Stupid question re: Access 2002

[Aussiebeth]

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi, I know this is a really silly question, but I'm
hoping
>that someone out there will take pity and answer...I'm
>upgrading a PC from Win95 Pro to XP Home Edition. The
>computer has Access 2002 on it, and I don't have the
>application recovery CDs. Will installing XP screw up the
>Access application? I've had this problem before when
>upgrading to Win2000 Pro and "losing" WinWord and other
>Office applications. Please help--this is for a volunteer
>organization! Much appreciated...
>.
>
Thanks to those that responded to my post. I'm also
surprised that this machine (running Win95) can cope with
Access 2002, but it seems to be ok so far. The guy that
generously donated Access and set up the dB seems to have
taken the application disks with him, though, and is no
longer involved with the volunteer agency, so it's going
to be fun trying to get the application reinstalled if it
falls apart when I upgrade. Good point about Win95 -> XP
upgrade, too--I didn't know about that little nuance. The
reason I'm trying to upgrade this thing anyway is that the
PC is in a peer-to-peer relationship with another donated
PC that is running XP, and we're having trouble with files
(particularly Word docs) written on one coming up as
garbage on the other, which I know is a problem (or is
that a feature?) with XP and virtually all other Win OS.
Anyway, thanks for the help and info...wish me luck!

[D.Currie]

"Aussiebeth" > wrote in message
...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi, I know this is a really silly question, but I'm
> hoping
> >that someone out there will take pity and answer...I'm
> >upgrading a PC from Win95 Pro to XP Home Edition. The
> >computer has Access 2002 on it, and I don't have the
> >application recovery CDs. Will installing XP screw up the
> >Access application? I've had this problem before when
> >upgrading to Win2000 Pro and "losing" WinWord and other
> >Office applications. Please help--this is for a volunteer
> >organization! Much appreciated...
> >.
> >
> Thanks to those that responded to my post. I'm also
> surprised that this machine (running Win95) can cope with
> Access 2002, but it seems to be ok so far. The guy that
> generously donated Access and set up the dB seems to have
> taken the application disks with him, though, and is no
> longer involved with the volunteer agency, so it's going
> to be fun trying to get the application reinstalled if it
> falls apart when I upgrade. Good point about Win95 -> XP
> upgrade, too--I didn't know about that little nuance. The
> reason I'm trying to upgrade this thing anyway is that the
> PC is in a peer-to-peer relationship with another donated
> PC that is running XP, and we're having trouble with files
> (particularly Word docs) written on one coming up as
> garbage on the other, which I know is a problem (or is
> that a feature?) with XP and virtually all other Win OS.
> Anyway, thanks for the help and info...wish me luck!

In that case you're upgrading for the wrong reason. If you can't read word
docs from one machine to the other, it's not a function of the operating
system, it's a function of the programs you are using to write and read the
files.