AEU Meeting Date 7 May 2025 starting at 18:00 UK Time (UTC+1)                     Last Updated 14 Jun 2025



Meeting Details:

This Access Europe meeting will be on Wednesday 7 May 2025 starting at 18:00 UK time (6PM UTC+1) and finishing at about 19:15 (7.15PM)

The start time is equivalent to 19:00 (7PM) in Central Europe and 10AM in Seattle / PST

Please note that the UK is currently on Summer Time (UTC+1). For local times, please check World Time Buddy

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Topic outline:

Every now and then, Microsoft's automatic updates deliver bugs that are just a little annoying or, in the case of critical applications, can bring the company to a standstill.
Access users and developers tremble in the face of Office Patch Tuesdays and all the security and Windows updates.

But it doesn't have to be that way! Dr. Donaubauer is here to educate you on prevention, help with clarification and diagnosis, and prescribe treatment and healing.

Theory and practice on:
•   how to find and setup the right update channel and cycle
•   how to determine if you are the victim of an update bug
•   which methods to use to survive the critical phase
•   how to speed up bug fixes for Access by Microsoft
•   most importantly: where and how efficient information takes place




Background:

Karl Donaubauer has been an Access MVP for so long and (according to his daughter) is unfortunately now too old to remember how long.*

He has worked on perhaps 200 Access client projects and taken part in tens of thousands of forum discussions in five languages, encountering some update bugs along the way.

Based on this experience, the emergency centre he founded and, of course, his former training as a backup paramedic in civilian service, he will guide us through these adventures!

*Editor's note - Access MVP since 1998 (27 years!)



Download:

The slides used in Karl's presentation are now available as a PDF file:

Click to download:   Update Bugs     PDF file     Approx 2.6 MB



Video:

The meeting was recorded and the video is now available on the Access Europe YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/HExXKRdWIjQ or you can click below:

       

Mike Wolfe has now written a summary of the main points arising from this video.
This is available on his NoLongerSet website: Update! Update! The Company is in a State! (with Karl Donaubauer)



Colin Riddington           Mendip Data Systems                 Last Updated 14 Jun 2025

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