Recent content by Keith1951

Many thanks to all for pointing out the error of my ways and giving me at least 4 better solutions - I am humbled and wiser, Keith

I often use field value defaults eg Month with for instance "2018-03" Easy enough for me to do but want to hand it over to someone who has zero knowledge of Access Can field value defaults be changed programmatically such that the user can simply fill in the value on a form? Many thanks for...

have put this into all the databases I use without complaint Now fingers crossed :-)

ah, ok ... makes sense, many thanks, Keith

Many thanks Mark I am a user rather than technical :rolleyes: Looks like a registry item ... is this where I apply the settings? Cheers, Keith

All, truly grateful for all the responses, unfortunately (not) the problem cleared itself yesterday after only a week this time .... Trying some of the things suggested will therefore have to await the problems return :-( Many thanks, Keith

another thought. Is your desktop cluttered with many and/or large files? If so, try moving them off the desktop. I had a similar problem on XP many years ago, clearing the desktop solved the problem. I think it is something to do with memory management. Thanks CJ ..... indeed usually pretty...

Slow again when returned to my laptop whether run off the USB or copied back to the hard disk ... Wife runs Office 365 - off my account, cheap skate :-)

Many thanks to all for that amazing reaction. I will spend a day or two working through all the ideas, I still have hope:o Will let you know how I get on ..... best, Keith

Thanks JHB, It happens with any database on the affected machine When things get truly deperate and urgent I copy the database to a USB drive and run with no problem on my wife's machine :confused: Have tried repair and compact - many times Adding new table sees it similarly afflicted Have...

While I love Access and have done for more than twenty years, I have for perhaps the last 5 years been troubled by it going slow when going into design mode, sometimes slow to the point of being unusable :eek: Strange thing is that the problem will usually clear itself within a few weeks and...

Many thanks Minty :p Glad to say that, by total coincidence, I solved a problem yesterday that has bugged me (sic) for years, Access running dreadfully slow in design mode. I will put the solution up when I find an appropriate thread! An auspicious sign in any event! .... K

All ..... new member, hoping to learn some and perhaps teach a little Used Access pretty much from its first availability - but always as a user rather than a programmer or IT professional ... developed a host of systems over the years, many still in use and generating value! Fully familiar...