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I am trying to install Access 97 on a Windows 2003 R2 Ent Edition
machine using 8 gigs of ram. Unfortunately, I have a legacy
application (which is no longer supported) that requires Access 97
(even Access 2000 won't work) to run and pull up legacy data. This
machine is also running SQL Server 2005, which is being used for a
newer applicaiton on this same machine and Office 2003 (without Access
2003 installed).
My situation is this. I have installed Access 97, found a system.mdb
file through a google search and placed it in the system32 folder to
get past one error. I am currently getting an "Out of Memory error"
which through all my searches looks like it can be resolved by
installing SR-2 for Office 97. Prior to installing Office 97 SR-2 I
have to install Office 97 SR-1, which is where I'm stuck. The Office
97 SR-1 install keeps telling me that "The patch has determined that
your installation of Office cannot be updated at this time. Shut down
all applications and rerun the patch...."
I have rebooted and killed all the SQL Server services, as well as
copying the extracted SR files from the Temp folder and tried running
the direct executible (the one setup calls). Same result. I have
also tried changing the compatibility mode on all the executables to
get past this error.
The main issue is to either install SR-2 on the machine to get past
the "Out of memory error". I have edited the MaxBufferSize in the
registry changing the DWORD to 2048 under the Jet Engine area as
another attempt to get past this.
Any assistance anyone can provide would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jeff
machine using 8 gigs of ram. Unfortunately, I have a legacy
application (which is no longer supported) that requires Access 97
(even Access 2000 won't work) to run and pull up legacy data. This
machine is also running SQL Server 2005, which is being used for a
newer applicaiton on this same machine and Office 2003 (without Access
2003 installed).
My situation is this. I have installed Access 97, found a system.mdb
file through a google search and placed it in the system32 folder to
get past one error. I am currently getting an "Out of Memory error"
which through all my searches looks like it can be resolved by
installing SR-2 for Office 97. Prior to installing Office 97 SR-2 I
have to install Office 97 SR-1, which is where I'm stuck. The Office
97 SR-1 install keeps telling me that "The patch has determined that
your installation of Office cannot be updated at this time. Shut down
all applications and rerun the patch...."
I have rebooted and killed all the SQL Server services, as well as
copying the extracted SR files from the Temp folder and tried running
the direct executible (the one setup calls). Same result. I have
also tried changing the compatibility mode on all the executables to
get past this error.
The main issue is to either install SR-2 on the machine to get past
the "Out of memory error". I have edited the MaxBufferSize in the
registry changing the DWORD to 2048 under the Jet Engine area as
another attempt to get past this.
Any assistance anyone can provide would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jeff