I have spent many hours dealing with this on my own so I figured I would write down the solution so I wouldn’t have to research everything again.  If you are running a 64 bit system and need to use *.MDB drivers you need to make sure the following is set:

run: “regsvr32 odbcconf.dll” from c:\windows\Syswow64\

Edit ODBC using: C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe

That will save you many hours of frustration with x64 systems

Well looks like Windows is all about getting their software into college students hands for a very reasonable price or for free.  This is their latest reach out to students DreamSpark.  After supplying your .edu address and confirming it you can download any of the software that they have here and use is for free!  This is great and is inline with the Student offering for Windows 7 or for Office 2007

This is just like the Windows Office for $59 only it is for Windows 7.  All you need is a valid .edu address.  I knew there was a reason that I went to grad school.

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You can download or have them email DVD’s to you for $59 and get the full unlimited version of Office 2007 Professional. Microsoft Steal Deal