Access Database is getting corrupt again and again

Anonymous
2018-06-01T17:47:41+00:00

We have an application which was working okay till last month. But after the last windows update our clients are getting issues with access database. access database got corrupted.  We ran compact and repair. But it still getting corrupted again and again.  This issue started right after the window update. clients are on different OS. Like server 2018, server 2012 and windows 10.

Is there anything i have check in new windows update or any other step to prevent database corruption?

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-11-27T17:29:45+00:00

    Jon:  Me too.  I mean thinking of hanging it up - this is just too stressful.  As I was reading the latest discussions on this subject I got a call from one of my most important clients letting me know that the database crashed.  This is at a site where we've only started having problems this week.  Has Microsoft sent out a Windows update that is actually causing this where it has never happened before?  Highly suspicious that the one site that has been stable suddenly goes down twice in 7 days.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-11-27T17:32:12+00:00

    One of my sites was OK until about 7 days ago when it has gone down twice.  (Week of November 18 through 27th).  I have other sites that have been going down since this issue was first reported so why all of a sudden is a stable site going down?  We need answers!!!!

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-11-27T18:17:50+00:00

    There have been no update that correct this issue ("unrecognized database format").  The status is unchanged from when it first surfaced more than a year and a half ago.

    I feel your pain.  I have lost several of my best clients due to the never ending bugs and the downtime they have caused/cost.  I did manage to salvage one very important client by migrating their system to a new Web based system.  Sad, they had been running their entire business on Access for the past 7-8+ years and it wasn't until O365 that problems arose that pushed them to run away from MS.  That said, although it required almost a year to accomplish, it was the best decision ever!  No longer tied to any vendors, can be hosted on any host, even internally, no issue with the number of user, can perform hot backups without issue, no longer impacted by all these Microsoft Updates, much faster, ...  This is the direction I am now promoting to the rest of my clients.

    Now with the latest blunder Query is Corrupt ... I have no words left.  If you haven't been hit by this, turn off automatic updates immediately if you are running Access 2010 or 2013 (MSI)!!!!  For the other version, be sure to ensure your systems are fully updated.

    Microsoft's responses just doesn't make sense to me, and God only knows what is truly going on in Redmond as Microsoft never communicates in any truly meaningful way with its users.

    Deep breaths ... that all we can do as we are all at the mercy of Microsoft (and they know it)!

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