​Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"=dword:00000001 "LinkResolveIgnoreLinkInfo"=dword:00000001 "NoResolveSearch"=dword:00000001 "NoResolveTrack"=dword:00000001 "NoInternetOpenWith"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "AutoEndTasks"="1" "HungAppTimeout"="1000" "MenuShowDelay"="0" "WaitToKillAppTimeout"="2000" "LowLevelHooksTimeout"="1000" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control] "WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="1000" NoLowDiskSpaceChecks = Low Disk Notification deactivated LinkResolveIgnoreLinkInfo = Determines whether Windows traces shortcuts back to their sources when it cannot find the target on the user's system. NoResolveSearch = Prevents the system from conducting a

Install the 32-bit ODAC Component (I did not install the 64-bit version of the ODAC, only the 32-bit Version)   Install the FULL Oracle11 Clients for BOTH 32 and 64 bit My tip: Install these to two separate ORACLE_HOME (OraClient11g_home1 and OraClient11g_home2) and put them in an easy identified folders like: 32-bit: C:\Oracle\product\11.2.0\client_32\ 64-bit: C:\Oracle\product\11.2.0\client_64\   Make sure the tnsnames.ora are updated in BOTH places: C:\Oracle\product\11.2.0\client_32\Network\Admin\ C:\Oracle\product\11.2.0\client_64\Network\Admin\   Edit Registry keys to make sure these all points to the correct Oracle (and not Microsoft) dll’s in C:\Windows\System32 HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSDTC\MTxOCI + HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\MSDTC\MTxOCI OracleSqlLib – from SQLLib80.dll to orasql11.dll                   (32-bit file copied from 32-bit client) OracleXaLib – from xa80.dll to oraclient11.dll