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description: "Implementing Desktop Database Drivers"
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# Implementing Desktop Database Drivers
Instructions and technical notes about how to implement and set up the Microsoft ODBC Desktop Database Drivers can be found in the ODBC Data Source Administrator online help. This file can be accessed during driver setup routines from the [Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator](../../odbc/admin/odbc-data-source-administrator.md).  
  
 This section contains the following topics.  
  
-   [Files to Use with the Desktop Database Drivers](../../odbc/microsoft/files-to-use-with-the-desktop-database-drivers.md)  
  
-   [ODBC Component Files](../../odbc/microsoft/odbc-component-files.md)  
  
-   [Hardware and Software Requirements](../../odbc/microsoft/hardware-and-software-requirements-odbc.md)  
  
-   [Descriptors with Desktop Database Drivers](../../odbc/microsoft/descriptors-and-desktop-database-drivers.md)  
  
-   [Diagnostics for Desktop Database Drivers](../../odbc/microsoft/diagnostics-for-desktop-database-drivers.md)  
  
-   [Functions Accepting String Parameters](../../odbc/microsoft/functions-accepting-string-parameters.md)  
  
-   [SQL-92 Compliance](../../odbc/microsoft/sql-92-compliance.md)  
  
-   [Base Address of Drivers](../../odbc/microsoft/base-address-of-drivers.md)  
  
-   [Setup DLL](../../odbc/microsoft/setup-dll.md)  
  
-   [Translation DLLs and Desktop Database Drivers](../../odbc/microsoft/translation-dlls-and-desktop-database-drivers.md)  
  
-   [Desktop Database Driver Compatibility](../../odbc/microsoft/desktop-database-driver-compatibility.md)  
  
-   [Desktop Database Driver Performance Issues](../../odbc/microsoft/desktop-database-driver-performance-issues.md)