Microsoft has stopped providing older versions of Access .So what do you do if want to continue using an older version? To stay legal, you need to purchase a new license copy for the latest version, but don't install the latest version, but instead the older version you want to use.

The removal utility, provided with the 2000 version, does not correctly remove it. We have found another utility on Microsoft's site that is supposed to remove it correctly. Well, almost correctly. What happens is that it also removes several fonts that are needed. You would think that if you install the 97 version, it would reinstall the fonts. Wrong again! The fonts that are removed are standard Windows fonts that need to be reinstalled from original CD.

There are two settings that you can change the will greatly improve the speed of newer versions of Access.

• Click on an existing table name
• Click on Design
• Right-hand click in the description area
• Click on Properties
• Change the value to None in the Subdatasheet Name field
• Close Windows

• Click on Tools
• Click on Options
• Click on the General tab
• Uncheck Track name AutoCorrect info
• Click OK