I'm in the same position as the original comments' author. However, I can't seem to find my Office 2003 cd, so I put all the files on an ipod and transferred them to the new laptop with Vista. When I try to run Word it says "Operating system not configured to run this program." What does this mean? Buy another copy of 2003?
On Feb 20, 6:44 am, "Mary Sauer" <mary-sa...[ at ]mycolumbus.rr.com> wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Sounds as though your 2003Officeis an upgrade. If you have an earlier version > ofOfficeon a disk, insert it into your computer and let the setup find it. > > -- > Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/http://msauer.mvps.org/> news://msnews.microsoft.com > > "M C Hamster" <davol...[ at ]speakeasy.net> wrote in messagenews:810kt2d7otdb2p4vudh8of8qct3vvho3mf[ at ]4ax.com... > > > > >I just got a laptop withVistaas the OS. I tried to installMS > >Office2003 (I have valid licenses available still) and it gave an > > error message saying the machine doesn't have Windows 97, 2000, or XP > > installed and it aborted the install. > > > So howcanI installOffice2003 on this machine? It has a preview / > > trial ofMSOffice2007 on it already... do I have to unistall that > > first? I didn't want to do this unless I'm sure Icanuse my old > >Office2003 on this new machine... I'd better be able to do this, > > grrrr.... > > > -- > > M C Hamster "Big Wheel Keep on Turning" -- Creedence Clearwater > > Revival- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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