An old problrm. See:
AcLicn97.exe Available in Download Center 191224
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"Under certain conditions, when you try to start Microsoft Access, you may receive the following error message:
Microsoft Access can't start because there is no license for it on this machine.
The AcLicn97.exe file contains a tool that corrects this problem on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows 98. After this problem is corrected, you can run Microsoft Access 97 successfully.For additional information about this problem, see the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
141373 ACC:
"There is no license" Error Starting Microsoft Access "