MS Access (1 Viewer)

[Pat Hartman]

On my new computer I installed O365. It has been years since I had to run this install. In their world Access doesn't exist. It was very sad to see. All the other components were installed on the Start Menu but not Access. Access was relegated to the "more" section.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

That is why when I decided to upgrade, I got an LTSC version from a company that sells licenses for out of date copies. I bought the Office Professional version that includes Access but it was for Office 2021. I don't care if I don't have THE latest and greatest version but it was time to retire the old Office 2010 version. Which I did.

 

[DickyP]

That is why when I decided to upgrade, I got an LTSC version from a company that sells licenses for out of date copies. I bought the Office Professional version that includes Access but it was for Office 2021. I don't care if I don't have THE latest and greatest version but it was time to retire the old Office 2010 version. Which I did.

Exactly what I did although my initial driver was cost. However, since then the problems people seem to have with 365 makes me glad I did as well. All it seems to give is early access to problems.

 

[AHeyne]

I rather understood Pat to mean that Microsoft Access was installed, but unfortunately it is not displayed prominently in the Start menu like the other applications, but in a sub-section 'More' and Microsoft seems to be increasingly 'ignoring' Access...

 

[The_Doc_Man]

I think I understood that, too, but at least for the LTSC version of Office 2021 Pro, Access isn't relegated to "red-headed stepchild."

 

[Gasman]

I always have Access. Excel, Word and Outlook on my taskbar at all times.

 

[Isaac]

I always have Access. Excel, Word and Outlook on my taskbar at all times.

My too, at least Excel, Word, Access, Calculator, Notepad and Chrome

 

[Pat Hartman]

I think you all missed my point. Microsoft no longer considers Access a lifeform. It adds all the other components to the menu and says it added Access but it didn't. When you finally find Access in the also ran list, it says it is on the menu but it isn't. The option to add Access to the menu is grayed out. You have to click the option to remove it from the menu. Then the option to add it to the menu becomes enabled. So you add it. Then Access shows up on the menu.

 

[AccessBlaster]

Their advertising of Access over the years tells you everything you need to know about how they feel about Access.

 

[theoboldsantos]

I use access in Windows since 2018.

 

[GPGeorge]

I use access in Windows since 2018.

1994 for me.

 

[AHeyne]

Puhhh, long ago... Microsoft Access 1.1 for me. 1993

 

[DickyP]

Puhhh, long ago... Microsoft Access 1.1 for me. 1993

Ah the good old days again.

Access 1.0 cost me just £19 (which seemed quite a lot then even though it was a special offer) and 1.1 was a free upgrade. Then I got given a 3 free copies of Ver 2.0 at the UK launch at the US Embassy in London.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

My first version of Access was 2.0, which did what I wanted with limited pain. It COULD have been done with Excel but I chose to try something new for the learning experience. And it did what was needed.