What's the best way to install Access
2000 on a new PC running XP Pro-
fessional and Office 2003? I love the
new office, but require Access 2000
to support clients on that version.
You may need it to test what you've done, but not to develop or enhance,
because you can open an Access 2000 database and the _default_ is that you
save in Access 2000 format. You can't, of course, use any Access 2002 or
2003 - specific functionality.
It's generally not a problem, if you are sure to create a separate folder
into which to install the folder hierarchy. Letting my originality shine,
in the Program Files folder, I created an "Office2000" folder and installed
to that folder. But, to be 100% truthful, I installed it before I instaled
Office 2002, and uninstalled before installing Office 2003 Beta. Now, I have
Office 97, Office 2002, and Office 2003 Beta happily co-existing on the same
machine. Next order of business -- uninstall the Beta and install the
release version of Office 2003.
On another machine, I have Access 2.0, Office 97, and Office 2000.
Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
