title: JDBC/ODBC Data source name not found and no default driver specified
body: <p>I realise there are many question linked to this and I have read most (I won't say all because that would be a lie) of them but none seem to quite cover my problem.</p>
  
  <p>I am currently maintaining a quite old application (Java 1.4 old) that uses odbc to (from what I know) access a local .mdb file.</p>
  
  <p>To do so, the program seems to use a connection string like construct:</p>
  
  <pre><code>db.url = jdbc:odbc:Importer
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When running it, I get the error set in the title of this question. Now, why don't most questions seem to apply to me:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>I work on a Windows XP SP3 32bit machine (that elimites all the questions where the solution is something with 64bit problems)</li>
  <li>I don't actually call the odbc by executing it, it just runs through the application</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>So, what else could the issue be? I know for sure that the exact same application runs normally on the customer's machine (I copied it to mine), so there has to be some issue with the configuration <strong>outside</strong> of the actual application.</p>
  
  <p>What could it be? System requirements? Some registry entries?</p>