About this tag
Discussions tagged with database access on WindowsForum.com cover issues related to Microsoft Access databases in networked environments, particularly when sharing files between Windows 7 and Windows XP machines. Users report problems opening a shared Access 2003 database on Windows 7 if it is already in use by an XP machine, with the file failing to open until the XP user exits. Additionally, a thread about unhandled exceptions mentions a COM class registration error (HRESULT 0x80040154) that can occur when database components are not properly registered. The tag also appears in the context of WebMatrix helpers, where database access is listed as a fundamental helper for building applications.
  1. Jaseem

    Windows 7 unhandled exception occured

    Class not registered(Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040154 (REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG) . Details See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box. ************** Exception Text ************** System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException...
  2. N

    Windows 7 Can't open a shared file on a Windows 7 machine if it is already open on an XP machine in same netwo

    I have a small network of six computers. Five of them run XP and I just added a Windows 7 machine. I've got a Microsoft Access 2003 database that all of the computers share that is hosted on one of the XP machines. The Windows 7 machine can access the Access database through the network just...