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VentuSag3 · 02-03-2010, 12:06 AM

Does she absolutly NEED this specific program? Something with that many dependencies sounds iffy to me. There may be better open source alternatives to whatever she is doing. I have dealth with many software packages and from experience anything PC based that really can only run on one specific OS tends to be shitty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...gement_systems

That being said, you are working with microsoft, not linux. A weakness of M$ is that when you have dependancy problems they are often built into the system in a way that they cannot be fixed and this is by design. I am not familiar with MDAC, so there may be a workaround, but my simple bet would be to Dualboot XP and Windows 7.

DO NOT TRY TO INSTALL WIN XP ON AN EXTERNAL HARDDRIVE. IT IS A NIGHTMARE. Not that it can't be done, it's just that WinXP is designed to hate you when you try to do that.

02-03-2010, 12:06 AM	#4
VentuSag3 Join Date: May 2009 Class/Position: [O]Spy [D]Soldier Gametype: CTF \ DM Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Does she absolutly NEED this specific program? Something with that many dependencies sounds iffy to me. There may be better open source alternatives to whatever she is doing. I have dealth with many software packages and from experience anything PC based that really can only run on one specific OS tends to be shitty. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...gement_systems That being said, you are working with microsoft, not linux. A weakness of M$ is that when you have dependancy problems they are often built into the system in a way that they cannot be fixed and this is by design. I am not familiar with MDAC, so there may be a workaround, but my simple bet would be to Dualboot XP and Windows 7. DO NOT TRY TO INSTALL WIN XP ON AN EXTERNAL HARDDRIVE. IT IS A NIGHTMARE. Not that it can't be done, it's just that WinXP is designed to hate you when you try to do that. Last edited by VentuSag3; 02-03-2010 at 12:07 AM.