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Old 10-26-2008, 04:09 AM
pcbins
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Re: Access 2003 database inconsistent behaviour between Vista and

I need this hotfix also. I have downloaded it and extracted the files. Now
what? How do i install this hotfix?

"CJ" wrote:
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> Fantastic, that was it!
>
> I had SP3 on both machines but neither had the HotFix. I don't have updates
> auto installed but I don't recall seeing anything about this fix from MS.
> Or, there may have been so many that I quit paying attention to them.
>
> Have a great weekend.
> --
> Thanks for taking the time!
>
> CJ
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Know thyself, know thy limits....know thy newsgroups!
>
> "George Nicholson" <GeorgeNJunk@Junkmsn.com> wrote in message
> news:u8qLubfsIHA.5872@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=green]
> >
> > Check Microsoft/Office Update. I bet your XP machine has Office 2003 SP3
> > installed but not the hotfix (and your Vista machine has either both or
> > neither).
> >
> > What you describe was a problem created by SP3 and subsequently "fixed".
> > [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945674/en-us[/url]
> >
> > --
> > HTH,
> > George
> >
> >
> > "Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> > message news:3A397E3E-0E8A-483C-8178-0313CC51363D@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
> >> The 'common controls' dll for that in Access 07 is probably different
> >> from the one in 03. I would locate the comctl32.dll used by Access 07,
> >> and put it in the path for your search dialog in XP (not system32, but
> >> the Access .exe folder.) You might also accomplish this by installing the
> >> Runtime files for Access 07.
> >> Access 2007 Download: Access Runtime:
> >> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dd9ae78d9-9dc6-4b38-9fa6-2c745a175aed%26DisplayLang%3den[/url]
> >> --
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> >> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales/help/help_en-us.htm#RateAPostAsAnswer[/url]
> >> Mark L. Ferguson
> >> .
> >>
> >> "CJ" <private@newsgroups.com> wrote in message
> >> news:20B7A98C-2758-4183-B504-EE43AA9132EC@microsoft.com...
> >>> Hi Groupies:
> >>>
> >>> I'm not sure which newsgroup this question belongs to, sorry.
> >>>
> >>> I have an Access 2003 database that was built on my Vista laptop. This
> >>> laptop also has Access 2007 installed but that version has not been used
> >>> at all to work with this database. My other computer has Windows XP and
> >>> only has Access 2003 installed.
> >>>
> >>> In a couple of forms I have combo boxes that are used for searches. On
> >>> my Vista machine, these searches work fine, on my XP machine, the
> >>> searches work, but no data is "visible" when you push the down arrow.
> >>> The list still shows the correct number of rows as if the data was
> >>> there, but no words show up so you have to guess at what you are
> >>> selecting.
> >>>
> >>> The query behind the search boxes works fine and if you try the query by
> >>> itself all of the data shows up properly.
> >>>
> >>> Not realizing what was going on, I spent a couple of hours trying to fix
> >>> the searches on my XP machine. I changed formatting, rebuilt the query,
> >>> everything I could think of. There was no way that I could make this
> >>> thing work on XP yet no problems on Vista.
> >>>
> >>> What is the deal????
> >>> Any insight?......Anybody.......
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Thanks for taking the time!
> >>>
> >>> CJ
> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------
> >>> Know thyself, know thy limits....know thy newsgroups!
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Old 10-26-2008, 04:09 AM