Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Tue Apr 22 17:17:09 CDT 2003
On 22 Apr 2003 at 18:03, Tina Norris Fields wrote: > > Hi - Has anyone else experienced something like this? > > Setup is a small TCP IP network - 1 PC running WIN98 and Office 2000 - > 2 PCs running WINXP and Office XP Database was created in A2K, and > resides in a shared folder on one of the 2 PCs running WINXP and > Office XP - (not split into BE and FE) Shared folder mapped as drive > G: as seen by the other 2 PCs. > ... > > Whenever Access tried and failed to open the database (2K and XP), the > network also partially failed, making the secretary's computer > invisible to the executive director's computer. > Not that it's any help to you , but I've come across numerous reports of probelms with XP and earlier versions of Windows co-existing on a network. Many of them related to losing network connections and subsequent corruption of files. FWIW, I won't support mixed networks including XP or guarantee my software to run on them. Effectively - I don't allow my clients who still have legacy systems runnning (some still have the occassional P133s with W95) to go beyond W2K on new equipment. -- Lexacorp Ltd http://www.lexacorp.com.pg Information Technology Consultancy, Software Development,System Support.