Have you installed Service Pack 3 for Office XP? Office XP is really not
certified for Windows Vista, so thats why you might be experiencing
unexpected incompatibility it.
Error 3000 seems like a common problem with Databases:
http://www.google.com.jm/search?hl=e...=Google+Search
For Access related issues, try microsoft.public.access
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"Johnny Meynell" <> wrote in message
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>I have Windows Vista 9 and installed Office 2002. I've been using Access
>for
> a month with no problems until yesterday. All of a sudden it won't open my
> databases, coming up with message Error 3000. Anyone else had any similar
> problems, and how did you resolve them. I've reinstalled Office, but still
> get thye same message. Word, Excel and Powerpoint al work fine.