John Bartow
john at winhaven.net
Fri Feb 4 11:42:06 CST 2005
Marty, Don't know about that but Sagekey actually has very "sage" advice on setting up a system for testing purposes. Have an extra hard drive and Ghost (or whatever your imaging product is) an image to that hard of all the various configurations you may need to test for. For instance. Install XP and ghost it. Install Office 97 and ghost it. Install Office 2k and ghost it. Replace current image with the first and install Office 2k (without the 97 being there first) Ghost it. ... Install SP2 and Ghost it. Eventually you have a clean Ghost Image of all these configurations. In one day you can test against dozens of possibilities by retrieving a Ghost image installing and testing the software and when satisfied retrieving the next ghost configuration. It does work well. I would add the recommendation of having a separate computer to do this with besides the one your using for daily tasks. John B. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of MartyConnelly Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 11:11 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Sage Key Purchase Rather than install different OS on each machine, you might try VMWare to put each OS as a seperate boot on one machine, I don't know what this does to image backups though. Nicholson, Karen wrote: >This database is being distributed worldwide, from Hong Kong to England. >I am running into the Windows XP environment not wanting to run an >Access 2000 Runtime. Got the Access 2003 runtime working, but now I >don't know if it will run on Windows XP. If it runs on Windows XP, >will it run on Windows 2000? I used to have a bunch of computers at >home with various operating systems, now I have none that work. The >others walked away. Funny how that happens. Not to fear, to Sam's >Club I go to get a new PC tonight. I can't take it anymore! > >-----Original Message----- >From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William >Hindman >Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 11:48 PM >To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >Subject: Re: [AccessD] Sage Key Purchase > > >..consider it done :) > >..but really, have you ever seen one? > >William Hindman > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John Bartow" <john at winhaven.net> >To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" ><accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 10:47 PM >Subject: RE: [AccessD] Sage Key Purchase > > > > >>Qualify that statement with a "consistent" corporate environment. >> >>JMTC >> >>John B. >> >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William >> >> >Hindman > > >>Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 9:07 PM >>To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >>Subject: Re: [AccessD] Sage Key Purchase >> >>..if you are running Access strictly within the corporate environment, >> >> > > > >>there >>may be no good reason to use anything other than the packager included >> >> >in > > >>the VST ...Wise/SageKey earn their money when you are installing >> >> >Access in > > >>unknown/uncontrolled environments ...but within a corporate >> >> >environment, > > >>VST >>is more than adequate ime. >> >>William Hindman >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Charlotte Foust" <cfoust at infostatsystems.com> >>To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" >><accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >>Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 11:31 AM >>Subject: RE: [AccessD] Sage Key Purchase >> >> >> >> >>>You need scripts to match the version of the runtime you're >>>distributing. >>> >>>Charlotte Foust >>> >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Nicholson, Karen [mailto:cyx5 at cdc.gov] >>>Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 4:48 AM >>>To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com >>>Subject: [AccessD] Sage Key Purchase >>> >>> >>>What is the best version of SageKey to buy to make executables for >>>Access databases? Right now we are using Access XP, but the >>> >>> >corporation > > >>>MAY be going to Access 2003, they are not sure. Would we have to buy >>>two products for that? Advice needed, Thanks!!! Glad to be back >>> >>> >after > > >>>a day off... >>>-- >>>AccessD mailing list >>>AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >>>http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >>>Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >>>-- >>>AccessD mailing list >>>AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >>>http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >>>Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >>> >>> >>> >>-- >>AccessD mailing list >>AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >>http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >>Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >>-- >>AccessD mailing list >>AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >>http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >>Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> >> -- Marty Connelly Victoria, B.C. 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