Remotely installing DSN

Is there any way to install a System DSN to all the pcs on my 2003 network?
(clients running xp)
either by a GPO or something else?]
i dont want to have to go around every pc doing itSystem DSN's are stored in the registry. making it somewhat difficult to
distribute.
You could change ther registry on one computer, save the registry to .reg
file, distrubute to all computers, and execute a custom script to import the
value.
ODBC entries are located in the registry in two spots. Both are under the
HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\ODBC
The first is found in the ODBC Data Sources subkey
The second set of registry entries go in the ODBC.INI subkey.
there are applications to help you do this as well...
http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.asp?ID=3369
If it was me I would try my hardest to change the Datasource on the
application level before changing alot of computers.
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"MatthewWilsonAPD" <MatthewWilsonAPD@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> Is there any way to install a System DSN to all the pcs on my 2003
> network?
> (clients running xp)
> either by a GPO or something else?]
> i dont want to have to go around every pc doing it|||DSNs are just registry entries so you could create a
VBScript to deploy or call from login scripts...whichever.
Take a look at the following example:
http://www.databasejournal.com/feat...cle.php/2238221
-Sue
On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 08:24:02 -0700, MatthewWilsonAPD
<MatthewWilsonAPD@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Is there any way to install a System DSN to all the pcs on my 2003 network?
>(clients running xp)
>either by a GPO or something else?]
>i dont want to have to go around every pc doing it

Remote Connection to SQl Server Express Via ADO

Dear All,

I have TWO PCs, one of them having SQL Server 2005 Express

i get sure the TCP is enables , Active, Remote conneciton is enabled via TCP only

from VS2005 (C#) i can add new sqlconnection contorl and configure it with any of the installed DBs

but when i got to the Other PC with VS2005 as well, i can't configure it

all i can do is to see the server inthe server list.. but NO databases are retieved at all in the Select database drop down menu

any solution or suggestion

Do you use window authentication? Maybe there is a problem with that. Why don't you try creating a database user and try logging in with it?