Access 2000 – Inserting JPEG Objects

I?m developing an Access database that will have a field used to store scanned images. The program will let me store only .bmp formatted objects. When I attempt to insert a .jpg object into the record I get a variety of error messages. First to be seen is Image Expert 2000: Error opening database: 2000. When I clear that message, another appears: MS Access The OLE object isn?t registered. The object may be calling an application that isn?t installed. To register the application, reinstall it.

I am running Windows XP Home and have loaded MS Office 2000 Professional (9.0.3821 SR-1). As usual, the software help doesn?t really help much, but leads one to believe that the proper graphics filter needs to be loaded in Word. I have reloaded the filter but that didn?t solve my problem.

Any ideas out there?