MADMAN69UK

Ok, removed OpenOffice Base and installed Access 2003. Removed all other options except for Visual Basic which it wouldn't let me remove with Access. Seems to be working ok

I don't know. Will that work? I could try it I guess.

Ok, I downloaded and installed OpenOffice Base. I removed all the other sections and options and it doesn't seem to have impacted on my other office applications. Cheers

I recently upgraded from Microsoft Office 2003 (where I had Access) to Microsoft Office 2010 (where I don't have Access). I was just looking for a free basic replacement. I think I'll try OpenOffice to see if I can install just the database portion without interfering with any Office 2010 settings.

They look good, but don't I have to set up an SQL instance to run a database through that? I was hoping for a simple free database application that would basically access a single file when required, much like Access.

That won't ruin any of the settings currently installed with Microsoft Office 2010 will it? I only need the database software, nothing else.

Just wondering if anyone can recommend a good free alternative to Microsoft Access?

Bah! Looks like the server we wanted to do this on isn't R2. We do have the R2 install disks but I guess it wasn't fully installed. Is it possible to just install R2 on the server without ruining the current settings?

Hi there We have a Windows Sever 2003 server that we would like to be able to limit certain folder sizes on. I am aware of the quota management stuff that is already available within Windows Server 2003, but it isn't flexible enough for our needs. Ideally we want our teachers to have a set limit, like 1GB of storage. We then have shared subject areas. So Science for example have 5 teachers, all of them can use this Science shared area so we would like to assign that folder 5GB. With the built in quota system you can only set a per user quota. So any files a Science teacher has in their personal storage and in the Science shared area get totalled up. This means they tend to easily exceed their 1GB allowance. Can anyone recommend a good bit of third party software to do this for us? We've seen SpaceGuard SRM, but at £600+ it's beyond our budget Any advice will be much appreciated