W XP, Office XP Standard and Access 97 Pro

[andyjuzy]

My company has purchased sufficient licenses for Office XP
Professional - enough to install on both office and home
pcs - so licensing shouldn't be an issue.

One of my users has Office 97 PRO installed at work and
has a critical Access 97 application. He does not want to
upgrade/convert it to Access XP.

He bought a home pc from Dell and bought it with Office XP
Standard installed, i.e. no Access.

I gave him an Office 97 PRO CD and product key and told
him to install it on his home pc. He chose to select
Powerpoint and Access from the CD and the installation
process seemed to work fine - i.e. no errors or warnings.

When he clicks Start -> Programs -> Access 97, however, he
gets a message saying "Microsoft Access can't run because
there is no license for it installed on this machine."

Can these not coexist? Any guidance you can offer would
be much appreciated.

Thank you very much!

(Installing Access XP is not an option because of other
installations that would be affected and because of a
strong reluctance to avoid converting the database).

 

[Cheryl Fischer]

The "Microsoft Access can't run because there is no license for it
installed on this machine." message is a common - and fixable - bug caused
by a misbehaving font. The following link explains what to do:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;141373

hth,