Just desserts is all.
Off for why? as an access developer, or as a whore?
For expecting that Access run on Windows would behave in a reasonable way, and being upset when it didn't. All Access users should know that if it didn't behave to your expectations, then your expectations were incorrect or there is something wrong with your hardware. Simply buy a new machine with a new copy of Windows and OfficeXP and all of your problems will vanish.
Since you didn't follow MS's SOP, you're sentenced to virtual Abu Ghraib!
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Glad you got it solved - at least for the moment. :-) I think your hypothesis makes sense. ;-)
Cheers,
Scott.