Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields at torchlake.com
Sat Mar 29 07:23:52 CDT 2008
William, Thank you for that thought. No, it hadn't occurred to me, and I'm not quite sure how to go about that. I need to learn that part. I certainly much prefer working in A2K3. Tina William Hindman wrote: > Tina > > ...I use a usb stick as the vhd location but afaik the virtual machine has > to be on the system itself ...since I can run the vpc install from the same > usb stick that the vhd resides on, it makes it very portable to move from > client to client. > > ...as for Access97, have you considered replacing it on the client systems > with an A2k3 runtime? With proper design, a runtime is a lot more stable, > subject to less user caused crashes, and can easily provide everything they > need short of code development itself ...and as you know, the A2k3 platform > itself has numerousadvantages over A97. ...plus it doesn't cost your client > anything to upgrade that way. > > William > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tina Norris Fields" <tinanfields at torchlake.com> > To: <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>; <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 11:54 AM > Subject: [AccessD] VM for different versions of Access > > > >> 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 >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> > > > >