access 97 license problem on XP Pro platform

[jpeasemiller]

I installed office 97 which our office purchased long ago on one of our new notebook computers. It had Microsoft XP professional running on it.

The installation went well and all the other office programs on the Office 97 CD run well. But when I try to run access, it says that it has no license for this machine and won't load.

Don't know why it does this only on Access and not on any of the other office programs.. Any clues?

Any ideas on how to fix or workaround this problem? I don't have xp office to install here so I want to use what I have and what will work for me currently.

Thank you in advance

 

[RobertT687]

Check out Microsoft Knowledgebase articles Q191224 and Q141373. THey seem to describe a similar problem.