Microsoft KB Archive/905867

= You are offered an update for Access 2002 when you check for updates on the Microsoft Office Update Web site or on the Microsoft Update Web site =

Article ID: 905867

Article Last Modified on 10/18/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office XP Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS
When you check for updates on the Microsoft Office Update Web site or on the Microsoft Update Web site, you are offered an update for Access 2002. This problem may occur when you do not have Microsoft Access 2002 installed on the computer.

For more information about the update for Access 2002, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

904018 Description of the update for Access 2002: October 18, 2005



CAUSE
This problem may occur because the update for Access 2002 contains the Mscdm.dll file. This file is also installed by Microsoft Excel 2002 and Microsoft FrontPage 2002.

If you do not have Access 2002 installed, but you do have Excel 2002 or FrontPage 2002 installed, you will be offered an update for Access 2002 when you check for updates. You will also be offered the update if you have a Microsoft Office XP edition that contains Excel 2002 or FrontPage 2002 installed.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, do not install the update for Access 2002 if you do not have Access 2002 installed on the computer.

Additional query words: access2002 access2k2 accessxp acc2002 acc2k2 accxp

Keywords: kbtshoot kbprb kbupdate KB905867

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