Re: Access 97 on XP Pro problems

From: Jeff Conrad (jeffc_at_ernstbrothers.com)
Date: 06/03/04 

Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 22:55:12 -0700

Hi Al,

I assume you have a typo and meant to say that you have 1
GB of RAM on the XP machine, not 1 MB.

That is the problem: Access 97 will not run a computer
with 1 GB or more of RAM unless you have the latest
Microsoft Jet Database Engine. See this link for the
solution:

ACC: "Out of Memory" Error Starting Microsoft Access
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=161255 

--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
>-----Original Message-----
>   Are there known problems with Access97 running on XP 
>Pro?  Got some weird stuff when installing, but got A97 
>up and running for several hours, but now I'm 
>getting "Out of Memory" messages immediately upon opening 
>Access. I have 1 MB of memory, and there's nothing major 
>loaded with it.
>   Then I ran into whacky un-installs (failed to un-
>install when it said it did, only partially un-installed 
>on another attempt. Just a series of weird things.
>
>    I think something's causing problems with the A97 
>Install/Un-Install software, and I wonder if it's the 
>XP...
>
>    Anyone have any ideas or suggestions.  (Also... ran 
AVG anti virus (OK)
>and AdAware (OK))
>
>    Thanks,
>    Al Camp

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