It's not looking for qualifying Windows version it's looking for the qualifying Office version. Do you have the disks for that? You can place the first CD in the drive and have it look at it without having to install it.
-- Gina Whipp
"I feel I have been denied critical, need to know, information!" - Tremors II "Jammer" <Jammer[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:43E962C9-C730-4FD3-9383-08A083E92E4D[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text] > Old system, an original Windows 98 OS and Office Professional version had > been upgraded to Windows XP. I purchased and installed Access 2002 many > years ago. That system has crashed and been replaced with a refurbished > laptop, with preinstalled MS Office XP without Access > I tried in reinstall the Upgrade version, but it can't because it can't > find > a qualifying previous version. > > How do I get this reinstalled. Original disk for the Win98 versions from > 1999 are long gone. > >
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