Adding to OEM Office Basic Edition 2003

[Guest]

I bought my computer with an OEM Office Basic Edition 2003 (Excel, Outlook,
Word) already installed on it -- and working fine as a suite. Now I'd like
to add Access 2003 to that same computer. It looks like I can only/best do
that by purchasing the stand-alone Access program and installing it to my
computer.

Does that work well? Is that what I should do? Are there no problems adding
this retail component installation to the OEM suite installation?

I'm reluctant to venture even the Trial version of Access, without first
knowing it will integrate well and not cause problems with my Office Basic
suite.

 

[Arvin Meyer [MVP]]

It should work OK unless the OEM has significantly changed his Office
install. You can get a 30 day trial version at:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/trial.mspx

to test whether it will work for you.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access downloads
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access

 

[dbahooker]

i woudl reccomend using SQL Server express edition and avoiding access
entirely.
i use it every day; and i have for 10 years.

but microsoft is too busy making xboxes and visual studio and windows
to take access seriously.

redmond is driven by a bunch of drunk excel dorks... and C++/C# idiots.

Microsoft just doesn't take the whole Access / VB thing seriously.

 

[Keith Wilby]

God, you're a boring bastard.

 

[Terry Kreft]

You really need to get your act together.

If the "it" you refer to in your second para is MSAccess then you're an
idiot, if it's SQL Server Express then you're a liar.