I'm in "DAO Hell"; Please Help

[Vynce]

I recently installed an ATI All-In-Wonder Pro 9800 Video Card which I believe
installed something called "DAO". A failed driver update corrupted the DAO
(Data Access Objects?) so that it cannot be uninstalled from Add/Remove
Programs. This led to a secondary problem in Roxio Easy Media Creator 8 so
that I can no longer burn CD/DVD discs. It appears "DAO" also stands for
"Disc at Once" which is the method I use to burn discs (?!). Anyway, any
attempt to use Roxio causes the Windows Installer to launch and complain that
it cannot locate the DAO.msi file from its previous locale. The Installer
will NOT stop until Task Manger is used to "End Task".

So menacing did all this become, I removed the All-in-Wonder card and traded
it away. I also had to physically remove my DVD burner and install it into
my secondary PC so that I could resume CD/DVD writing, replacing it with a
CDRW.

Nonetheless, I still cannot burn a simple CD or anything else on my primary
PC due to the corrupt installation of "DAO".

Can someone PLEASE tell me how on earth one removes, reinstalls, or whatever
must be done to return my system to quiescense before I go madd!

Thanking any kind soul in advance.

V

 

[Douglas J Steele]

I find it hard to believe that a Video card would have anything to do with
Data Access Objects. I think that the use of the acronym is irrelevant in
this case.

The DAO associated with Access's Data Access Objects comes from dao360.dll
(Access 2000 and newer) or dao350.dll (Access 97), usually located in
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\DAO. You could try
reregistering them using regsvr32.exe and see if that helps, but as I imply
above, I doubt it will.

I'd suggest contacting ATI to see whether they have a solution to this
issue.

 

[Vynce]

ATI is no help. That is why I have removed the card. I did learn from
tedious research that the All-in-Wonder PVCR function in the Multimedia
Control System creates a "Library" for storage of all video clips recorded.
It is this library which utilizes DAO. The support folks at ATI like to
refer the user back to Microsoft but clicking the information buttton in
Add/Remove Programs clearly shows that the ATI software bundle installed DAO.
I never heard of it previously. I don't even think my Office System 2003
installation included it, as only Word, Outlook, Publisher & Excel are
installed.

As I am rid of the All-in-Wonder card, the only issue remaining (as far as I
can tell) is the inability to record CD/DVD's which is very problematic for
me. I hope I can recover without a format/reinstall because my Windows
installation is otherwise lean and mean . . .

 

[Douglas J Steele]

Office installs DAO, even if you don't have Access, because other Office
products can use DAO.

 

[Robert Morley]

Have you tried simply uninstalling/reinstalling all the relevant software?


Rob

 

[david epsom dot com dot au]

This group, access.modulsDAOvba.ado, discusses a different
kind of DAO. Unfortunately, no one here will know anything
about Disc At Once.

When I have an install problem, I just keep on removing things
until the problem goes away. Sometimes I have to re-install
Windows.

(david)