I recently installed Office 2003 Pro (incl the Office SP2 update) on a new computer and moved my data to this computer. Both the old and new computer ran WinXP Pro + SP2.
Other Office apps (Word, Excel, etc) seem to be running fine, but whenever I attempt to open one of the .mdf files I've created, Access tries to install DAO. It looks for dao.msi in a temp folder and can't find it, rolls back the DAO install resulting in a dysfunctional DBMS.
I've done the following:
1. Run a Windows search (incl hidden/system files) for dao.msi on both of my hard drives and on the Office installation CD - not found.
2. Tried both Detect and Repair, and then a full uninstall/reinstall of Office 2003 - no change.
The .mdf files were originally created in Access 2002/XP and I seem to recall solving this same problem when I first installed Office 2003 on my previous computer, about a year ago, but don't recall how I did it.
I need to get access (no pun intended) to these database files ASAP. All suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks,
Phil
Other Office apps (Word, Excel, etc) seem to be running fine, but whenever I attempt to open one of the .mdf files I've created, Access tries to install DAO. It looks for dao.msi in a temp folder and can't find it, rolls back the DAO install resulting in a dysfunctional DBMS.
I've done the following:
1. Run a Windows search (incl hidden/system files) for dao.msi on both of my hard drives and on the Office installation CD - not found.
2. Tried both Detect and Repair, and then a full uninstall/reinstall of Office 2003 - no change.
The .mdf files were originally created in Access 2002/XP and I seem to recall solving this same problem when I first installed Office 2003 on my previous computer, about a year ago, but don't recall how I did it.
I need to get access (no pun intended) to these database files ASAP. All suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks,
Phil
