"Wayne" <cq*******@volcanomail.comwrote in news:1174373046.991864.230930
@l75g2000hse.googlegroups.com:
Is anyone else experiencing this behaviour. As stated in my earlier
post, if I double click an mdb file of about 5meg that is cached in
memory under XP, it opens instantly. If I do the same under Vista,
Access opens immediately, then I am left staring at the hourglass for
about 3 seconds before the actual database opens. Surely this
shouldn't be happening.
Did you mention the Access version in which the mdb was created, and Access
version being used in Vista? I found this problem when I used Access 2003
dbs in Access 2007. It went away when I recompiled the file in Access 2007
so I suppose it wasn't caused by VISTA. This, of course, may have not have
caused the speedup; who knows with MS these days?
I expect we can all look forward to a 500 meg VISTA SP1 download and
installation that will cure everything, expect those things that will be
cured in some later one gig SP2 download. Maybe we should have a CDMA pool
on the date of these events.
David was probably right when he suggested that it's not wise to install
anything MS until SP1 is alive and well and available. On the other hand, I
reinstalled Windows XP a few weeks ago and was appalled at finding there
were more than one hundred (113?) updates required, and a bunch more
optional. Who wouldn't enjoy that?
I used to think MS was sincere in trying to create good software but there
were just too many things involved in their development business for them
to keep track of and anticipate everything. I don't think that anymore.
Maybe it's those PC-Mac commercials.
I can't recheck anything as I have passed on my VISTA and Office 2007
machines to more eager hands.
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