Help w/ODBC driver and Oracle 7 (and maybe 8)

Hi,
Can anyone give me some information about using the Oracle ODBC driver for Windows? I know that it is no longer supported, but our application uses the Oracle 7 (7.3.4) client to connect to an Oracle 8i server. I have some reports written in a MS Access front end that connect through the ODBC (Oracle 7 driver) to the server.
When I run a query that takes a long time to return results, I find the connection times out whenever I use Windows2000/NT but is fine when I use 98. I also have this problem when I use the Oracle 8 client/driver and I am sure to remove the check from the "Enable Query Timeout" box in the ODBC setup. Again, even with 8, no problem on 98, but timeouts still happen on NT/2000
Is there a known bug out there on this and is there some way to fix it?
Thanks for your help and regards,
Eugene

The Oracle ODBC driver is certainly still a supported product. There are old versions (i.e. the Oracle7 driver that are no longer supported).
Which version of the Oracle 8 client & ODBC driver are you using? If you're using a older 8.0.x client and ODBC driver, those may not have been certified on Windows 2000. Can you connect to the database with SQL*Plus on the machines where the Oracle 8 client & ODBC driver are installed?
Is it possible that the user that's running the Access front-end doesn't have sufficient privs to the %ORACLE_HOME% directory? I know NT & 2000 actually enforce this sort of thing, where 98 doesn't.
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