Office XP "ugrade" installable on New Windows Vista PC? raul 4/7/2007 5:36:01 PM I bought a new computer with preinstalled Vista & Works 8.5 preloaded. I had Office XP professional on my old computer(running Windows ME). My old computer had come with preloaded MS Word & I ended up first buying a MSOffice 2000 Professional Upgrade & then Office XP upgrade. Have the original CD CDs with Keys for both. If I can help it I would not like to plonk another $300. The question is Can I use the "upgrade version" of Office XP to upgrade the Works 8.5 on Vista? I am not a "power user" and as such baring use all the "features" of XP in the first place! Further don't want to plonk ~$300 for Office 2007! Thanks in advance for your help

Re: Office XP "ugrade" installable on New Windows Vista PC? "JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules[ at ]hotmail.com> 4/7/2007 6:11:11 PM You can't use a newer product as a qualifier for an older one. From http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290540, Products that qualify for the Microsoft Office XP upgrade: There are generally three rules for upgrading to Office XP: • Microsoft Office 97 suites and Microsoft Office 2000 suites are the only valid upgrade products for the Office XP suites. You cannot use the Academic Edition of Office 97 or Office 2000 as a qualifying product. • Office 97 stand-alone products and Office 2000 stand-alone products are valid upgrade products for the Office XP stand-alone products.* • Office 97 suites and Office 2000 suites are valid upgrade products for the Office XP stand-alone products only if the Office XP stand-alone product is included in the corresponding Office 97 suite or Office 2000 suite*. -- JoAnn Paules Microsoft MVP - Publisher How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "raul" <raul[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9C14DF95-67E1-47AD-BEE6-5967930BF875[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I bought a new computer with preinstalled Vista & Works 8.5 preloaded. I >had > Office XP professional on my old computer(running Windows ME). My old > computer had come with preloaded MS Word & I ended up first buying a > MSOffice > 2000 Professional Upgrade & then Office XP upgrade. Have the original CD > CDs > with Keys for both. > > If I can help it I would not like to plonk another $300. The question is > Can > I use the "upgrade version" of Office XP to upgrade the Works 8.5 on > Vista? > I am not a "power user" and as such baring use all the "features" of XP in > the first place! Further don't want to plonk ~$300 for Office 2007! > > Thanks in advance for your help > >

Re: Office XP "ugrade" installable on New Windows Vista PC? raul 4/7/2007 7:38:01 PM I suppose you mean I cannot "upgrade" to Office XP as I have a newer version of "works"? I do have the original CDS for the whole chain of my upgrades: OEM Word2000 -->Office 2000 Professional(Upgrade version)---> Office XP Pro (Upgrade). My end goal, if possible, is to have my Office XP isntalled on the new Vista machine: 1. Is this even possible? If need be I can go thro' the whole installation cycle of installing word 2000 (OEM) all the way to XP pro 2. Are there any compatibility issues? I was under the impression that Microsoft has apolicy of backwards compatibility upt two generations back? If that is true, Shouldn't Office XP qualify? thansk for your responses raul "JoAnn Paules" wrote: [Quoted Text] > You can't use a newer product as a qualifier for an older one. > > From http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290540, > Products that qualify for the Microsoft Office XP upgrade: > > There are generally three rules for upgrading to Office XP: > • Microsoft Office 97 suites and Microsoft Office 2000 suites are the only > valid upgrade products for the Office XP suites. You cannot use the Academic > Edition of Office 97 or Office 2000 as a qualifying product. > • Office 97 stand-alone products and Office 2000 stand-alone products are > valid upgrade products for the Office XP stand-alone products.* > • Office 97 suites and Office 2000 suites are valid upgrade products for the > Office XP stand-alone products only if the Office XP stand-alone product is > included in the corresponding Office 97 suite or Office 2000 suite*. > > > -- > > JoAnn Paules > Microsoft MVP - Publisher > > How to ask a question > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 > > > > "raul" <raul[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:9C14DF95-67E1-47AD-BEE6-5967930BF875[ at ]microsoft.com... > >I bought a new computer with preinstalled Vista & Works 8.5 preloaded. I > >had > > Office XP professional on my old computer(running Windows ME). My old > > computer had come with preloaded MS Word & I ended up first buying a > > MSOffice > > 2000 Professional Upgrade & then Office XP upgrade. Have the original CD > > CDs > > with Keys for both. > > > > If I can help it I would not like to plonk another $300. The question is > > Can > > I use the "upgrade version" of Office XP to upgrade the Works 8.5 on > > Vista? > > I am not a "power user" and as such baring use all the "features" of XP in > > the first place! Further don't want to plonk ~$300 for Office 2007! > > > > Thanks in advance for your help > > > > >

Re: Office XP "ugrade" installable on New Windows Vista PC? "Bob Buckland ?:-\)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> 4/8/2007 10:52:50 AM Hi Raul, You can use the Office 2000 CD as the upgrade qualifier for the Office XP upgrade installation without needing to install Office XP first. For the Office XP/2002 series MS marketing tried a couple of changes in direction for upgrading and distribution. - MS Works wouldn't be a qualifier - MS Office XP Small Business Edition would be OEM only When Office 2003 came out, both of those choices went back to 'normal', but MS Works Suite was changed so that it would no longer come with the then current version of Word as it had in the past, but would, rather, have Word of at least one version back. MS Office versions have file compatibility going backwards, but MS Windows Vista is a separate entity :) If you upgrade to Office 2007 any of the three prior product CDs are upgrade qualifiers recognized for installation. ================ <<"raul" <raul[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1E627B85-E729-43CA-AA04-5FC97922A217[ at ]microsoft.com... I suppose you mean I cannot "upgrade" to Office XP as I have a newer version of "works"? I do have the original CDS for the whole chain of my upgrades: OEM Word2000 -->Office 2000 Professional(Upgrade version)---> Office XP Pro (Upgrade). My end goal, if possible, is to have my Office XP isntalled on the new Vista machine: 1. Is this even possible? If need be I can go thro' the whole installation cycle of installing word 2000 (OEM) all the way to XP pro 2. Are there any compatibility issues? I was under the impression that Microsoft has apolicy of backwards compatibility upt two generations back? If that is true, Shouldn't Office XP qualify? thansk for your responses raul >> -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Re: Office XP "ugrade" installable on New Windows Vista PC? raul 4/8/2007 3:54:02 PM So Does this mean that if I load Office XP on Windows Vista, it will run smoothly? I am a bit confused, as I have read conflicting responses on this and other discussion boards? regards rahul "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi Raul, > > You can use the Office 2000 CD as the upgrade qualifier for the Office XP upgrade installation without needing to install Office XP > first. > > For the Office XP/2002 series MS marketing tried a couple of changes in direction for upgrading and distribution. > > - MS Works wouldn't be a qualifier > - MS Office XP Small Business Edition would be OEM only > > When Office 2003 came out, both of those choices went back to 'normal', but MS Works Suite was changed so that it would no longer > come with the then current version of Word as it had in the past, but would, rather, have Word of at least one version back. > > MS Office versions have file compatibility going backwards, but MS Windows Vista is a separate entity :) > > If you upgrade to Office 2007 any of the three prior product CDs are upgrade qualifiers recognized for installation. > ================ > <<"raul" <raul[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1E627B85-E729-43CA-AA04-5FC97922A217[ at ]microsoft.com... > I suppose you mean I cannot "upgrade" to Office XP as I have a newer version > of "works"? > I do have the original CDS for the whole chain of my upgrades: > OEM Word2000 -->Office 2000 Professional(Upgrade version)---> Office XP Pro > (Upgrade). > > My end goal, if possible, is to have my Office XP isntalled on the new Vista > machine: > 1. Is this even possible? If need be I can go thro' the whole installation > cycle of installing word 2000 (OEM) all the way to XP pro > 2. Are there any compatibility issues? > > I was under the impression that Microsoft has apolicy of backwards > compatibility upt two generations back? If that is true, Shouldn't Office XP > qualify? > > thansk for your responses > raul >> > -- > > Bob Buckland ?:-) > MS Office System Products MVP > > *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* > > >

Re: Office XP "ugrade" installable on New Windows Vista PC? "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" <MillyS[ at ]donteventhinkaboutmailingmeatmvps.org> 4/8/2007 7:21:37 PM Only Office 2003 and 2007 are supported on Windows Vista. You will not be able to save your network login credentials in Outlook as Vista does not allow you to write the required Protected Storage Provided key to its registry. There may be other problems but this is one that I definitely know about. -- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without reading. After furious head scratching, raul asked: | So Does this mean that if I load Office XP on Windows Vista, it will | run smoothly? I am a bit confused, as I have read conflicting | responses on this and other discussion boards? | regards | rahul | | | "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: | || Hi Raul, || || You can use the Office 2000 CD as the upgrade qualifier for the || Office XP upgrade installation without needing to install Office XP || first. || || For the Office XP/2002 series MS marketing tried a couple of changes || in direction for upgrading and distribution. || || - MS Works wouldn't be a qualifier || - MS Office XP Small Business Edition would be OEM only || || When Office 2003 came out, both of those choices went back to || 'normal', but MS Works Suite was changed so that it would no longer || come with the then current version of Word as it had in the past, || but would, rather, have Word of at least one version back. || || MS Office versions have file compatibility going backwards, but MS || Windows Vista is a separate entity :) || || If you upgrade to Office 2007 any of the three prior product CDs are || upgrade qualifiers recognized for installation. ================ || <<"raul" <raul[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message || news:1E627B85-E729-43CA-AA04-5FC97922A217[ at ]microsoft.com... || I suppose you mean I cannot "upgrade" to Office XP as I have a newer || version || of "works"? || I do have the original CDS for the whole chain of my upgrades: || OEM Word2000 -->Office 2000 Professional(Upgrade version)---> Office || XP Pro (Upgrade). || || My end goal, if possible, is to have my Office XP isntalled on the || new Vista || machine: || 1. Is this even possible? If need be I can go thro' the whole || installation || cycle of installing word 2000 (OEM) all the way to XP pro || 2. Are there any compatibility issues? || || I was under the impression that Microsoft has apolicy of backwards || compatibility upt two generations back? If that is true, Shouldn't || Office XP || qualify? || || thansk for your responses || raul >> || -- || || Bob Buckland ?:-) || MS Office System Products MVP || || *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*