Compatibility of Access97 and Windows 2000

[Bruce]

We have recently upgraded our network to Windows 2000 but
are still using Access 97. Several of the multi-user
databases have begun having corruption problems. Is there
a compatibility issue with using Access 97 on a Windows
2000 network (Windows2000 Pro on the client machines)?

 

[david epsom dot com dot au]

a compatibility issue with using Access 97 on a Windows

No. It's either a hardware issue (new hardware?) or
just a problem with Win2K. Win2K Sp4 is supposed to
have fixed the Win2K file corruption problem: do you
have that on ALL machines?

(david)

 

[Dirk Goldgar]

We have recently upgraded our network to Windows 2000 but
are still using Access 97. Several of the multi-user
databases have begun having corruption problems. Is there
a compatibility issue with using Access 97 on a Windows
2000 network (Windows2000 Pro on the client machines)?

One possibility may be the "oplocks" problem. See if this helps:

http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/corruption/causesoplocks.htm

And from there, step back to

http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/corruption/causes.htm

And from there, step back to

http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/corruptmdbs.htm

 

[Bruce]

Thanks Dirk & David, I will look at all of the above