wine users - Mar 2010 - Microsoft.jet.OLEDB.4.0 provider is not registered on the lo

What does this error message mean? what can i do about it?

charlo49 <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:
>Sent: Mar 30, 2010 11:10 AM
>To: wine-users at winehq.org
>Subject: [Wine] Microsoft.jet.OLEDB.4.0 provider is not registered on the lo
>
>What does this error message mean? what can i do about it?
>
Use winetricks to install mdac 2.8.

James McKenzie

Thanks. I installed mdac 2.8, but I get same message. Is this something to do
with 32-bit versus 64-bit?

I found this site which claims to address the problem for Windows Vista.

http://www.telerik.com/support/kb/aspnet-ajax/general/error-on-64-bit-windows-machines-the-microsoft-jet-oledb-4-0-provider-is-not-registered-on-the-local-machine.aspx

For Windows 2000, for which my Wine is configured, I was directed to this MS
site on switching between 32 and 64-bit, but I don't understand how to apply
the instructions in Wine/Ubuntu.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894435

Thanks again. 
So I guess it's not that...

Maybe this .NET issue is just not workable in Wine...?

FAQ 6.7 says this

"Wine still has many problems with .NET. You're probably out of luck,
but if you're brave, you can still try running it."