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Office 97 on WXP SP2

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by jdroba 1 view

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I need to load Access 97 on a PC to support a legacy software package. The user just got a new Dell PC with WXP SP2. Office 2003 loaded just fine. When attempting to load Access 97 (I know how to have both running on the same system) I get an error message that it failed to register in the registry. Accroding to the wbesites this is related to a newer version of COMCAT.DLL not registering properly. I follwed the directions to use an older version of this DLL and re-registered it in the systme but this did not work. Are there any known issues with Office 97 working on WXP SP due to how old this is? I have another PC (same type of system) that this failed on as well.

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by ltop

Hi there,
I have Office 97 w/- access 97 running on WinXPPro SP1 without any hassles. Ive never tried loading 2 versions of an Office program on the same system.

cheers

by ozi eagle

Hi,
I am running Access 97, 2000 nd 2003 on the same machine (albeit W2K). What I did is start by loading the oldest version first and work my way through the later versions in chronologic order.

Hope this helps

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