Ed

On Apr 19, 10:30 pm, GinaStar <GinaS...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> We had to purchase a new computer due to lightning hitting our office. The
> only one we could find that met our requirements has the Vista OS. We are
> using a peer to peer network via a hub system and the boss won't let us get a
> server. We use a custom designed database in Access 2003 with the back end
> of the database on my computer and front end on each computer. I need to
> know how compatible Vista is with Access 2003- everything I've found has
> referred to Word and Excell. Any suggestions/recommendations? We can't
> update the rest of our computers until next year (unless we get hit by
> lightning again). I did find a good link on how to set up the peer to peer
> between her Vista and our XP systems thanks to Tek-Tips Forums (insert
> Recommendation for them here - they are great!).

My experience with Vista has been horrible. I had to re-write a few of
my Access Modules (2003) because of subtle quirks which weren't always
obvious. My issues were not only limited to Office and Vista but
generally between other applications and systems. It took a week just
to get my Vista box working between issues with my router and SBS 2003
server. My recommendation is spend a few extra dollars and buy a copy
of XP for the new computer. If Vista will run on it so will XP. Hold
onto your license of Vista and after a year or two when MS and other
vendors have work out all of their issues with older apps, upgrade the
computer.