You receive the "'800a000d' Type mismatch" error message on your ASP pages after you run Asp.exe on Personal Web Server 1.0a

After you run Asp.exe on Microsoft Personal Web Server version 1.0a, the following error message may appear when you preview Active Server Pages with Database results: NOTE: WebName is the name of the folder your web is stored in.

NOTE: This error message may vary, depending on the Web browser that you are using.

When you run Asp.exe after you install Office 2000, your version of Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) is downgraded. The earlier version of MDAC does not support FrontPage 2000 database functionality.

To resolve this issue, use one of the two following methods:

Method 1

Run FrontPage Maintenance Mode Setup, and select Detect and Repair.

Method 2

Install Microsoft Data Access Components version 2.1 or later. MDAC 2.1 may be downloaded from the following Microsoft Web site: NOTE: Because the Microsoft Web site is regularly updated, the site address may change without notice. If this occurs, link to the Microsoft home page at the following address: On the main Microsoft page, click the Search button. Search for "MDAC" (without quotation marks).

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

For additional information about this issue, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: