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Apparently I'm screwed

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Okay so here's the deal.

For the past two+ years, I have kept all of my records of TLA on Microsoft Access 2002. Yeah, really old.

Recently, my computer had a meltdown, and Dan the Computer Man came and took it to the hospital where he uninstalled and reinstalled everything to get rid of the serious viruses I had picked up, updated everything, and made it run really fast. Except he left out the Access. I have the disk, but have lost the product key. Microsoft Access 2010 is apparently not available anymore. The new Access is not compatible with XP.

I tried uploading Google Drive but the only Google Doc available to me is Word, which won't really do what I want. I could do this on my work Google Docs, but don't really want to, even though I could do it at home.

I cannnot access anything on TLA right now. Any suggestions?
 
Try LibreOffice or OpenOffice. Both will open Office files and both are free and open-source and run on XP.
Or you can look for old legal copies of MSOffice on Ebay, or torrent them.
 
If you just need an existing file converted, you can send it to me and I can convert any Access document version to any other. And yes, they can be opened with Open Office, but I've never used it for its database app.
 
I, too, have the power to convert just about any type of database (including older versions of Access) into just about any other type of database!

I might also have leads on where to buy a copy of Access 2010, if you want one. And, it'll be a legit copy.

But, yes, Access files can be opened with OpenOffice.org. But, you would need to set up an ODBC connection to the file. I can probably find instructions if you need them.
 
Sorry to hear this LL. I hope that amongst all the remedies being suggested there is one that works for you............and I hope that you'll now develop a regular habit of backing-up to something remote.

Mike
 
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Locknar,

It seems you quite jumped the gun here.

The access keys are legal and valid. I work for a Microsoft Gold partner and I get access to all the MS software though my MSDN subscription.

The key that I was suggesting for her is a static key that MS assigns to some products.

Anyway. Lesson learned.
 
Daald said:
Locknar,

It seems you quite jumped the gun here.

The access keys are legal and valid. I work for a Microsoft Gold partner and I get access to all the MS software though my MSDN subscription.

The key that I was suggesting for her is a static key that MS assigns to some products.

Anyway. Lesson learned.
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I'm certainly not with a Gold Partner, but I've had various Technet subscriptions and the like, and yes, they come with software that you can do lots with, and that come with keys that don't need validating (at least historically). It is not the case that you can just give them to whomever you want; if it were, no one would need to buy it again.
 
Daald said:
Locknar,

It seems you quite jumped the gun here.

The access keys are legal and valid. I work for a Microsoft Gold partner and I get access to all the MS software though my MSDN subscription.

The key that I was suggesting for her is a static key that MS assigns to some products.

Anyway. Lesson learned.
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But is it an open key?


:)

I have lots of keys I can share including the Adobe CS4 keys, but they are under license agreements. But hey if they are open license then that would not be an issue.
 
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sophia8 said:
Try LibreOffice or OpenOffice. Both will open Office files and both are free and open-source and run on XP.
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I'd second this, I am pretty sure that Base can open Access files, the only issue is that Base is strickly Flatfile so if ypu were using a relational DB, you'll lose the relationships.
 
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