Re: hidden database window shows on exit

Perhaps someone else who has struggled with a similar corporate environment can give you advice here.

My personal recollection is that the original release of A2003 was one of the most stable initial releases of Access ever. SP1 and SP2 did fix some minor things. They also destroyed some functionality (e.g. inter-op between Access and Excel.) SP3 really messed up the inter-op stuff across the board in Office 2003, and is of marginal use or actually of negative value (depending on what you need.)

So my perception is that the SPs for A2003 are not as crucial as they are for A2000 or A2007 where you're a self-styled martyr if you don't apply at least SP1.

(I think I misunderstood your last post to mean, Must I apply SP1 before I will be able to apply SP2, etc.)

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<mwilliams4@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ok, let me give you my operating scenario, I need some advice.

I work for a company that does not let users have any access to the
outside world.
We are behind a firewall and very few people even have permission to
get to the internet.
MS AD based LAN.

They do not allow MS updates, in the thought that they don't want 50
different versions out there, and they also do not want to take the
reponsibility to keep all of the machines updated. I'ts a strange
situation I know, but it's one that I fought the battles and lost, and
have several scars to show for it.

I have an app which I've been asked to put together, and I will be
around perpetually to maintain.
It is built using Access 2003.
The extra security of A2003 vs A2000 was a pain initially, but I've
gotten around the issues, like e-mailing with ClickYesPro. (we do some
e-mail marketing and may move to the FMS e-mailer at some point.)
The app is a pretty standard Secured MDE FE / MDB BE, with VBA code
behind the app.
No web stuff or fancy frills.

The users are pretty much mine and I do have control (I use that
loosely) over the local environment (they can't have different SP's
unless I install them.
The SP's for Office 2003 I have read, really clamp down on such things
as receiving Excel and Word docs via outlook.
That is an issue for us as we are getting and sending a ton of those
files daily as a part of our workflow, and I don't want to blow that
up, and take on responsibility for that, just to bring up the SP level
for Access.

What I really need to have some advice on is DO I really have to move
up from the base A2003 install at all?
I don't want to do them willy-nilly just because MS puts it out ther,
I really need justification to do so, and I need to know how it will
negatively affect the other apps Excel, Outlook and Word.
I need advice like "you HAVE to get SP1, SP2 not so much" or
similar.
I looked at the SP3 list and I don't see anything there that I need,
and I'm going to look at the other two lists as well.

Sorry this is so long, but I had to present the whole story.

Thanks in advance for your input.
















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