Problems with Access 2003 / Office 97

[BlueSteve]

I've recently installed Office 2003, and added Access 2003, and they run
fine, but, when I try to open an Access database I created in Office 97, I
get a message telling me I need to join certain Workgroups/User Groups. As I
created the database on my home PC, I am the administrator, so there
shouldn't be a problem.
Trouble is, Access won't open the database at all, so I can't get in to
check the Workgroup/User Groups.
Any suggestions would be most welcome - I've over 4,500 records in the
database, and the thought of creating a new one and entering the data again
is daunting!
I run Windows XP with XP SP2.

 

[david epsom dot com dot au]

Run Regedit to look in the registry: look at

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Access\Jet\3.5\Engines

on my machine it shows C:\WINNT\system32\SYSTEM.MDW

Make sure that the file exists, and that it is the A97 version
of the file.

If the registry entry (which is set by the workgroup administrator
program) points to an Access 2003 version of the file, it won't
work.

(david)