I a form the variable environ=("user") is added the see whats the user. On some PC's it works others donnt. I don not know why. PC's have same Servicepacks etc. But I can not find the direct answer why it causes the #name? in the access form. Yes I did test it with USER and ...

The solution was built in Access 2003. It has not yet
been deployed on any Win9x clients but the feedback I
have so far is that there is a good chance the solution
will not work in pre Win2000/XP environments. Is this is

Can I have Office XP and 2003 on the same computer?
or Office 2003 and also Access 2002 loaded on the same
computer?  Without partitioning the drive?

I have a problem in installing Jet 4.0 Service Pack 8.   I get the following error
KB829558 Setup Error
Setup has detected that the version of the Service Pack installed on your system i
lower than what is necessary to apply this hot fix

I did not see my posting listed in the forum, so I am trying again
Access 2003:  I installed SR-3, it said it was successful, and I did do a reboot, but in help|about, there is no SR mentioned
WhyForIsThat(?
Thanks, Michael

My company needs to continue to use access 97'.  Is there
anyway to have this and a more current version XP or 2003
on the same machine?  Please advise.

Hi, I have a A2000 dbase giving a strange error (seems
strange in it's timing anyway). When I try to open the
dbase it gives the error of "The microsoft jet database
engine stopped the process because you and another user

I'm compacting a database that is currently 1.5gig and
have hopefully reduced the size by deleting a large number
of image files on the database.  My question is what is
the normal amount of time for a database to be compacted,

Group:
I have a user who installed my application months ago and has used it
successfully for about 6 months. A few weeks ago she had to replace the
motherboard and then reinstall the operating system - Windows XP

We presently have a DB residing on our LAN server and are
considering splitting it to permit modifications to the
front-end without booting everyone out of program.  I'm
not sure that I totally understand the concept of

I have a database that will be stored on various people's
hard drives.  I have the master version of this database
stored on the network.  What I would like to do is to have
the harddrive database look onto the network to get a

Running Win xp Pro and Office 2003. I can run access fine, but when I try to
set up a DSN it says the driver isn't there. I tried reinstalling MDAC but
the same thing happens. Any suggestions.
Rod

the drivers tab, and this PC is missing all of the above listed drivers.
Office 2000 is installed. I have installed and reinstalled it and those
dirvers are still missing. I don't know how to get those ...

please help me to find asolution to following problem. i
can't access my control panel files. as a resulti can't
add/romove programs. everytime i get this: acess to
specified path or file is denied. same thing is happening

I'll soon be forced to have Acc2k and AccXP on My
PC at work.
I found reference to an interesting article the seems
to say its possible to click on and MDB and automatically