ASP.NET to ORACLE DB = client not found

[itbnorris]

Okay, I'm sure many people have seen this error.

"Oracle client and networking components were not found. These components are supplied by Oracle Corporation and are part of the Oracle Version 7.3.3 or later client software installation. Provider is unable to function until these components are installed."

This is what I get when I try to connect to an oracle db from my ASP.NET app. I HAVE installed the same client we install on desktops for our Oracle Forms app on the webserver. I HAVE restarted the server since this install.

I've been through everything listed here by Microsoft:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255084/EN-US/

I've checked off each of the checks it instructs to no avail. I've tried different connection strings, nothing.

Before I head over and drop kick my Server, anyone mind helping me out??

Details:
Server is Windows Server 2003
App runs fine when tested on localhost

 

[Ecreations]

Not sure about Windows Server 2003 but this tested and worked on both XP and 2000
back up your register first then locate these keys and make sure they have the saame values as posted

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSDTC\MTxOCI]
"OracleXaLib"="oraclient8.dll"
"OracleSqlLib"="orasql8.dll"
"OracleOciLib"="oci.dll"


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[itbnorris]

Nothing...

I'm at my wits end on this. I've done everything in the MS article, and even modified the registry as above, and I still get the same "Oracle client and networking components not found" error.

I'm going to start setting this up on another server, see if there is just something fishy with this one.