the problem for Windows Vista. http://www.telerik.com/support/kb/aspnet-ajax/general/error-on-64-bit-windows-machines-the-microsoft-jet-oledb-4-0-provider-is-not-registered-on-the-local-machine.aspx For Windows 2000, for which my Wine is configured, I was directed to this MS site on switching between 32 and 64-bit, but I don't understand how to apply the instructions in Wine/Ubuntu. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894435
