Is MSDE overkill for single computer?
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I work on several programs that require ordinary users to be able to change settings system wide (specific to the programs). However, Windows security is evolving toward forbiding any of the obvious aproaches to sharing data in this way (such as HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, and files in the same directory that the program is installed in) The simplest solution that I've been able to find is to use an MSDE database to store shared settings. However, a database server intended to be used over a network seems to be overkill to me. Does anyone have some ideas for my problem? Nathan Holt
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I work on several programs that require ordinary users to be able to change settings system wide (specific to the programs). However, Windows security is evolving toward forbiding any of the obvious aproaches to sharing data in this way (such as HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, and files in the same directory that the program is installed in) The simplest solution that I've been able to find is to use an MSDE database to store shared settings. However, a database server intended to be used over a network seems to be overkill to me. Does anyone have some ideas for my problem? Nathan Holt
MSDE is actually limited in how many network connections it can take, however, it sounds like Access would do what you want. I have deployed MSDE for use on single machines, but I was building a database that Access just wasn't good enough for. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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MSDE is actually limited in how many network connections it can take, however, it sounds like Access would do what you want. I have deployed MSDE for use on single machines, but I was building a database that Access just wasn't good enough for. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
Christian Graus wrote: MSDE is actually limited in how many network connections it can take, however, it sounds like Access would do what you want. I have deployed MSDE for use on single machines, but I was building a database that Access just wasn't good enough for. Thanks. I finally found info yesterday that one is allowed to have shared files in the All Users/Application Data provided that one makes a subdirectory and sets its permisions so that all users can write to them. That makes most of the code I have easily fixable.:) Nathan Holt