[AccessD] [SPAM] Re: Error trying to install MzTools

jwcolby jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Mon Nov 26 05:38:47 CST 2012


It is x64 OFFICE that needs to be avoided.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 11/25/2012 7:46 PM, Arthur Fuller wrote:
> I run 32-bit Office in a 64-bit system. The main reason I chose 64-bit was
> for SQL Server. If I had a 32-bit version of Windows 7 I'd install it, but
> sadly I don't. Maybe I'll buy one (I notice that Win7 is deeply discounted
> lately) and set up a dual boot instead.
>
> I'm beginning to think that I should just get a box for each OS I want to
> run. In the case of the two Linux VMs I run currently, a sufficient box for
> each of them is about $120 lately. Linux is just fine with a mere 2GB of
> RAM.
>
> Speaking of multiple boxes, what are those devices called that enable a
> single monitor and mouse and keyboard to work with multiple machines? You
> just turn a dial to switch from Box 1... Box 4.
>
> A.
>
> A.
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 7:28 PM, Jim Dettman <jimdettman at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> By the way, that won't really help...  You'd have to be running access in
>> the same vm and it would need to 32 bit
>>
>> And for what it's worth, I would still avoid using 64 bit office unless
>> you have a very specific need to use it.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Nov 25, 2012, at 7:24 PM, Jim Dettman <jimdettman at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>> XP mode is a vm image that you can run under win 7
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Nov 25, 2012, at 6:48 PM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes I am running 64-bit, so that explains the problem. Meanwhile I'm not
>>>> even sure what XP Mode means, but will Google it and hope I learn
>>>> something.
>>>>
>>>> It's really a shame to program in Access VBA without the help of
>> MzTools!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the tips, guys.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Brad Marks <BradM at blackforestltd.com
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Arthur,
>>>>>
>>>>> Recently, a friend told me about a purchased application that ran
>> nicely
>>>>> under XP (32 bit)
>>>>> and will no longer run under Win7 (64 bit).
>>>>>
>>>>> I have done some digging on his behalf and started to read about "XP
>>>>> Mode".  It sounds like
>>>>> XP Mode may enable older applications to run under Win7 (64 bit).  I
>>>>> believe that XP Mode is free.
>>>>>
>>>>> You may want to try this approach.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, I am curious if anyone else has run into older applications that
>>>>> will no longer run with Win-7 (64 bit) and if anyone has experimented
>> with
>>>>> XP Mode.
>>>>>
>>>>> Brad
>>>>>
>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com on behalf of Arthur Fuller
>>>>> Sent: Sun 11/25/2012 5:14 PM
>>>>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>>>>> Subject: [AccessD] Error trying to install MzTools
>>>>>
>>>>> I recently attempted to install MzTools on a reconstructed partition
>>>>> (Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit) and got the following error:
>>>>>
>>>>> Ox80008005
>>>>>
>>>>> along with a suggestion that I Google it, which I did, and got a
>> number of
>>>>> hits, none of which seemed helpful.
>>>>>
>>>>> Has anyone got this error and figured out how to solve it?
>>>>>
>>>>> TIA,
>>>>> Arthur
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