[AccessD] VM for different versions of Access

...Microsoft is offering a free WinXpSP2 install on a vhd ...you have to 
renew every few months but it is no cost ...its intended for web developers 
running multiple versions of IE on one system but you don't have to do 
anything other than download it ...I have two copies installed on my vpc, 
one with IE6, and one with IE8 ...works a trick and a damn sight easier than 
keeping multiple pcs running.

William

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Steele" <dbdoug at gmail.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] VM for different versions of Access


>I use VMWare, and I have an 8gb USB stick with a full Windows XP install 
>and
> Office 2003.  Works very well, as long as you've got at least 2gb RAM! 
> You
> can also set up the VM to be copyable (with VMWare Workstation, anyway),
> copy it to another machine running VMWare Player, and run it there.
>
> I use VMs for keeping various development environments separate
> (specifically, different versions of Office) and it's great.
>
> It would be so cool to set up a VM on a client's computer so you could 
> have
> total control over the environment that your database was running in.  The
> VMs are a bit large for shooting back & forth, though, and I haven't yet 
> got
> up the nerve to ask any client to purchase an extra set of Windows 
> installs
> for every computer running my database!
>
> Doug Steele
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 8:54 AM, Tina Norris Fields <
> tinanfields at torchlake.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
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