Access 2000 on a terminal server

[wgechter]

We are trying to install Access 2000 on a terminal server. We are supposed to put:
drive:\setup transforms="drive:\termsrvr.mst" in the command line and run it from add/remove programs.

We have downloaded the ORK, and done all of this. We are still getting an error message, "Can't find the database you specified or you didn't specify a database at all. Specify a valid database name in the command line and includ a path if necessary"

It has Office xp small business already and I am not sure if this may be the conflict. Does anybody have suggestions?
Thanks

 

[arteus]

Are you installing this from the server console or elsewhere? We have hundreds of users using Access remotely on TS sessions. Please expand a bit more on what you are doing...

 

[wgechter]

I have to install from the server. I can't install remotely, of course. I use Add/remove programs to put it in install mode. It's a Windows 2000 server, with terminal services and Citrix. It has many more programs running on ts/citrix but this one just won't work. I can't get Access to work on the server let alone through rdp or citrix. I get the same error everywhere. Does that help any? Thanks

 

[paul123456]

yes it won't do this for some reason. i have tried and looked around for an explanation but found none. u are talking about installing office remotely right. and it messes with front end and back end database if u do it with group policy. i had to phisically install it on the server then with group policy install it to clients. if i did it through TS it would give me an error, and if i did it through group policy it would install but give me an error when i tried to split the database.

Good Luck
Thanks, PAUL

 

[wgechter]

Actually I wanted to install Access from the server, on the server. I am not doing anything remotely. All I want to do is get Access on my server. The server has terminal services and citrix on it. I want to be able to view Access through rdp and citrix after I have it installed. I can't even install it right now b/c I get that error message. Maybe this makes more sense now. Sorry for the confusion. Thanks!

 

[paul123456]

oh then your error message has to do with your front end database not able to locate your rear end database. this is what u do to correct this. when u split the database or for sql specify were the database make sure that the format is in UNC path, by default it leaves it as a path to the local computer for example c:\windows\system\......u need to convert it to UNC path which is like \\server\share. then all will work. its not your installation your having a problem with its your d\base.........and one more thing. looks like u published this with Group Policy on your server.. i explained that u can't do this. deny the policy for the domain controller and install office with the CD. like we used to do. u know normally. if u don't know what publish is just ask and i'll give u more explanation. but this is why your getting the error message Thanks, PAUL

 

[wgechter]

Maybe I'm not communicating well. I am not even trying to find a database. That is the wierd thing. I installed it on my server and when I just go to open up the program (Access) I get that message. We have no back end database. I need people to be able to use Access through Citrix if they ever need to build a database, but the problem now is that I am not even looking for a database. I am just opening the program. I installed it on the server with the transform command line and then I can't even open it up the server. No back end, no front end, just Access. Am I not explaining things very well? Sorry!!