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Nope, found that one and the DSN doesn't have a user/password and trusted is yes...
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Nope, found that one and the DSN doesn't have a user/password and trusted is yes...

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Couldnt get GPO to work, so used registry entry
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Couldnt get GPO to work, so used registry entry

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We have an entry in the - User conf. - Pref - Control panel - Data Sources - for an ODBC connection, which matches up, so must be working....<br />
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I have added another one into the GPO but its not applying.<br />
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I am getting error in event viewer - attached.<br />
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We have an entry in the - User conf. - Pref - Control panel - Data Sources - for an ODBC connection, which matches up, so must be working....

I have added another one into the GPO but its not applying.

I am getting error in event viewer - attached.

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