Off2000 Prem Photodraw + XP Home ?

[root]

I have a system with Offfice 2000 Premium + all OfficeUpdate fixes(9/16)
installed on XP Home + all WindowsUpdate XP fixes(9/16). Photodraw aborts
with an error before it starts when selected from "Programs". All other
Off2000 stuff seems to work normally. What gives?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

It always helps if you report the exact error message. Have you tried
detect and repair?

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root <[email protected]> asked:

| I have a system with Offfice 2000 Premium + all OfficeUpdate
| fixes(9/16) installed on XP Home + all WindowsUpdate XP fixes(9/16).
| Photodraw aborts with an error before it starts when selected from
| "Programs". All other Off2000 stuff seems to work normally. What
| gives?

 

[root]

It always helps if you report the exact error message. Have you tried
detect and repair?

The error(standard abort/failure dialog) occurs between the click in
start-programs and before the first Photodraw stuff displays. Where in this
sequence is "detect and repair"? The system is not immediately available to
me. I'm trying to get a headstart before it is in front of me.

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.


After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
root <[email protected]> asked:

| I have a system with Offfice 2000 Premium + all OfficeUpdate
| fixes(9/16) installed on XP Home + all WindowsUpdate XP fixes(9/16).
| Photodraw aborts with an error before it starts when selected from
| "Programs". All other Off2000 stuff seems to work normally. What
| gives?

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Root,

When Office 2000 SR1 came out as a replacement
CD set Photodraw 2000 V2-sr1, an updated version
was included. It runs on Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
Photodraw 2000 V1 does run on XP Home, but see
if it's an issue of being an Administrator/Owner login
for that version.

The revised Photodraw 2000 V2 wasn't available as
a download.

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The error(standard abort/failure dialog) occurs between the click in
start-programs and before the first Photodraw stuff displays. Where in this
sequence is "detect and repair"? The system is not immediately available to
me. I'm trying to get a headstart before it is in front of me. >>

 

[root]

Hi Root,

When Office 2000 SR1 came out as a replacement
CD set Photodraw 2000 V2-sr1,

How does one get that CD?

an updated version
was included. It runs on Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
Photodraw 2000 V1 does run on XP Home, but see
if it's an issue of being an Administrator/Owner login
for that version.

Please explain.

 

[mentally unstable]

|
| "Bob Buckland ?" wrote
| > When Office 2000 SR1 came out as a replacement
| > CD set Photodraw 2000 V2-sr1,
|
| How does one get that CD?

http://www.microsoft.com/office/previous/photodraw/default.asp

as you can see at the above site, photodraw has been discontinued.
i remember when they came out with version 2 microsoft offered a
100% rebate (up to $100, i think) if you had purchased version 1
within the prior year or something like that. that's how i got it.

i still use it. how badly would you like a burned copy?

oh, btw, i also have the installation cd for microsoft liquid
motion, another discontinued product that was pretty cool. ms seems
to abandon the best products.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Root,

MS may still have some Office 2000 SR1 Premium
Edition CDs or the slightly lower build MS Photodraw 2000 v2
CDs available. You'd need to phone MS through the
numbers on http://microsoft.com/worldwide
(800-360-7561 in the U.S.)

As far as see if you have a permissions issue
log in as administrator and see if you can run
MS Office Photodraw 2000 and check the PhotoDrw.exe file
to see what the date and version number is in
properties. Photodraw 2000 v2 will be 2.0.xxx

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How does one get that CD?

an updated version
was included. It runs on Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
Photodraw 2000 V1 does run on XP Home, but see
if it's an issue of being an Administrator/Owner login
for that version.

Please explain. >>
--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

The Office 2003 System parts explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/preview/system.asp

 

[bis bald]

I have the same problem. I have Photodraw 1.x and I know I have full administrative access to my system. Someone said 1.x would work on XP home and for me it doesn't. Funny this is, it did work for over a year and just stopped for no apparent reason. Any help would be great. (maybe it was a xp update i downloaded. hmm....)