Installing Office Pro 2007 Upgrade

[nhey]

I have upgrade disks for Office 2003, Office xp, and Office 2000 - all are
upgrade disks.

Will I be able to load Office Pro 2007 upgrade on a brand new machine with
no previous office programs installed? When it asks me to show it a previous
disk, will it accept a previous disk that is an "upgrade" disk? I can't find
a non-upgrade disk.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Yes and yes.

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After furious head scratching, nhey asked:

| I have upgrade disks for Office 2003, Office xp, and Office 2000 -
| all are upgrade disks.
|
| Will I be able to load Office Pro 2007 upgrade on a brand new machine
| with no previous office programs installed? When it asks me to show
| it a previous disk, will it accept a previous disk that is an
| "upgrade" disk? I can't find a non-upgrade disk.

 

[nhey]

I called Microsoft and they said "no", it won't accept an upgrade disk in
this scenario. How do you know you are correct?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

What happens when you try?

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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, nhey asked:

| I called Microsoft and they said "no", it won't accept an upgrade
| disk in this scenario. How do you know you are correct?
|
|
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Yes and yes.
||
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|| 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, nhey asked:
||
||| I have upgrade disks for Office 2003, Office xp, and Office 2000 -
||| all are upgrade disks.
|||
||| Will I be able to load Office Pro 2007 upgrade on a brand new
||| machine with no previous office programs installed? When it asks me
||| to show it a previous disk, will it accept a previous disk that is
||| an "upgrade" disk? I can't find a non-upgrade disk.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Nhey,

From experience in doing it. Do you have the case # or other identifying information on the location at Microsoft you called and
the person you spoke to on this.

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I called Microsoft and they said "no", it won't accept an upgrade disk in this scenario. How do you know you are correct? <<
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[nhey]

I tried it and you are correct. It did accept an upgrade disk. This is
interesting, in that Office Pro 2003 upgrade, if installed on a clean hard
drive, does not accept an upgrade disk from a previous version, but requires
a "full install" disk.