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Re: Running Access 97 Under XP

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Hi,

Am 09.12.2016 um 22:51 schrieb Patrick Finucane:
> On Friday, December 9, 2016 at 3:29:24 PM UTC-5, gagea...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 11:18:16 PM UTC-4, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>>> Hello:
>>>
>>>       I have just picked up a bit of work on an Access 97 system.  In
>>> British Columbia, we have a change in the way that the taxes will be
>>> computed coming up July 1.
>>>
>>>       Fortunately, I still have my Windows 98 box on my desk.  I have
>>> not used it in months, but I have to now as I can not get Access 97 to
>>> install on my XP box.  There is an installation error about not being
>>> able to create system.mdw.  (I am then told that the installation
>>> completed successfully.)  Access 97 will then not start because of the
>>> missing file.
>>>
>>>       Does anyone know what I have to do to be able to run Access 97
>>> under XP?
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Gene Wirchenko
>> Any chance I can revive this old thread with a new need? Access 97 is installed on an old Win XP box. I'm the registered owner of the single user copy. All security I set up then has come back to haunt me now. I cannot launch Access 97 w/o login credentials. Can I recover my ability to start A97 and open my old databases?
> I went to the Access Web and under the downloads section there was something from Terry Kreft called Secure.  It might be able to help.  http://access.mvps.org/access/resources/downloads.htm
>
> There was a very small routine written by Michael (Michka) Kaplan that broke the...I don't know if this is correct...the admin password.  He was upset people were charging for the crack as he felt it should be free.  I was looking around for it but couldn't find it...I'm sure it's somewhere since it was on the internet.
The site is still online! :-)
Look at: http://trigeminal.fmsinc.com/lang/1033/codes.asp?ItemID=5#5
> Look at the code at this site from Jimmy Kerckhofs  https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/comp.databases.ms-access/ilYsCnJjnCg  It has code from Michka but I don't think its the code I was thinking of...his may not have even been code...just some instructions.

Ulrich

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Re: Running Access 97 Under XP gageasebrkr@gmail.com - 2016-12-09 12:29 -0800
  Re: Running Access 97 Under XP Patrick Finucane <patrickfinucanetx@gmail.com> - 2016-12-09 13:51 -0800
    Re: Running Access 97 Under XP Ulrich Möller <knobbi38@arcor.de> - 2016-12-10 00:37 +0100
  Re: Running Access 97 Under XP Jürgen Meyer <juergen.ul.meyer@gmx.de> - 2016-12-10 12:20 +0100

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