Windows will decompress the contents of the zip archive into a folder in the same location. Right-click the zip archive and select 'Extract All.'. Locate the zip archive containing the client installer on your computer's hard drive. Once the download is complete, you can continue to the installation process. Note: The zip archive containing the client installer is large and may take several minutes to download. When you are prompted to download the client, choose to Save the file to an easily accessible location on your computer's hard drive. If you intend to use both 64-bit and 32-bit applications to create ODBC connections, you will need to install both clients. For instance, if you are running 64-bit Windows 7 but you plan to use a 32-bit copy of MS Access to connect to EPM, you should install the 32-bit version of the Oracle Client. Therefore, users of 64-bit versions of Windows may need to install the 32-bit version of the Oracle Client if they intend to make ODBC connections with 32-bit applications. 32-bit Windows applications will not work with Oracle's 64-bit ODBC driver.Once you are in the Box environment, click on the download button on the top right of the screen. Select on the following item(s) that you want to download. The clients are stored on the UW Box service so you may be prompted to login with your NetID and password. It is NOT recommended users running the Oracle 11g client update to 12c unless they are experiencing technical issues with the 11g client. The University of Wisconsin-Madison doesn't require any particular version installation of the Oracle client, but for best compatibility, it is recommended users install the 12c client. This document describes the installation process for the Oracle 12c Client software.

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