Access 2007 opens Read only

[Kaver Keith]

I had to move everything to a new laptop and at the same time go from Windows XP to Windows 7 64b. I have legitimate copies of Office 2007 and Access 2007. When I open a database it opens as read only and many items are greywed out. It says that I must have a legitimate copy of Office. I even tried uninstalling Access to reinstall, but it says that it can't find Access to uninstall it. I did a repair on Access which went successfully, but it didn't solve the problem.

Keith

 

[vbaInet]

Try uninstalling Office completely and doing a fresh install.

Welcome to AWF by the way

 

[Kaver Keith]

I just finished doing the reinsatll of Office. I get the same information when my mouse scrolls over save as for example. It says I must have a licensed copy of office. And it still opens the databases as read only.

Thanks for the welcome.

 

[vbaInet]

Does it happen with any other application? Try it with Word and Excel.

 

[Kaver Keith]

When I open a document in Word is shows as Compatibility Mode whatever that means. It appears that all functions are available. I don't use Excel so I don't have any documents to open in it.

 

[vbaInet]

It sounds very much like a Windows Registry problem. Post your question in the Windows section of the forum and I'm sure there will be someone to help.

 

[Kaver Keith]

Thanks very much for your help.

 

[vbaInet]

I hope you get it sorted. Good luck!