The ‘Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0’ provider is not registered on the local machine.

Really?

I normally do not use Access Databases, but for a pet project of mine I decided to quickly use Access 2010 Database to store some data. When I tried to add the database connection to my Windows Forms application, Visual Studio 2010 barked at me:

The ‘Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0’ provider is not registered on the local machine.

Even though it seems not logical, what fixes this problem is installing the Office 2007 System Driver: Data Connectivity Components.

Hope this helps someone…

Repairing Harmony 670 Remote

I absolutely hate waste. We are wasting a lot of resources in this country from bare necessities to entertainment items. This is even worse in the small electronics area. If a small electronics item gets broken most of us don’t even think of repairing it.  There is a better, newer version out there that we want anyway, and it doesn’t cost that much. So, we dump the broken one and got a brand new one. I struggle with that mentality as I know I can repair them most of the time. Do I have time to tackle every single broken electronics item in my house? Not all the time, and I previously had resource constraints as well. I used to have one table that I did my coding and electronics projects on. Our garage is not a useful place as it is detached and not finished inside so there is no room in there for me to setup my electronics lab. I was clearing out my desk every time I worked on an electronics project, pushing away the monitors, keyboard etc. The problem is that the next morning when I needed to code, my desk was covered with components, soldering iron etc. That meant, cleaning it again. I think you got the drift. Continue reading “Repairing Harmony 670 Remote”