[AccessD] VM for different versions of Access

William Hindman wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com
Fri Mar 28 23:02:27 CDT 2008


...thanks Doug ...I missed Dan's msg.

William

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Steele" <dbdoug at gmail.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 11:39 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] VM for different versions of Access


> Google is our friend:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=21EABB90-958F-4B64-B5F1-73D0A413C8EF&displaylang=en
>
> Doug Steele
>
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 5:38 AM, Dan Waters <dwaters at usinternet.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> William - could you post a link for this?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Dan
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William 
>> Hindman
>> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 8:12 PM
>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] VM for different versions of Access
>>
>> ...Microsoft is offering a free WinXpSP2 install on a vhd ...you have to
>> renew every few months but it is no cost ...its intended for web
>> developers
>> running multiple versions of IE on one system but you don't have to do
>> anything other than download it ...I have two copies installed on my vpc,
>> one with IE6, and one with IE8 ...works a trick and a damn sight easier
>> than
>>
>> keeping multiple pcs running.
>>
>> William
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Doug Steele" <dbdoug at gmail.com>
>> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
>> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:38 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] VM for different versions of Access
>>
>>
>> >I use VMWare, and I have an 8gb USB stick with a full Windows XP install
>> >and
>> > Office 2003.  Works very well, as long as you've got at least 2gb RAM!
>> > You
>> > can also set up the VM to be copyable (with VMWare Workstation, 
>> > anyway),
>> > copy it to another machine running VMWare Player, and run it there.
>> >
>> > I use VMs for keeping various development environments separate
>> > (specifically, different versions of Office) and it's great.
>> >
>> > It would be so cool to set up a VM on a client's computer so you could
>> > have
>> > total control over the environment that your database was running in.
>>  The
>> > VMs are a bit large for shooting back & forth, though, and I haven't 
>> > yet
>> > got
>> > up the nerve to ask any client to purchase an extra set of Windows
>> > installs
>> > for every computer running my database!
>> >
>> > Doug Steele
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 8:54 AM, Tina Norris Fields <
>> > tinanfields at torchlake.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi All,
>> >>
>> >> Double-posting, since this is a technical virtual machine question but
>> >> involves Access.
>> >>
>> >> The database I wrote about that got corrupted has been mostly 
>> >> repaired.
>> >> That is to say the tables are intact, all the data are there, and the
>> >> table relationships are good.  However, there are bits and pieces that
>> >> definitely are out of whack.  I am going to remodel the database, to
>> use
>> >> only the features the client actually uses and wants, to restore the
>> >> switchboard interface the client likes, and then split the sucker into
>> a
>> >> proper BE and FE.  Client agrees.  Here is the puzzle: client uses
>> >> Access97.  My machine is WinXP Pro with Office 2003.
>> >>
>> >> I would like to install a virtual machine and run Office 97 in that
>> >> machine (yes, I still have a licensed copy on the shelf -
>> >> unbelievable!).  I would like that machine to reside on my USB 
>> >> external
>> >> drive.  Is this do-able?  What are the gotchas I need to watch out 
>> >> for?
>> >>
>> >> I have Microsoft's VirtualPC installed as well as VMWare's Server. 
>> >> The
>> >> MS VirtualPC seems the better candidate for making a virtual machine 
>> >> to
>> >> run another version of Office.
>> >>
>> >> Suggestions?  Ideas?  Watch-out fors?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Tina
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