Microsoft KB Archive/242476

= ACC97: Problems May Occur When a Computer's Name Is Longer Than 15 Characters =

Article ID: 242476

Article Last Modified on 1/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q242476



Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.



SYMPTOMS
You may experience problems with the Microsoft Jet database engine version 3.5 on computers that have a computer name that is longer than 15 characters.



CAUSE
Microsoft Jet 3.5 was not designed to work on a computer whose computer name is longer than 15 characters.



RESOLUTION
Change the computer name so that name has 15 or fewer characters.

NOTE: This limit has been increased to 47 characters in Microsoft Jet 4.0.



MORE INFORMATION
Version 4.0 of the Jet database engine is included in Microsoft Access 2000.

Additional query words: greater exceeds fifteen prb more than bigger

Keywords: kbprb KB242476

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