Anyone work with the replication and synch of Access datbases. Can you WinZip a replica and still have it remain a replica. When I zipped a replica, it said it was an orphan. I took it to another machine anyways, it gave me a weird error that said the dates between synchs was past some limit. Yet I changed the database, zipped it back down and took it back to the original. It synched up ok, but gave the same error everytime I opened the replica. I want to use a replica for a VB install and am afraid the customer will get this strange error. Actually the VB deploy will be on CD, so maybe this is just a ZIp problem? THANKS for advice in advance!