An Error Has Occurred At Changing Workgroup Database Windows 7
Posted on January 22, 2010 by martcj Before Access 97 finishes installing it complains that it cannot create c:\windows\system32\system.mdw and to open the Workgroup Administrator to create a system.mdw file. When I tried to create a system.mdw file it failed with the error ‘An error has occurred at changing workgroup database.’ I was never able to create a new system.mdw file. Instead I copied one from another PC and used that. However, when I opened Access 97 I then started to get an ‘Out of Memory’ error. After some reading I found that the ‘Out of Memory’ error was caused when a device had more than 1GB RAM and was running the Microsoft Jet Database Engine version 3.0 and 3.5. Microsoft released Microsoft Jet Database Engine version 3.51 which is available here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172733 Ensure that you have Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2) installed before installing the latest version of the Jet Database Engine Share this:FacebookTwitterEmailLike this:Like Loading... Related This entry was posted in MS Office and tagged Access 97, Jet Database Engine, system.mdw, Workgroup Administrator. Bookmark the permalink. Post navigation ← Unable to delete a logical drive from an array on a HP SAN How to start Microsoft SQL in Single User mode → One thought on “Access 97 cannot create c:\windows\system32\system.mdw file” Pressure March 11, 2013 at 11:56 am Reply Thanks for the info. Very helpful! Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here... Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Email (Address never made public) Name Website You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. (LogOut/Change) You are commenting using your Twitter account. (LogOut/Change) You are commenting using your Facebook account
Ask a Question Need help? Post your question and get tips & solutions from a community of 418,419 IT Pros & Developers. It's quick & easy. Access 97 Install Difficulty on Windows XP - System.mdw P: n/a Tim Marshall I've just received a new computer with Win XP Version 5.1.2600. I want to have Access 2003 and Access 97 running on this, so I did some googling on cdma and it seems I must install these versions of Access "sequentially", ie, A97, first. When I use the Office 97 installation cd, pick my choices, I end up, at the end of the installation, an error telling me the system.mdw could https://martcj.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/access-97-cannot-create-cwindowssystem32system-mdw-file/ not be created. When I click OK on this, the installer tells me to run the work group administrator on restart. Well, I can't. I'm trying to create a system.mdw. Can someone please help me. The googling I've done on 97/2003 co-existence didn't seem to pick up this problem or I missed it. Thanks very much in advance. -- Tim - http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~tmarshal/ ^o< /#) "Burp-beep, burp-beep, burp-beep?" - Quaker Jake /^^ "What's UP, Dittoooooo?" - https://bytes.com/topic/access/answers/201419-access-97-install-difficulty-windows-xp-system-mdw Ditto Nov 13 '05 #1 Post Reply Share this Question 1 Reply P: n/a Tim Marshall Well, I figured this out and am going to reply to it for the sake of Googlers to come. My machine: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600], ie sp 1a Pentium 3.2 2.0 Gigs RAM Server: MS Server 2003 (not sure if this had anything to do with it) On installing Office components from Office 97 cd, the following error messages are encountered: On completion of the installation, a message box entitled "Workgroup Administrator" appears with the message: "An error has occurred at changing workgroup database" On clicking the OK button, another message box with the same title appears: "Setup couldn't create a system.mdw file. After setup is complete, reboot your computer then run the workgroup administrator before you run this application (-1011)." From my investigation of the issue, it appears Office 97 is (obviously) not equipped to deal with the file and security arrngement of Windows XP. System.mdw is usually created in the c:\windows\system32 directory. I assume program files and windows directories are set up in Win XP such that alteration or creation of files within them requires some kind of coding from the client application (in this case, Office 97) in use. My fix was to: 1) reboot my computer as described above; 2) apply service rel
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