ODBC Administrator odbcad32.exe crashing

Whenever I try to set up a System DSN selecting Oracle ODBC Driver 9.0.1.8.0 it causes the ODBC Administrator odbcad32.exe to crash.
I am running Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.6.0 and Windows XP Professional.
I have tried installing the ODBC driver into a different directory, but that did not help.
I have to use a MS Access front end to connect to the database because that is where all the reports that I need to run were developed.
I am not a technical person, so any help would be appreciated.

Hi JMARKS6205-2,
Sorry for my delay.
Based on your description, it seems that you have checked the registry entries. On current situation, I suggest
that you should check again. Just to confirm.
Please open Registry Editor and navigate to the path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBCINST.INI
Since installation information for ODBC drivers is stored in this key. Please make sure that the required ODBC
driver file (psqlodbc30a.dll) is in the correct folder as described by the registry keys.
For more details, please refer to the following KB.
PRB: Error Message: "Could Not Load Translator or Setup
Library"
If any update, please feel free to let me know.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu

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Thanks.
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