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MS Access Forum / New Users / May 2005Installing 2003
I have Access 97 and Access 2000 installed on my XP Pro computer. I plan to install Access 2003 (Upgrade version). Of course, I'll be installing it to it's own directory. Any advice or information on possible problems I might run into? Any stability problems associated with Access 2003? Pros... Cons? Thanks in advance for any help... Al Camp Hard to believe that no one could take a moment to offer any reply (yea or nay) on this very "basic" question... Since installing Access97 and Access 2000 on the same machine had problems, I didn't think my question was unreasonable. I have already successfully installed Access 2003. Al Camp >I have Access 97 and Access 2000 installed on my XP Pro computer. > I plan to install Access 2003 (Upgrade version). [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Al Camp There are no major issues with having all three versions on the same machine. This issue has been discussed many times on the NG's. As for the stability of Access 2003, this also has been discussed at length. A googleGroups search would yield many hits on both of your issues. -- HTH Stephen Lebans http://www.lebans.com Access Code, Tips and Tricks Please respond only to the newsgroups so everyone can benefit. > Hard to believe that no one could take a moment to offer any reply (yea or > nay) on this very "basic" question... [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > > > Al Camp Hi Stephen, Thanks for the reply.... Have visited you excellent web site many times, and use your SetGetSB to keep my subforms from "jumping" after a Requery. It works great! You wrote... > There are no major issues with having all three versions on the same > machine. Well, that's really all I needed to know. I'd like to defend my question, and my follow up post a bit... Previous to my post, I searched the MSKB and didn't find anything about multi-version conflicts with installing 2003, so I thought I'd just run a quick check by the NG to be sure. I found 70 or so hits in GettingStarted under "Installing 2003", and only got 1 hit... a post that never got a reply either. ( Dec 11 2003 ) My point is that I would have thought it much more "productive" if someone would have taken just taken a minute to let me know that there were no significant muliti-version installation problems associated with Access 2003, than to offer a 20 minute Google Group search as a solution. Personally, I have had a lot success with solving problems via web searches and resources, but very little with NG searches. And, couldn't we just apply the "search the newsgroup" solution to all common and repetitive newsgroup questions? Perennial questions such as, "How do I use Combo1 to restrict the records displayed in Combo2?", or... "Why do I get #Error when I add an unbound calculated field in my report footer?", or the ever popular "How do I filter my report by the value on my form?", etc etc. I know that I (and you too) have answered these old chestnuts a "gajillion" times, and will continue to do so in the future. Again, thanks for your reply, and I hope you take my comments in the spirit with which they are offered. Al Camp > There are no major issues with having all three versions on the same > machine. This issue has been discussed many times on the NG's. [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >> > >> > Al Camp Al your question regarding compatability has been asked repeatedly since the introduction of Access 2003. A GoogleGroups search has always worked better for me than a plain Web search. install 2003 97 group:*access* http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&num=100&q=instal l+2003+97++group%3A*access*&safe=off Yields a couple of hundred hits, many of them specific to the search parameters. I do feel stongly suggesting a GoogleGroups search on such a common topic that has been repeatedly discussed in the NG's. I take it as laziness, though perhaps not always fairly, when a poster requests info that is already readily available. I extensively use GoolgeGroups myself. In over several hundred detailed searches for specific programmming issues I have required assistance with, only a handful have not resulted in at least a partial solution. Let's face it, unless you are working on the bleeding edge, your issue has already been encountered by someone else and a resolution, it it exists, been posted. These days, the ability to search the NG's, MSDN and the MS KB are as important or even more important than raw intelligence when it comes to solving programming issues. Finally, you have been around these NG's on and off for several years. You should know better. -- HTH Stephen Lebans http://www.lebans.com Access Code, Tips and Tricks Please respond only to the newsgroups so everyone can benefit. > Hi Stephen, > Thanks for the reply.... [quoted text clipped - 70 lines] > >> > > >> > Al Camp You wrote... >Finally, you have been around these NG's on and off for several years. >You should know better. I think you made some good points, and it's obvious that your Google newsgroup searching ability is far superior to mine...but that comment at the end was just rude and uncalled for. I politely disagreed with you, and there was no need for that "parting shot" remark. It was not worthy of your argument, nor your respected status within the Access community. You should know better. Al Camp > Al your question regarding compatability has been asked repeatedly since > the introduction of Access 2003. A GoogleGroups search has always worked [quoted text clipped - 121 lines] >> >> > >> >> > Al Camp Touche Al. The great thing about the NG's is that if you really don't agree with someone you can simply place them in your killfile. I find this method greatly enhances my NG experience. PLONK! -- Stephen Lebans http://www.lebans.com Access Code, Tips and Tricks Please respond only to the newsgroups so everyone can benefit. > You wrote... > >Finally, you have been around these NG's on and off for several years. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > better for me than a plain Web search. > > install 2003 97 group:*access* http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&num=100&q=instal > > l+2003+97++group%3A*access*&safe=off > > Yields a couple of hundred hits, many of them specific to the search [quoted text clipped - 116 lines] > >> >> > > >> >> > Al Camp Al, I could be mistaken, but I *believe* the EULA of an upgrade version requires that the lower version be removed from the machine. The upgrade version may actually overwrite your previous version. I'm sure I will be corrected if I am wrong in that assessment.  SignatureJeff Conrad Access Junkie Bend, Oregon > Hard to believe that no one could take a moment to offer any reply (yea or > nay) on this very "basic" question... [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > > > Al Camp Jeff, Only time will tell, but I've been doing design work with my Access97 since the install, and I ran a quickie A2K check, and they seem to be doing OK. This week, I'll be starting a new 2003 project, so while 2003 appears to be OK... that should "wring it out". One thing I did notice though was when I brought a couple of small 2000 mdbs into 2003... 2003 tried to tell me that my files had a virus. I brought them in anyway, and they appear to run OK. But, right now, I'm going with Stephen Lebans (it should be no problem) response. I would certainly think he would be right up to snuff on that issue. Thanks for replying, Al Camp > Al, I could be mistaken, but I *believe* the EULA of an > upgrade version requires that the lower version be removed [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> > >> > Al Camp >Hard to believe that no one could take a moment to offer any reply (yea or >nay) on this very "basic" question... Well, not every question gets answered; we're all volunteers, we're all busy people, and we're all human and imperfect. I don't recall seeing this particular question but it's very likely I missed it. >Since installing Access97 and Access 2000 on the same machine had problems, >I didn't think my question was unreasonable. > >I have already successfully installed Access 2003. >Al Camp I have Access 2.0, 97, 2000, XP and 2003 all installed together, and all working well together. I haven't done anything in 2.0 lately but all the rest are getting some exercise. 2000, 2002 and 2003 all default to A2000 database format; 2002 and 2003 share a database format that's only slightly different; anything from 2000 on can save a database in any version from 97 through its own current version (unless, of course, you try to convert a database with features which did not exist in the earlier version). Just FWIW I like 2003; there have been a few little hassles but no big dealbreakers. John W. Vinson[MVP] Thanks John, I think everything should be OK with the multi-install. Appreciate your response. Al Camp >>Hard to believe that no one could take a moment to offer any reply (yea or >>nay) on this very "basic" question... [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > John W. Vinson[MVP] |
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