access 2.0

[Rob]

I am trying to load access 2.0 onto a new computer that
uses windows XP professional. Are they compatible? If
so, can the access 2.0 program files just be transferred
from an older computer to the new computer (we no longer
have the discs)?

 

[Cheryl Fischer]

Rob,

To the best of my knowledge, you will need the disks. You might want to
check the following on-line vendors of older software to see if they have
Access 2.0.

http://www.emsps.com/oldtools/

http://www.recycledsoftware.com/

 

[Larry Linson]

To the best of my knowledge, you
will need the disks. You might want
to check the following on-line vendors
of older software to see if they have
Access 2.0.

http://www.emsps.com/oldtools/

http://www.recycledsoftware.com/

And, don't forget the online auction sites. Someone posted they had bought a
copy of Access 2.0 for US$15 -- out of curiosity, I looked and there was
another with a starting bid that low or lower. Fortunately, I still have my
Access 2.0 install disks and the service pack -- floppy disks, not CD.

If you do not have a compelling need for Access 2.0 databases, you can open
them in Access 97 (and perhaps later versions, also), convert them and fix
the 16-bit API calls you used, if any, and then bring them on up to current
by converting the Access 97 version.

On the other hand, if there's no particular problem, running the Access 2.0
databases is perfectly OK.

 

[Brendan Reynolds \(MVP\)]

Hi Rob,

Because this post may be read not just by yourself, but potentially by many
people, both now and in the future (in the various newsgroup archives) I
hope you won't be insulted if I begin with a warning about licensing. I can
tell you how to do this, but it is the responsibility of anyone following
these instructions to ensure that they have the necessary licence to do so.

Copy the MSOFFICE folder and its contents from the old PC to the new one,
and attempt to start Access 2. You'll get an error message (or possibly a
series of error messages - it's been a while and I don't remember exactly)
about missing DLLs. These error messages tell you both the name of the
missing DLL, and the path where Access expects to find the DLL. Make a note
of these, and copy the DLLs from the old PC to the same location on the new
PC, creating the paths if they do not exist. If necessary, repeat the
process until you get no more error messages.

To the best of my memory, the last time I did this, the only thing that
didn't work in Access 2 afterward was the cue-card help.

I'm afraid I can't provide much information about compatibility between
Access 2 and Windows XP, I just haven't used them together enough to be
sure.

BTW: Don't waste your time trying the above with later, 32-bit versions of
Access or other applications. Most such apps depend heavily upon settings in
the registry, and simply copying files as above will no longer work.