Is there any way to remove the KB911562 MDAC 2.8 Security Update and restore MDAC?

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MadMax350
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Is there any way to remove the KB911562 MDAC 2.8 Security Update and restore MDAC?

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I have traced one of my older software problems to the April 2006 update release from MS for MDAC 2.8 in Windows 98 SE. Trouble is, to find this out I had to delete my Windows directory from the HDD on one PC and reinstall Win 98 SE. I have another machine running the same OS and I don't want to do the same. Anyone know how to remove the KB911562 MDAC 2.8 Security Update?

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It should be listed in add-remove pgms.
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Curious what legacy software you're running that has issues with .NET and MDAC updates?

Hinting towards the idea..."may be time to update that software".
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TonyT wrote:It should be listed in add-remove pgms.
The aforementioned MDAC update is NOT listed in the add/remove programs list.
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YeOldeStonecat wrote:Curious what legacy software you're running that has issues with .NET and MDAC updates?

Hinting towards the idea..."may be time to update that software".
I had considered that option until I discovered the company who made the said piece of software has since sold out and the new company no longer offers support/updates for this product.

I guess my next question is: How do you completely uninstall MDAC? I tried deleting the MDAC directories on my HDD and all files I could find associated with MDAC and reinstalled MDAC 2.8 and same problem exists.
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/232060/

Read this page complete and carefully...
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Ken wrote:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/232060/

Read this page complete and carefully...
Cool. Read that and attempted the dasetup.exe /u rollback feature. No good. Got an error message stating MDAC could not be rolled back. However, I did find and download MDAC 2.8 SP1 and installed it and my legacy software now works fine. Microsoft Windows Update still says I need to download an update for MDAC 2.8 SP1 but no way am I going to chance that.
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MadMax350 wrote:Cool. Read that and attempted the dasetup.exe /u rollback feature. No good. Got an error message stating MDAC could not be rolled back. However, I did find and download MDAC 2.8 SP1 and installed it and my legacy software now works fine. Microsoft Windows Update still says I need to download an update for MDAC 2.8 SP1 but no way am I going to chance that.
Also did Windows 98 update installing KB911562. Microsoft Streets and Trips 2005 started abending when I selected a single address in an address find. I also found and download MDAC 2.8 SP1 - that fixed the problem. Thanks for the help......... :thumb:
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