office 2003 and 2000 on same machine

[jen]

i am IT for a small (150 students) school, an instrutor asked me to install
office 2000 and 2003 in our XP pro lab.
not sure if i should go along with this... will problems arise from this?
and is there much of a difference anyway?

 

[hircinkral046]

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[DL]

Install earlier version first, in the case of O2k, in to a specific folder
using custom install. Then update, rename shortcuts to something version
specific, eg Word2k. Then install o2003 - it will install by default into a
version specific folder.
You can only install a single instance of Outlook
Accessing a file via IE will likely start o2003, whereas you might wish to
use o2k therefore block access to IE, or set it to ask which app, though
students might not know - problems? -
Other than that no problems, personally I have only found Outlook to be
vastly improved/different.
You might ask the instructor for his rational behind the request.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Office 2000 is officially unsupported so if you have issues with the
software and no KB article exists, you will need to pay handsomely for
support from Microsoft.

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After furious head scratching, jen asked:

| i am IT for a small (150 students) school, an instrutor asked me to
| install office 2000 and 2003 in our XP pro lab.
| not sure if i should go along with this... will problems arise from
| this? and is there much of a difference anyway?

 

[jen]

thanks for input
i'd rather not install office 2k... i had problems with the 2000 installer
and outlook2k3
instructor should be able to teach students on basics in office 2003 and
they would apply to office 2000, true or false?
Is the biggest difference between the two versions of office ACCESS?, access
2000 and 2003 are compatible are they not? I know excel, word and power point
have no issues between 2000 and 2003.
thanks for all the advice

 

[DL]

Access 2k/2003 has no issues in running both
As previously stated OL is vastly improved, and depending on the pst setup
not backward compatible with OL2k

thanks for input
i'd rather not install office 2k... i had problems with the 2000 installer
and outlook2k3
instructor should be able to teach students on basics in office 2003 and
they would apply to office 2000, true or false?
Is the biggest difference between the two versions of office ACCESS?, access
2000 and 2003 are compatible are they not? I know excel, word and power point
have no issues between 2000 and 2003.
thanks for all the advice
--
thanks Jen

Office 2000 is officially unsupported so if you have issues with the
software and no KB article exists, you will need to pay handsomely for
support from Microsoft.

--
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, jen asked:

| i am IT for a small (150 students) school, an instrutor asked me to
| install office 2000 and 2003 in our XP pro lab.
| not sure if i should go along with this... will problems arise from
| this? and is there much of a difference anyway?

 

[Echo S]

PowerPoint is extremely different between the two versions. But yes, each
will open files created in the other.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

thanks for input
i'd rather not install office 2k... i had problems with the 2000 installer
and outlook2k3
instructor should be able to teach students on basics in office 2003 and
they would apply to office 2000, true or false?
Is the biggest difference between the two versions of office ACCESS?, access
2000 and 2003 are compatible are they not? I know excel, word and power point
have no issues between 2000 and 2003.
thanks for all the advice
--
thanks Jen

Office 2000 is officially unsupported so if you have issues with the
software and no KB article exists, you will need to pay handsomely for
support from Microsoft.

--
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, jen asked:

| i am IT for a small (150 students) school, an instrutor asked me to
| install office 2000 and 2003 in our XP pro lab.
| not sure if i should go along with this... will problems arise from
| this? and is there much of a difference anyway?