Get them to spin up a small VM on some other server and install it there. It won't hurt your process and should sooth them. Just don't mention the other things Microsoft has said, like "Access is the communications system of the future" (before they binned it and re-used the name for a rushed-to-market part of their Cirrus database project. Or maybe like "the Zune music system is here to stay" txtPost_CommentEmoticon(':-)');