If you are working with Access 97, see Method 2 in the KB article below. Basically, its that
same as above, except for the reference to Jet 3.5 in the registry key:
ACC: How to Set the QueryTimeout Value for ODBC Connections http://support.microsoft.com/?id=153756
Tom
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Does anyone know how to change the odbc timeout default in the query properties permanently?