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Access conflicts with Windows ME?
Hi,
I purchased a health club management software package which uses Access as the database. I have been having error problems that have been arising lately and the software providers canned response is: There are lots of problems with Access run in Windows ME. They are about to tell me to buy a new computer with XP. Is there any legitamacy to this or are they passing the buck? Please help!! Thanks |
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Access conflicts with Windows ME?
I haven't heard about that, but buying a new computer just to get XP is
silly. I would buy XP Pro and install it just to have a more stable O/S than ME, whether I was using Access or not. -- Kevin Hill President 3NF Consulting www.3nf-inc.com/NewsGroups.htm www.DallasDBAs.com/forum - new DB forum for Dallas/Ft. Worth area DBAs. "andrew" wrote in message ... Hi, I purchased a health club management software package which uses Access as the database. I have been having error problems that have been arising lately and the software providers canned response is: There are lots of problems with Access run in Windows ME. They are about to tell me to buy a new computer with XP. Is there any legitamacy to this or are they passing the buck? Please help!! Thanks |
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Access conflicts with Windows ME?
"andrew" wrote:
I purchased a health club management software package which uses Access as the database. I have been having error problems that have been arising lately and the software providers canned response is: There are lots of problems with Access run in Windows ME. They are about to tell me to buy a new computer with XP. Is there any legitamacy to this or are they passing the buck? They are probably passing the buck. What kinds of problems are you having? Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Please respond only in the newsgroups so that others can read the entire thread of messages. Microsoft Access Links, Hints, Tips & Accounting Systems at http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm |
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Access conflicts with Windows ME?
I agree with Tony.
Is the software actually developed in Access, i.e. is it an Access application? It is possible that the software is actually developed in something else, i.e. VB or C++, Pascal, etc..., and simply use a JET database file to store data. Since a JET database file uses the same extension MDB and is managed by JET database enigine (which is the default database engine used by Access also), Access gets blamed for these problems which haave nothing to do with Access. This scenario is very common with commercial software packages. If this is the case, your software providers don't know what they are talking about ... -- HTH Van T. Dinh MVP (Access) "andrew" wrote in message ... Hi, I purchased a health club management software package which uses Access as the database. I have been having error problems that have been arising lately and the software providers canned response is: There are lots of problems with Access run in Windows ME. They are about to tell me to buy a new computer with XP. Is there any legitamacy to this or are they passing the buck? Please help!! Thanks |
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