No ODBC driver after installing Oracle 11g R2

Today, after installing Oracle Database 11g R2 Client there was no ODBC driver listed under Data Sources (ODBC) window. First I tried to change Setup type to Administrator, then Instant Client, etc… noting worked.

Then I remembered my last issue with Same / different file problem on 64-bit / WoW64. As you remember, you cannot load 32-bit DLL, driver, etc. in 64-bit process. Read more about WoW64.

The problem is, that I have installed 32-bit Oracle on 64-bit Windows.

Now there are two options:

  1. Install 64-bit Oracle;
  2. If you can not do 1. (my case), then you can access 32-bit ODBC under:

    Start - Run - %windir%\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe

Microsoft have article The 32-bit version of the ODBC Administrator tool and the 64-bit version of the ODBC Administrator tool display both the 32-bit user DSNs and the 64-bit user DSNs in a 64-bit version of the Windows operating system.

MikroTik Syslog Daemon is a free Syslog Server for Windows

At one point I believed that only free Syslog server for Microsoft Windows was Kiwi Syslog Server. However, I found a very good alternative – MikroTik Syslog Daemon is a freeware Syslog Server for Windows platform.

Mikrotik Syslog daemon for Windows

I am writing this post so others can find alternative Syslog recorder / server for Windows. Strangely, it cannot be found using Google search.

It runs on most Windows versions, including Windows 7 (32 and 64-bit) and Windows Server 2008 R2.

P.S. I found it because I work with Mikrotik RouterOS and I was surprised that Kiwi Syslog is not the only one Syslog software for MS Windows.

P.S.S. This time I could not find the Free version on Kiwi site, so here is a link to download.com.