You must have purchased an Upgrade edition, as opposed to a "New" edition,
of Office 2003.
No version of the Student/Teacher edition qualifies for upgrades: that's
part of the reason why its price is so much lower.

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> We bought a copy of Office 2003 Professional Edition, I currently have the
> Student/Teacher edition installed. When I tried to install the
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> need access to Access!
> Thanks!