[AccessD] Questions on 32-bit 64-bit - Applications Developed with Access-2007

Arthur Fuller fuller.artful at gmail.com
Mon Sep 16 07:21:43 CDT 2013


>From what I've read and experimented with, the consensus seems to be that
the only significant gain to be had with Office 64-bit is in Excel.


Arthur


On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 8:15 PM, Darryl Collins <
darryl at whittleconsulting.com.au> wrote:

> I know one of the guys I worked with here ran some parallel testing using
> several of the data intensive processes we do using Excel and Access.  He
> found no (or very little) difference between the performance of O32 Bit and
> O64 Bit, both using Win 7 64 bit as the OS.  There was a stack of
> annoyances though with Office 64 bit.  Not stability issues as such, but
> more day to day stuff with code and addins failing or needing tweaking and
> other irritations.
>
> We decided that (for us) there was zero advantage in using Office 64 bit
> at the present time.  Of course this is hardly a conclusive or reliable
> study and your mileage *will* vary.  I guess I was expecting a big leap in
> performance, but it just wasn't there.  I think one day it will be great
> and standard use, but just not now.  Currently, too much hassle for not
> enough gain - maybe I am just getting Lazy (?)
>
> Cheers
> Darryl.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:
> accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Benson
> Sent: Friday, 13 September 2013 6:21 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Questions on 32-bit 64-bit - Applications Developed
> with Access-2007
>
> I am not disagreeing Darryl, but I do want to point out that without
> moving to 64-bit office, I don't think you get any advantage at all from
> Excel having more memory on the PC to do whatever it needs. While using
> more memory for other applications, I think Excel 32-bit still will only
> try to make use of up to 2 GB of memory.
>
> So if I am having "issues" with 32 bit excel running under win 7 32-bit
> with 4gb memory, nothing has improved to run 32 bit Excel running under win
> 7 64-bit with 8GB memory. So I have surmised.
>
> That's what I have been able to surmise anyway.
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 7:42 PM, Darryl Collins <
> darryl at whittleconsulting.com.au> wrote:
>
> > 2nd that.  64 Bit OS with 32 bit Office is currently the better option.
> >
> > Regards
> > Darryl
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:
> > accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John R Bartow
> > Sent: Thursday, 29 August 2013 8:50 AM
> > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Questions on 32-bit 64-bit - Applications
> > Developed with Access-2007
> >
> > Just for one more voice on that issue: DON'T USE 64 BIT OFFICE!
> >
> > ;-)
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte
> > Foust
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 12:00 PM
> > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Questions on 32-bit 64-bit - Applications
> > Developed with Access-2007
> >
> > To add to What Jim said, even Micrrosoft doesn't really recommend
> > running Office 64-bit unless you absolutely need to.  I run Office
> > 32-bit on Win 8 64-bit without any problems.  If some of your machines
> > are transitioning from 32-bit to 64-bit, you're best off upgrading to
> 32-bit Office.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Brad Marks <BradM at blackforestltd.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > All,
> > >
> > > We are starting to discuss the replacement of a number of old PCs (XP).
> > > They will probably be replaced with new Dell PCs.
> > >
> > > We have a number of Access 2007 applications (32 bit).
> > >
> > > It is my understanding that Access 2007 applications (32 bit) will
> > > run fine under Win-7 32-bit or Win-7 64 bit.
> > >
> > > It is my understanding that there are significant problems when
> > > trying to run Access 2007 (32-bit) applications with Office 2013 (64
> bit).
> > > Is this true?
> > >
> > > Also, it is my understanding that if Office 2013 is installed on a
> > > Windows-7 64-bit PC, it will be installed as Office 2013 64-bit.
> > >
> > > On the other hand if Office 2013 is installed on a Windows-7 32-bit
> > > PC, it will be installed as Office 2013 32-bit.
> > >
> > > Is this correct?
> > >
> > > Will an Access 2007 application run Okay with Office 2013 32-bit?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Brad
> > >
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