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Error message when you use Access 2003 to open a database file: "Error 1706. No valid source could be found"
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).
To resolve this problem, reinstall Office 2003.
For more information about how to reinstall Office 2003, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
903771Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=903771/
)
Information about the ability to uninstall Office updates
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