My office 97 keeps telling me " this machine don't have a license.

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jsolney - 27 Jan 2005 22:57 GMT

My pc is windows xp pro. It won't let me use, Office 97. Tells me" this
machine does not have a license. What is the problem?

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Jeff Conrad - 27 Jan 2005 23:05 GMT

Assuming you are talking about Access 97 it
is a fairly common bug caused by a font of all things.

See this Microsoft Knowledge Base Article for the solution:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=141373

There is a free download to fix the problem but it only works on Windows 98 I believe.

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=191224

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> My pc is windows xp pro. It won't let me use, Office 97. Tells me" this
> machine does not have a license. What is the problem?

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