Access95 Out of Memory

[DEH]

I have MS Access 95. It does what I need and I am not interested in
upgrading.

I got a new computer with 1Gb RAM (Windows XP). I installed Access 95 and
it ran fine.
Then I had to do a system recovery that reformatted my hard drive, so I had
to reinstall everything. Now it will not run. I get an "Out of memory"
error which the knowledge base implies is due to having 1Gb RAM and an old
version of Jet. (I don't know why it ran before.) I also have Office 2000
standard installed.

Does anyone know how I can update the Jet without upgrading my Access? I
downloaded and ran "jet35sp3.exe", but am still having the problem.

 

[Svenska]

DEH

For what it is worth, I have experienced the same problem and, as you did,
downloaded and installed jet35sp3.exe. Nothing has changed. I also do not
understand what suddenly ended my ability to run Access 95 7.0. I use Access
for only one or two db's and also don't see the need to upgrade.

I also note that there have been no replies to your query but wondered if
you have found a solution in the meantime.

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Jet35sp3.exe has nothing to do with Access 95. Jet 3.5x is for Access 97:
Access 95 used Jet 3.0.

Given how old Access 95 is (and the fact that it was probably the worst
version of Access ever released), I suspect there is no fix for the problem,
and that you'll have to upgrade to continue to use Access.

 

[Svenska]

Doug,

Thank you. Despite the information at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=161255 re Access 95 and 97 Standard (near
the bottom of the page), I conclude that you are undoubtedly correct. I wish
that I knew what I had done that made it stop working and when it happened so
I could try and do a system restore. So much for trying to continue the use
of legacy software that meets the need without upgrading to unneeded bells
and whistles!
-Paol Schönström

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Yeah, it's yet another poorly written KB article, since it doesn't mention
that option 2 only applies to Access 97.

The "Status" section is accurate: it just fails to link up Jet versions with
Access versions.