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Actually, it is a hit or miss situation with XP SP2. With XP SP1, there is no problem at all. However, when SP2 was rolled out, a key dll, namely COMDLG32.dll, was changed. Depending on the system and the version of this dll, it may or may not work.<br />
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good luck
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Actually, it is a hit or miss situation with XP SP2. With XP SP1, there is no problem at all. However, when SP2 was rolled out, a key dll, namely COMDLG32.dll, was changed. Depending on the system and the version of this dll, it may or may not work.

good luck

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We have a custom application programmed in Access 97. Of course the programmer is long gone and we've been using the program without any issues. We are replacing our computers with Windows XP units and need to know if our Access program will run with Windows XP Pro SP2
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We have a custom application programmed in Access 97. Of course the programmer is long gone and we've been using the program without any issues. We are replacing our computers with Windows XP units and need to know if our Access program will run with Windows XP Pro SP2

will access 97 run on windows xp sp2 ?

Microsoft Access is a rapid application development (RAD) relational database tool. Access can be used for both desktop and web-based applications, and uses VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) as its coding language.

Microsoft Access

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.