You cannot use the ODBC service on a 64bit server. It will not work. You will have to go to plan B. Might I suggestion the Access driver from httx - or moving away from access (which is your best option).
-Mark Mark A. Kruger, CFG, MCSE (402) 408-3733 ext 105 www.cfwebtools.com www.coldfusionmuse.com www.necfug.com -----Original Message----- From: Yves Arsenault [mailto:yves.arsena...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 12:41 PM To: cf-talk Subject: ColdFusion 8 ODBC Agent won't start on Windows 2008 Hi folks, Haven't been around this list in quite a while. I have a CF8 VPS on Windows 2008(64 bit) that I've started moving sites to for a client. A couple of these sites use MS Access databases and when I've tried to create a DSN in CF Admin I keep getting the following message: "The ColdFusion ODBC Server service is not running or has not been installed. You may also use the "MS Access with Unicode" driver to connect to MS Access datasources." When I try to start the CF ODBC Server I keep getting the following message: "Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion." Has anyone seen this? I know that from what I've read, the 64bit Windows 2008 does not comme with ODBC drivers for MS Access. Any ideas?? I'm still "googling"!! Thanks, Yves Arsenault "Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend". --Martin Luther King, Jr. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:328436 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4