Help with Microsoft Office installation

[Auburn84]

Hey, all. I may be out of luck here, but I have a question. I bought
Microsoft Office Standard 2003 about a year ago. I have a new computer, and
I'm trying to install it on my new computer. When I enter the product key, it
says it doesn't detect a previous version of Office, and that's required for
me to install. I've tried everything I can, including a Windows XP disk (it
says version 2002, media content, so maybe it's not a full version). I have
Publisher and Word and tried using those, unsuccessfully. Am I just out of
luck? I must have had some version of Office on my previous computer, because
it loaded without a hitch. Now, I can't find those disks.

Thanks for any help.

 

[DL]

It would appear you have an upgrade version of Office and as such it is
checking for a qualifying version to upgrade, as it doesnt find one the
installation aborts.

You need to find the qualifying software cd, possibly Works.
Ensure your new PC doesnt have a trial version of Office installed, its not
a qualifiying app. You may have works preinstalled, which is a qualifying
app, but it requires an update before the Office installation can recognise
it

 

[Peter Foldes]

What happens if you inert into your CD\DVD-Rom your previous version of Word and or Publisher when it asks for a qualifying update