Access 97 Support

[Darth Vodka]

does anyone know when Microsoft stop supporting Access 97?

 

[DCrake]

Simple Software Solutions

From memory when you purchased Access 97 you used to get a free 90 day support with it. This went down to 3 calls. Then about 2002 they stopped selling it and 1 yeaer after that stopped suppporting it. Although you can still get Access 97 articles from the KB.

David

 

[boblarson]

Go here for product lifecycle info:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselect

According to the lifecycle page mainstream support ended on 1 Jan 2004 (for Access 97 Standard) and 31 Aug 2001 for Office 97 Professional.

 

[Darth Vodka]

aha

ta guys

 

[gemma-the-husky]

is there a problem darth?

access97 is surely more powerful than you could possibly imagine ...

and i expected Voldemort to say - no Harry, I AM your father, but it was not to be

 

[Dennisk]

I'm still using 97 for most of my production work. With a bit of 2000 and a tiny amount of 2003.

 

[Darth Vodka]

is there a problem darth?

access97 is surely more powerful than you could possibly imagine ...

it's powers grow weak: old program

 

[gemma-the-husky]

i always have my backend dbs's in A97 - they seem to work far more quickly than later versions, whatever the front end is. I definitely find A97 is quicker, but some clients have later versions. In general, there is very little functionality missing from A97

 

[DCrake]

Simple Software Solutions

The main difference with A97 and latter is the code page setting. A97 operates on a 64bit size whilst higher version use 126bit this is why bloating is more evident in latter versions.

David

 

[Rabbie]

is there a problem darth?

access97 is surely more powerful than you could possibly imagine ...

and i expected Voldemort to say - no Harry, I AM your father, but it was not to be

Gemma, is this not a bit harsh on Darth Vodka's powers of imagination. I find my imagination can be stimulated by some alcohol