[AccessD] Update on W7 SP1 breaking ADO

Darryl Collins darryl at whittleconsulting.com.au
Tue Oct 4 00:30:54 CDT 2011


Hehehehe, yeah something like that. Just in time for MS to drop it
altogether if the rumours are to be believed....



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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
Sent: Tuesday, 4 October 2011 3:53 PM
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] Update on W7 SP1 breaking ADO

Well, that,s good news...ADO is back. :-) (...but not until spring.)

Jim

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Darryl Collins
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 6:48 PM
To: 'Microsoft Excel Developers List'; 'Access Developers discussion and
problem solving'
Subject: [AccessD] Update on W7 SP1 breaking ADO

Well, The story so far...

 

<http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-NZ/windowsgeneraldevelopmentissu
es/thread/280de88a-77dd-455e-9797-b28928206e38>

 

In short.  You can download a beta version of W8 which has this issue fully
resolved (well, according to MS anyway, although the comments from others
seem encouraging at least).  They are in the crapper with this one and what
to do with SP1 on W7.  They are aware it is a major screw up which has
impacted many high value customers big time and seem unclear on the best way
to resolve it.

 

Good news is for the first time there are hints of the fix being rolled out
via a service pack, probably an updated SP1 as there is no release schedule
for SP2 yet.

Bad news is it seems to be scheduled for next year at the earliest.  Given
the issue first came to light around Jan 2011, it is hardly an stellar
response from MS.

They do admit it is a tricky and complex thing to fix, but you really would
have thought this issue would have been indentified during pre-release
testing.

 

Frankly, downloading a beta version of W8 into a virtual environment is
hardly a decent fix right now for most folks....

 

Anyway...

 

Darryl Collins

Whittle Consulting Pty Ltd

Suite 8, 660 Canterbury Rd

Surrey Hills, VIC, 3127

 

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