can i downgrade from windows2003 to xp version 2002?

[anne]

I bought a pc with the trial software. It is windows 2003. I need word,
excel, powerpoint and would have to upgrade. I have windows xp version 2002
from a previous PC. Can I load this? Will I lose anything?

 

[LVTravel]

Anne, there is no such thing as Windows 2003 trial version.
Windows is the operating system and it doesn't include any
Office product (word, excel etc.) Windows does come in a
2003 version but it is Server software and not used for
normal desktop or laptop systems.

What I believe you have is MS Office 2003 trial version.

You may delete the trial version and install any "legal"
copy of Office XP or 2003 you may have (I say legal in
quotes in reference to the end user's license agreement in
effect for the software you have.) By deleting you would
lose any Office settings but not the data created in it.
Office XP that came with a previous computer may in fact be
OEM software and it is forever tied to the original machine
it came on. If it is a retail (the CD doesn't state for
sale with a new PC), either upgrade (need a previous
qualifying product) or new install, you may install it onto
the machine if it has been removed from the previous
machine.

If it is an OEM version, you would need to purchase a NEW
installation CD, not an upgrade CD of the version of Office
you need. Amazon has as good a value as you could get on
the software. If you qualify, MS's version called Student
and Teacher edition can be had for about $130.00 but can't
later be upgraded to a newer version. What ever you do,
stay away from eBay purchases of any software. Those sales
that are "too good to be true" normally are "too good to be
true" and you will probably be taken for your money.

Open Office is also an alternative to purchasing Office. It
has Word processor, Spreadsheet, Presentation, and data base
program modules that will read and save MS Office format
files. They will do a lot of what MS Office will do and it
is FREE. http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.2/index.html

 

[anne]

Thank you for your reply! I ended up "converting" my Office 2003. It was
expensive (250+), but had to have it! Thanks again

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Ah, too late, you could have gone to Amazon.com and gotten the software a
LOT cheaper and had the CD to boot.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...2363-8351803?_encoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=229534

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After furious head scratching, anne asked:

| Thank you for your reply! I ended up "converting" my Office 2003.
| It was expensive (250+), but had to have it! Thanks again
|
| "LVTravel" wrote:
|
|| Anne, there is no such thing as Windows 2003 trial version.
|| Windows is the operating system and it doesn't include any
|| Office product (word, excel etc.) Windows does come in a
|| 2003 version but it is Server software and not used for
|| normal desktop or laptop systems.
||
|| What I believe you have is MS Office 2003 trial version.
||
|| You may delete the trial version and install any "legal"
|| copy of Office XP or 2003 you may have (I say legal in
|| quotes in reference to the end user's license agreement in
|| effect for the software you have.) By deleting you would
|| lose any Office settings but not the data created in it.
|| Office XP that came with a previous computer may in fact be
|| OEM software and it is forever tied to the original machine
|| it came on. If it is a retail (the CD doesn't state for
|| sale with a new PC), either upgrade (need a previous
|| qualifying product) or new install, you may install it onto
|| the machine if it has been removed from the previous
|| machine.
||
|| If it is an OEM version, you would need to purchase a NEW
|| installation CD, not an upgrade CD of the version of Office
|| you need. Amazon has as good a value as you could get on
|| the software. If you qualify, MS's version called Student
|| and Teacher edition can be had for about $130.00 but can't
|| later be upgraded to a newer version. What ever you do,
|| stay away from eBay purchases of any software. Those sales
|| that are "too good to be true" normally are "too good to be
|| true" and you will probably be taken for your money.
||
|| Open Office is also an alternative to purchasing Office. It
|| has Word processor, Spreadsheet, Presentation, and data base
|| program modules that will read and save MS Office format
|| files. They will do a lot of what MS Office will do and it
|| is FREE. http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.2/index.html
||
||
|| ||| I bought a pc with the trial software. It is windows 2003.
||| I need word,
||| excel, powerpoint and would have to upgrade. I have
||| windows xp version 2002
||| from a previous PC. Can I load this? Will I lose
||| anything?

 

[LVTravel]

Milly, at least I did state that Amazon was one way to go
for the software. Shucks....


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"

Ah, too late, you could have gone to Amazon.com and gotten
the software a
LOT cheaper and had the CD to boot.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...2363-8351803?_encoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=229534

--
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, anne asked:

| Thank you for your reply! I ended up "converting" my
Office 2003.
| It was expensive (250+), but had to have it! Thanks
again
|
| "LVTravel" wrote:
|
|| Anne, there is no such thing as Windows 2003 trial
version.
|| Windows is the operating system and it doesn't include
any
|| Office product (word, excel etc.) Windows does come in
a
|| 2003 version but it is Server software and not used for
|| normal desktop or laptop systems.
||
|| What I believe you have is MS Office 2003 trial
version.
||
|| You may delete the trial version and install any
"legal"
|| copy of Office XP or 2003 you may have (I say legal in
|| quotes in reference to the end user's license agreement
in
|| effect for the software you have.) By deleting you
would
|| lose any Office settings but not the data created in
it.
|| Office XP that came with a previous computer may in
fact be
|| OEM software and it is forever tied to the original
machine
|| it came on. If it is a retail (the CD doesn't state
for
|| sale with a new PC), either upgrade (need a previous
|| qualifying product) or new install, you may install it
onto
|| the machine if it has been removed from the previous
|| machine.
||
|| If it is an OEM version, you would need to purchase a
NEW
|| installation CD, not an upgrade CD of the version of
Office
|| you need. Amazon has as good a value as you could get
on
|| the software. If you qualify, MS's version called
Student
|| and Teacher edition can be had for about $130.00 but
can't
|| later be upgraded to a newer version. What ever you
do,
|| stay away from eBay purchases of any software. Those
sales
|| that are "too good to be true" normally are "too good
to be
|| true" and you will probably be taken for your money.
||
|| Open Office is also an alternative to purchasing
Office. It
|| has Word processor, Spreadsheet, Presentation, and data
base
|| program modules that will read and save MS Office
format
|| files. They will do a lot of what MS Office will do
and it
|| is FREE.
http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.2/index.html
||
||
message
||
||| I bought a pc with the trial software. It is windows
2003.
||| I need word,
||| excel, powerpoint and would have to upgrade. I have
||| windows xp version 2002
||| from a previous PC. Can I load this? Will I lose
||| anything?

 

[Milly Staples - MVP Outlook]

Yeah, but looking at the link with the actual price could have made a
difference.

--
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, LVTravel asked:

| Milly, at least I did state that Amazon was one way to go
| for the software. Shucks....
|
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| message || Ah, too late, you could have gone to Amazon.com and gotten
|| the software a
|| LOT cheaper and had the CD to boot.
||
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...2363-8351803?_encoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=229534
||
|| --
|| 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, anne asked:
||
||| Thank you for your reply! I ended up "converting" my Office 2003.
||| It was expensive (250+), but had to have it! Thanks again
|||
||| "LVTravel" wrote:
|||
|||| Anne, there is no such thing as Windows 2003 trial version.
|||| Windows is the operating system and it doesn't include any
|||| Office product (word, excel etc.) Windows does come in a
|||| 2003 version but it is Server software and not used for
|||| normal desktop or laptop systems.
||||
|||| What I believe you have is MS Office 2003 trial version.
||||
|||| You may delete the trial version and install any "legal"
|||| copy of Office XP or 2003 you may have (I say legal in
|||| quotes in reference to the end user's license agreement in
|||| effect for the software you have.) By deleting you would
|||| lose any Office settings but not the data created in it.
|||| Office XP that came with a previous computer may in fact be
|||| OEM software and it is forever tied to the original machine
|||| it came on. If it is a retail (the CD doesn't state for
|||| sale with a new PC), either upgrade (need a previous
|||| qualifying product) or new install, you may install it onto
|||| the machine if it has been removed from the previous
|||| machine.
||||
|||| If it is an OEM version, you would need to purchase a NEW
|||| installation CD, not an upgrade CD of the version of Office
|||| you need. Amazon has as good a value as you could get on
|||| the software. If you qualify, MS's version called Student
|||| and Teacher edition can be had for about $130.00 but can't
|||| later be upgraded to a newer version. What ever you do,
|||| stay away from eBay purchases of any software. Those sales
|||| that are "too good to be true" normally are "too good to be
|||| true" and you will probably be taken for your money.
||||
|||| Open Office is also an alternative to purchasing Office. It
|||| has Word processor, Spreadsheet, Presentation, and data base
|||| program modules that will read and save MS Office format
|||| files. They will do a lot of what MS Office will do and it
|||| is FREE.
|| http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.2/index.html
||||
||||
||||
|| ||||| I bought a pc with the trial software. It is windows 2003.
||||| I need word,
||||| excel, powerpoint and would have to upgrade. I have
||||| windows xp version 2002
||||| from a previous PC. Can I load this? Will I lose
||||| anything?