Access 2007 Beta to Access 2007 file format problem

[David Cox]

I was running Access 2007 Beta. We moved house via small rented
accomodation, and my development PC was packed away until today. I am led to
believe that the 2207 Beta files are in a format that cannot be read by
2007. If that is correct then I have to boot up my development PC so that
the Beta does not expire before I can save my files in a format readable by
the new version. Is that as simple as booting into the Bios and setting the
system date back to the day after I last used the Beta so it will not know
it has passed its expiry date, or is there some cunning Microsoft snare that
will not let that work?

David F. Cox

 

[Tony Toews [MVP]]

I was running Access 2007 Beta. We moved house via small rented
accomodation, and my development PC was packed away until today. I am led to
believe that the 2207 Beta files are in a format that cannot be read by
2007. If that is correct then I have to boot up my development PC so that
the Beta does not expire before I can save my files in a format readable by
the new version. Is that as simple as booting into the Bios and setting the
system date back to the day after I last used the Beta so it will not know
it has passed its expiry date, or is there some cunning Microsoft snare that
will not let that work?

That should work. If you change the date in the BIOS before booting
then no OS will ever know that the date was anything different.

Tony
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[David Cox]

Thanks for the reply. I had heard a rumour that Microsoft were altering the
Bios of PC's on installation as part of their copyright protection. I did
not find it credible, but I was fishing, just in case.

David F. Cox

 

[Tony Toews [MVP]]

Thanks for the reply. I had heard a rumour that Microsoft were altering the
Bios of PC's on installation as part of their copyright protection. I did
not find it credible, but I was fishing, just in case.

Possible but I also used the weasel word "should'. <smile>

Tony
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