wine users - Mar 2007 - No License error message when running MSAccess via Wine

Does any one out there running MicroSoft Access 97 get this message
when they try to run it via Wine ?

"Microsoft Access can't start because there is no license for it on
this machine"

I get this message, despite the fact I have a perfectly legal copy of
Access on my machine, and it runs perfectly, and has been for years,
from windows.

I am running linux Fedora FC5, and wine version 0.9.22.

I can run other apps perfectly using Wine, although there is some
question about how I have my C drive configured, see my other thread
for that.

Any idea how to clear this error message ?

Thanks.

Robert McLean <robert.mclean1@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Does any one out there running MicroSoft Access 97 get this message
> when they try to run it via Wine ?
> 
> "Microsoft Access can't start because there is no license for it
on
> this machine"
> 
> I get this message, despite the fact I have a perfectly legal copy of
> Access on my machine, and it runs perfectly, and has been for years,
> from windows.
Most likely Access is looking for a registry key that contains a serial
number or something similar. This key exists under windows because that
is where you installed it. Consequently, it doesn't exist in the wine
registry. If I am right, you need to dig through the windows registry
for this key, and add it to the wine registry.

Daniel

Robert McLean wrote:
> Does any one out there running MicroSoft Access 97 get this message
> when they try to run it via Wine ?
> 
> "Microsoft Access can't start because there is no license for it
on
> this machine"
May I ask how far you get?  Did you manage to install the components you
want to drive_c?

For me, running SETUP.EXE works quite well.  I am able to enter the
license key and the installation starts.  However, after writing a few
files to System32, it says it cannot write a certain DLL and asks me to
check that the destination drive has enough space.  Needless to say,
there is plenty of drive space.
-- 
    Tore

Robert McLean wrote:
> Does any one out there running MicroSoft Access 97 get this message
> when they try to run it via Wine ?
> 
> "Microsoft Access can't start because there is no license for it
on
> this machine"
> 
>... 
> Any idea how to clear this error message ?
> 
> Thanks.
While we're on the topic of license problems,
I just tried to install (fresh .wine directory) Office 2000, which installed
previously with not much problem.
Now it fails (partially) with a message that the key is invalid. (this key
was accepted previously). It goes ahead in the installation but only
installs a few things, missing amoung others, Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
It does install some Access and other files.
A re-install attempt will  not get any further and an uninstall does not
work.


Wine version is 0.9.23, compiled from sources
OS is Debian Testing, upgraded to latest.
No underlying Windows install.

Office 2000 CD is a legitimate one that was given to me, without the product
key, so Wine could be right about the key being invalid, but as mentioned
before, it previously did install and partially does now.

In any case, I'm not interested in using Microsoft Office; I just want to be
sure it will install (for somebody else).
Yes, I understand that Crossover Office should be able to handle it, I just
want some indication that Wine can too.
-- 
If you wrestle in the mud with a pig.
you both get dirty, and the pig likes it.

-- Dave Dawson