You don't need the Admin patch, that is to patch an network installation
point. Without the installation point available, whether network or CD, the
service packs will not install. If you want to be able to tell where the
software was installed from, you could try to do a repair (Help|Repair) and
see what location it mentions when it prompts you for the install files, but
since you don't have any installation point available this really doesn't
matter. If it was a network install and you had the CD available, you can
change the installation point to the CD.
Since you don't have the CD, the question becomes did the previous owner
transfer his rights to the software to you? If so, he should have given you
the CD and license paperwork, if not then what you have is probably an
illegal copy and this is one of the problems with illegal copies.
--
Wayne Morgan
Microsoft Access MVP
"almagg" <al*****@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Hey Wayne,
So if I don't have the cd it's a no go?
I've had this laptop for a few years so...
Let me be a bit clearer. When I am in the Access VB Editor and I
click the Help file then I am prompted that it has not been installed.
The pack that seems to fix my problem is 'O2ksr1adl.exe'
http://support.microsoft.com/default...roduct=acc2000
Then there is a Note at the bottom of this page(#11) about two
installations
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;258323
The site mentions two installations a 'flat copy' and 'administrative
installation' and I don't need the disk if it is a 'flat copy'.
Now the original user was a graduate student and it is very possible
that he installed Office from the school network server which they
made available as part of his graduate work.
Is there a way for me to tell?
