I am currently using Office97 Professional on a Windows98 PC.  I live
in the UK.
I have been using Access97 quite happily but have decided that perhaps
it's time to upgrade.

I am trying to install Jet 4.0 SP 8 on my Windows 2000
machine but the installation returns an error telling me I
don't have a recent enough version to install the hot fix.
It says I must have at least SP 3.0 installed. However,

I deal with an application running MS Access 2000.  The dB
that this program connects to i sover 200MB.  We have a
good 17 users in at a time.  The program drags.  it is
normally slow (unless you come in before anyone else gets

When I Print Preview or Print a Table, Query, Form, or
Report with both alpha and numeric characters, only the
alpha characters appear, the numbers disappear,
e.g., "12/15/2003" becomes " / /  ", or "H123456"

Sorry to post such a basic question - my experience is with Visual
FoxPro and Access is quite a different animal!
When I open the form that accesses our corporate data, I believe it
tries to refresh the data in the same state it was last accessed.  The

I have a requirement to programatically detect specific
versions of MS Access (I need to be able to distinguish
between Standard & Proffesional versions, for example).
Currently, I'm using the value

I have a database set up in a front end, back end manner.  
The tables in the front end are linked to a read only copy
of the database on our network.  The file systems is set
up with these folders:

   Does anyone out there know what I have to do to make
an "Add-To" combo box work? I want to have a combo box
with names that, when the user types a name that is not
in the list, adds it to the table after a prompt.

We have a database that was originally created in Access 97.  It has been
converted into Access 2000.  We have multiple users who need to access this
database, so the .mdb currently resides on one of our Networks.  When the
main user attempts to open this particular database, it ...

HI group
I used an Office XP version worked fine
I have just installed a trial version of OFFICE 2003.
While working I discovered that none of the access wizards works

The subject line says it all...
While all the other wizards seem to work OK - when
creating an Option Group, I can draw the frame, but
immediately afterward, the following error message box

I converted my app from Access 97 to access 2000. now when
i quit the application, msaccess.exe remains in the task
list. help!

I know from research that  my mdac is very screwed up on my machine.  I cannot open databases with .net code.  Recieve errors all the time.   I have tried reinstalling mdac2.8 but they dont do anything if its already installed.  I have used microsofts utilities to check my mdac ...

Despite installing all the features for Office XP Pro,
when I come use any of the wizards in Access I am given
an error message stating that "the feature isn't
installed or has been disabled". I've checked for any

Did a repair on Access 2002 and got this message.
'The Microsoft Jet database engine could not find the
object 'MSysDb'. Make sure the object exists and that you
spell its name and the path name correctly.