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Access ODBC connection failing for only 1 user

Tags: odbc, access, connection
We have an in-house database written in Access 2003 that uses ODBC to connect to our Progress ERP database.  It is used for scheduling and reports not available or unusable in our ERP.  

There are macros that run to update tables which pull data out from the production database.  One user is unable to run the update macro.  What it comes down to is she is unable to open or access linked tables.  When I try to open a linked table I get "ODBC - connection to 'DSN-name' failed"

She runs a thin client to a terminal server.  On the server is a system DSN and when I test the connection through Data Sources it is successful.  She has local admin rights (don't want to get in to the "why's" now), and the same AD rights as other users who are able to run it.  There is no security on the database, and the macro security level is set to low.

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Zone: Database
Question Asked By: benhar
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Solution Grade: B
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