Problems loading Access 2003 upgrade

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IPnewdevdude - 24 Oct 2005 07:12 GMT

Has anyone had problems loading Access 2003 upgrade?
I keep getting an "Error 1608" which states that I do not have Office XP
loaded. This is silly, as we have Office 2003 loaded and yet the program
will not recognize the load.

Anyone else have this glitch?

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Douglas J. Steele - 24 Oct 2005 22:04 GMT

Office 2003 does not qualify for the Access Upgrade.

See http://www.microsoft.com/office/access/howtobuy/default.mspx for
details.

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> Has anyone had problems loading Access 2003 upgrade?
> I keep getting an "Error 1608" which states that I do not have Office XP
> loaded. This is silly, as we have Office 2003 loaded and yet the program
> will not recognize the load.
>
> Anyone else have this glitch?

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Faith - 02 May 2006 00:39 GMT

So if one has Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Addition installed, one
cannot buy an upgrade version of Microsoft Access? The only choice is to
purchase the full edition? That absolutely makes no sense whatsoever. Is
there anyway to get around this? I've already purchased the upgrade version
of MS Access 2003 and opened the package (expecting to be able to install
it...).

> Office 2003 does not qualify for the Access Upgrade.
>
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> >
> > Anyone else have this glitch?

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Douglas J. Steele - 02 May 2006 01:08 GMT

Too bad you didn't read the box: I'm sure it says there what products
qualify.

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> So if one has Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Addition installed, one
> cannot buy an upgrade version of Microsoft Access? The only choice is to
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>> > Anyone else have this glitch?

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kazoopaul - 18 Oct 2006 03:14 GMT

> Too bad you didn't read the box: I'm sure it says there what products
> qualify.
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> So if I am a student and bought the student teacher version I am out of luck? How does a student getet microsoft access? I cannot imagine Microsoft wants me to pay full price.

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Douglas J. Steele - 18 Oct 2006 22:49 GMT

The Student-Teacher edition of Office doesn't qualify for any upgrades, not
even of Student-Teacher edition. That's why it's so cheap.

True students can qualify for Academic Pricing. See, for example,
http://www.microsoft.com/Education/USAcademicPricing.mspx (I believe there
are similar programs in most countries)

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> So if I am a student and bought the student teacher version I am out of
> luck? How does a
> student getet microsoft access? I cannot imagine Microsoft wants me to
> pay full price.

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