Let's say you want to load data from an Excel 2003 (.xls) file into a database using SSIS: If you're running on a 64-bit machine, you'll get this:   Plus this error: [PASS Regional Mentor Spreadsheet [1]] Error: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_CANNOTACQUIRECONNECTIONFROMCONNECTIONMANAGER.  The AcquireConnection method call to the ...