Getting message Not Valid License

[jimsterS]

When I install MSOffice97 and try to use access I get the error "No Valid License on this Computer". This is my copy of Office97 bought and paid for by me. I am wondering if the problem is installing MsOffice2002 first.

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Jim Shepard

 

[WB786]

The "No license..." error message is caused by the presence of the Hatten font, which is installed by Access 2002 and Office 2002. Also, if the Access 97 installation finds a newer version of the Msaccess.exe file on the computer, it will not install the 97 version of the Msaccess.exe file.

Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files or Folders.
Find the Hatten.ttf file, and then rename it to Hatten.sav. You must do this to avoid the "No license..." error message when you start Access 97.

NOTE: You can find the Hatten.ttf file in the Fonts folder under the name, Haettenschweiler.
Find the existing version of the Msaccess.exe file, and then rename it to Msaccess.2k. Before you rename it, confirm that the version of the Msaccess.exe file is 9.0x by right-clicking the file, and then clicking Properties. Then click the Version tab
Install Access 97 or Office 97.
When prompted, click Change Directory to install Access 97 in a folder other than the folder in which Access 2000 is installed. For example, install the program in a folder named C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office97\.
After the installation is finished, find the Msaccess.2k file and rename it back to Msaccess.exe. Also, find the Hatten.sav file and rename it back to Hatten.ttf.

--Found the article above on the internet after a did a search on google.com for your error. Hope this helps.

WB

 

[Steve101]

It is possible that you are attempting to install an [upgrade] version of Access 97, and that the system is not detecting a pre-97 version of MS Access (eg. Access 2, or Access 95). I'm not sure that it would regard a version of Access 2000 as a legitimate version of Access to authenticate the 97 upgrade.

Not sure if any of this is correct though. If it IS an upgrade version, and if you have any pre-97 version, then try installing this first.

Hope this throws some light,
Steve Lewy
Solutions Developer
steve@lewycomputing.com.au
(dont cut corners or you'll go round in circles)

 

[jimsterS]

Thanks everybody the problem was the Hatten.ttf. Thanks for the quick reponses

Jim Shepard