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Error message when you use Access 2003 to open a database file: "Error 1706. No valid source could be found"

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Symptoms

When you use Microsoft Office Access 2003 to open a database file, you may receive the following error message:
Error 1706. No valid source could be found for product [DAO].
For example, you may receive this error message when you open the Northwind.mdb file.

Note This problem occurs on computers that are running Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).

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Resolution

To resolve this problem, reinstall Office 2003.

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More information

For more information about how to reinstall Office 2003, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
903771 Information about the ability to uninstall Office updates

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Keywords: KB921024, kbprb, kberrmsg

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Article Info
Article ID : 921024
Revision : 4
Created on : 7/7/2006
Published on : 7/7/2006
Exists online : False
Views : 307