Question about upgrading to Access 2003

[Guest]

I have a quick question about upgrading. Currently we are working on Access
2000, this is where all of our databases have been created. Is there going
to be a significant change when things are upgraded to 2003. I have done
some testing this morning on the new system and I am not really seeing
anything. Also when I first signed in to 2003 and tried to open the database
that was created in 2000 I got the following message.

Security Warning: Unsafe expressions are not blocked. Do you want to block
unsafe expressions?

If I pressed YES this is what I got.

Microsoft Office Access cannot change the registry settings that controls
whether or not unsafe expressions are blocked. Your account is not
authorized to change registry settings. To change this setting contact your
system admin.

If I pressed NO, I got

Opening file: This gave the path of the file

This file may not be safe if it contains code that was intended to harm your
computer. Do you want to open this file or cancel the operation.

 

[KML]

I have a quick question about upgrading. Currently we are working on Access
2000, this is where all of our databases have been created. Is there going
to be a significant change when things are upgraded to 2003. I have done
some testing this morning on the new system and I am not really seeing
anything. Also when I first signed in to 2003 and tried to open the database
that was created in 2000 I got the following message.

Security Warning: Unsafe expressions are not blocked. Do you want to block
unsafe expressions?

If I pressed YES this is what I got.

Microsoft Office Access cannot change the registry settings that controls
whether or not unsafe expressions are blocked. Your account is not
authorized to change registry settings. To change this setting contact your
system admin.

If I pressed NO, I got

Opening file: This gave the path of the file

This file may not be safe if it contains code that was intended to harm your
computer. Do you want to open this file or cancel the operation.

Since by moving to Access 2003, you will obviously be getting all of
2002 features as well, these two articles should give you the
information you're looking for.

Introducting Access 2003:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010714971033.aspx

New Access 2002 features:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP030830011033.aspx

As far as Macro security goes, here is a good place to start to get
familiar with it:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP010446071033.aspx

The reason you are getting the error message about the registry is that
your IT security team has locked the registry on the PC. Since a
registry value is changed when you click "Yes" on that first message,
the system is just informing you that the change cannot be made.

The macro security is by far the most noticeable change you will see
when going from 2000 to 2003.