Office 2003 licence causing problem with Office 97

[TC]

Here's the problem


On my laptop I have been running a licenced version of Office 97

I recently put Office 2003 OEM on my desktop PC. Thinking I could put a
second copy on the laptop I uninstalled Office 97 and installed 2003.
Because it was and OEM copy it only has one licence and so could not be
activated (I found this out after speaking to MS - the supplier didn't
mention it !)

I uninstalled 2003 and put 97 back on (and Service Pack 2). All is fine
except Access 97 won't run and gives a message that there is no licence. I
presume that this is because it thinks it is 2003 and there is something
hidden in registry saying that it is unlicenced.

Any idea how I can deal with this ?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

"There Is No License" Error Message Starting Microsoft Access
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;141373

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Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
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| Here's the problem
|
|
| On my laptop I have been running a licenced version of Office 97
|
| I recently put Office 2003 OEM on my desktop PC. Thinking I could put a
| second copy on the laptop I uninstalled Office 97 and installed 2003.
| Because it was and OEM copy it only has one licence and so could not be
| activated (I found this out after speaking to MS - the supplier didn't
| mention it !)
|
| I uninstalled 2003 and put 97 back on (and Service Pack 2). All is fine
| except Access 97 won't run and gives a message that there is no licence. I
| presume that this is because it thinks it is 2003 and there is something
| hidden in registry saying that it is unlicenced.
|
| Any idea how I can deal with this ?
|
| --
| Tobit

 

[TC]

Great - works fine now

Thanks