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Your database is more than likely in an older format and has to be converted.  Access 2000 and 2002 databases should open right up in Access 2003.  Older Access 97 files must be converted.  You should be able to at least open the old file(s) in Access 2003 and save them in the new format.  Microsoft mentions compiling the database before you convert it to help alleviate errors.  When you open the old database file,  you should see a small arrow on the right side of the <Open> button.  There should be an option that says "Open/Convert."

There are several database conversion programs available on the Internet, and some are offered for free.  Many of them only offer converting between two database types.  The other option is to export the data from the old database to a new one using an ODBC driver.  Here is a link that explains how ODBC works:  www.tech-faq.com/odbc.shtml

Yes, I recall that patch.  I kinda forgot about it, as I have not dealt with converting data in awhile.  When I worked at Eastern State Hospital (yes work, not patient :P), it was used between Access and FoxPro.

Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents can be easily read with newer versions of Office.  It's Access that had major changes.  That, in part, comes from various advances in database technology.  For the other programs, it's just new bells and whistles.