Hi, you don't mention what you are using to develop the front end, if it is .net, then you could extract the required data into a dataset on the tablet,...

Check that the server service is running, I had an installation that was continually rolling back, but it completed as soon as I started the server service

If you do the insert using a recordset, Access will supply the autonumber before it does the insert

Try increasing the connectiontimout for the ado connection