Digital Certificate for runtime installs. (Not Self Cert)

[Don]

If I package 2000 File Format MDE's with the 2000 Runtime I should need only
windows xp with SP2 as a minimum system requirement. I shouldn't need to
chain anything other then Jet SP8.

Can Anybody confirm this?

 

[david epsom dot com dot au]

If I package 2000 File Format MDE's with the 2000 Runtime I should need
only
windows xp with SP2 as a minimum system requirement. I shouldn't need to
chain anything other then Jet SP8.

Can Anybody confirm this?

I don't believe that. I don't believe that there is a fully
patched copy of the 2000 runtime.

You need to have at least SR1 for Access 2000, and Access 2000
is now SR3.

Unless your copy of ART is at least SR1, your clients will
need to download Office SR3, and even if your copy of ART is
SR2, there will still be a download next time you test.

I don't think that there was an SR3 release of ART, even if
there was an SR2 release, because I think that by then, MS
had dropped support.

You need SR3 to get SendObject to work correctly: I'm not
sure what other fixes are in it.

(david)

 

[Judy]

Earl,
I'm getting ready to install an Access 2003 runtime on about 25 computers at
work which are now running the program in Access 97. If I got the program
from SageKey, I would get the MSI installer because my version of Wise is a
lot older. In your experience, do you think I would have enough problems
doing the install on just our network computers to warrant the cost of the
Wise scripts?
Thanks
--
Judy

Don,

Check out Sagekey at www.sagekey.com. I use their Access 2002 and 2003
products with the Wise Installation System (Professional). [Apparently Wise
is now Altiris, but www.wise.com gets you there.] I think you will find this
approach far superior to the Microsoft Packing Wizard.

EarlM

I have installed the software on machines with Jet SP8 already installed and
it still crashes. After digitally signing a project this happens. The user
is then redirected to Office Update to install Office 2003 SP2 and an Office
2003 Security Update. Office 2003 SP2 is 100 megs for the full file. This
just doesn't make sense!

I am using the Microsoft Office Developers Toolkit for packaging -
"Packaging Wizard".

I just don't get it, how can someone who buys my software (and doesn't have
Office installed) update anything until my software is installed?

-Don

 

[davidp]

Don,

I'm running into similar problem, Access 2k app (mde) but its ran on
access 2k, 2002 and 2003, with the users locked out of their computer with
exception of few folders or competely locked out of the C-drive. The users
can't set the registry or modify any of the security stuff.

My only choice is digital certs.
I'm very new to this, any suggestions on what to and where to go?

I'm also reading the various links in the different posts.