Can I use Access2.0 on WindowsXP?

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accessXP

I use Access 2.0 and quite a bit of files created by Access2.0.
This time, I'm upgrading my OS to WinXP and I heard that Access2.0 is not
compatible with XP. Is that true?
I still wanna use Access2.0 on XP...
Anyone got any idea? Please help :)

Thanks in advance.
 
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Allen Browne

I don't believe that is correct.

You cannot run Access 2 on a machine that has 1GB or more of RAM, so perhaps
that is the source of the rumour.
 
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Brendan Reynolds

It's been a while, but to the best of my memory the only problem I had
running Access 2 on Windows XP was that some (not all) components of the
help system (the 'cue cards', for example) would not work. I haven't tried
it with Windows XP SP2, though.

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John Vinson

I use Access 2.0 and quite a bit of files created by Access2.0.
This time, I'm upgrading my OS to WinXP and I heard that Access2.0 is not
compatible with XP. Is that true?
I still wanna use Access2.0 on XP...
Anyone got any idea? Please help :)

Thanks in advance.
Click to expand...

Well, if you REALLY want to run 12-year old, pretty much obsolete
code... you can. I have 2.0 still installed and just opened up an old
database using it. Works fine. I've got WinXP SP2 with all security
packs.


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