"Programs and Features" in Control Panel will let you rightclick the Office
(or Access) line, and 'repair' all the Office apps, like Access.

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"Howard Myers" <hmyersco********.co.uk.(donotspam)> wrote in message
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> After installing a new program (Access based) when I open it starts
> checking
> for updates on a website and then says checking for updates, then
> immediately
> comes up with "Microsoft Access has stopped working - close program"
>
> O/S = Vista business
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