Need to go back to Office 97 from a 2000 install

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Hello.
I recently upgraded a friends Office 97 to 2000 on her XP SP2 computer.

I installed the Office Professional 2000 version using the defaults.

I didn't realize that she had some Access databases on her PC that she still
used.
Now she can't.

I've done some reading and have instructions on how to install both versions
on her PC but I'm wondering what the best step is for me to get her PC back
to just Office 97.

Nothing I've read mentions using the XP system restore.

Can I just restore it back to the day before I installed Office2000 and
she'll be all set or is there something additional I need to do?

I also read, and I'm not sure if this is the case, that Access 97 is still
there because 2000 installs in a different location?
So if she opens the Access97 program (and not the database) and then uses
that to search for her database she might be all set?

Any help would be appreciated.
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

You may want to check with the folks in the MS Access newsgroup using the links below on working with the older MS Access database
files.

Using a system restore point isn't always 'foolproof' in that it doesn't necessarily image your entire computer.

Uninstalling MS Office 2000, restarting the PC (after backing up) then installing Office 97 may be a cleaner route. Office 97 used
a different installer product than do the Office versions starting with Office 2000 and uninstalling 2000 may not remove some share
DLLs that Office 97 may have trouble with.

===========
Hello.
I recently upgraded a friends Office 97 to 2000 on her XP SP2 computer.

I installed the Office Professional 2000 version using the defaults.

I didn't realize that she had some Access databases on her PC that she still
used.
Now she can't.

I've done some reading and have instructions on how to install both versions
on her PC but I'm wondering what the best step is for me to get her PC back
to just Office 97.

Nothing I've read mentions using the XP system restore.

Can I just restore it back to the day before I installed Office2000 and
she'll be all set or is there something additional I need to do?

I also read, and I'm not sure if this is the case, that Access 97 is still
there because 2000 installs in a different location?
So if she opens the Access97 program (and not the database) and then uses
that to search for her database she might be all set?

Any help would be appreciated. >>
--
Please let us know if this has helped,

Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office System Products MVP

LINKS
A. Specific newsgroup/discussion group mentioned in this message:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.access
or via browser:
http://microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/?dg=microsoft.public.access

B. MS Office Community discussion/newsgroups via Web Browser
http://microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
or
Microsoft hosted newsgroups via Outlook Express/newsreader
news://msnews.microsoft.com
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

You may want to check with the folks in the MS Access newsgroup using the links below on working with the older MS Access database
files.

Using a system restore point isn't always 'foolproof' in that it doesn't necessarily image your entire computer.

Uninstalling MS Office 2000, restarting the PC (after backing up) then installing Office 97 may be a cleaner route. Office 97 used
a different installer product than do the Office versions starting with Office 2000 and uninstalling 2000 may not remove some share
DLLs that Office 97 may have trouble with.

===========
Hello.
I recently upgraded a friends Office 97 to 2000 on her XP SP2 computer.

I installed the Office Professional 2000 version using the defaults.

I didn't realize that she had some Access databases on her PC that she still
used.
Now she can't.

I've done some reading and have instructions on how to install both versions
on her PC but I'm wondering what the best step is for me to get her PC back
to just Office 97.

Nothing I've read mentions using the XP system restore.

Can I just restore it back to the day before I installed Office2000 and
she'll be all set or is there something additional I need to do?

I also read, and I'm not sure if this is the case, that Access 97 is still
there because 2000 installs in a different location?
So if she opens the Access97 program (and not the database) and then uses
that to search for her database she might be all set?

Any help would be appreciated. >>
--
Please let us know if this has helped,

Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office System Products MVP

LINKS
A. Specific newsgroup/discussion group mentioned in this message:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.access
or via browser:
http://microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/?dg=microsoft.public.access

B. MS Office Community discussion/newsgroups via Web Browser
http://microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
or
Microsoft hosted newsgroups via Outlook Express/newsreader
news://msnews.microsoft.com
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

You may want to check with the folks in the MS Access newsgroup using the links below on working with the older MS Access database
files.

Using a system restore point isn't always 'foolproof' in that it doesn't necessarily image your entire computer.

Uninstalling MS Office 2000, restarting the PC (after backing up) then installing Office 97 may be a cleaner route. Office 97 used
a different installer product than do the Office versions starting with Office 2000 and uninstalling 2000 may not remove some share
DLLs that Office 97 may have trouble with.

===========
Hello.
I recently upgraded a friends Office 97 to 2000 on her XP SP2 computer.

I installed the Office Professional 2000 version using the defaults.

I didn't realize that she had some Access databases on her PC that she still
used.
Now she can't.

I've done some reading and have instructions on how to install both versions
on her PC but I'm wondering what the best step is for me to get her PC back
to just Office 97.

Nothing I've read mentions using the XP system restore.

Can I just restore it back to the day before I installed Office2000 and
she'll be all set or is there something additional I need to do?

I also read, and I'm not sure if this is the case, that Access 97 is still
there because 2000 installs in a different location?
So if she opens the Access97 program (and not the database) and then uses
that to search for her database she might be all set?

Any help would be appreciated. >>
--
Please let us know if this has helped,

Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office System Products MVP

LINKS
A. Specific newsgroup/discussion group mentioned in this message:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.access
or via browser:
http://microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/?dg=microsoft.public.access

B. MS Office Community discussion/newsgroups via Web Browser
http://microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
or
Microsoft hosted newsgroups via Outlook Express/newsreader
news://msnews.microsoft.com
 
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DL

Office apps, 97 & 2K install to the same location its only later versions
that install to a version specific folder.
It shoul'nt be a problem converting a 97db to 2k db, just sometimes involves
some minor modifications of vb
 
D

DL

Office apps, 97 & 2K install to the same location its only later versions
that install to a version specific folder.
It shoul'nt be a problem converting a 97db to 2k db, just sometimes involves
some minor modifications of vb
 
D

DL

Office apps, 97 & 2K install to the same location its only later versions
that install to a version specific folder.
It shoul'nt be a problem converting a 97db to 2k db, just sometimes involves
some minor modifications of vb
 
D

DL

Office apps, 97 & 2K install to the same location its only later versions
that install to a version specific folder.
It shoul'nt be a problem converting a 97db to 2k db, just sometimes involves
some minor modifications of vb
 
D

DL

Office apps, 97 & 2K install to the same location its only later versions
that install to a version specific folder.
It shoul'nt be a problem converting a 97db to 2k db, just sometimes involves
some minor modifications of vb
 

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