It is not clear to me if you in fact placed the original MS Office XP Pro CD
into the CD drive when you were prompted. Did you do so? Was the path shown
the correct path to your CD?
Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> I'm using Windows XP and XP Office Pro. From Excel, I'm
> trying to link to some data in Access (on same computer). In
> Excel, I select Data/Import External Data/New Database Query.
> However, upon selecting New Database Query, the following
> error is returned...
>
> "Microsoft Excel can't start Microsoft Query, This feature is
> not currently installed. Would you like to install it now?"
>
> Naturally, I click "Yes" in response.
>
> Windows installer opens and begins "installing" the
> component(s). Then I get a pop up that tells me the feature
> I'm trying to install are on a CD-Rom or other removable disk
> that is not available.....Insert the Microsoft XP
> Professional disk and click OK.
>
> Paul Roeth
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