Office Upgrade From Beta 2 to Ultimate

[sylvaticus]

A quick question, if I might:

I installed Beta 2 (love it!). I'll be there the moment the stores open to
buy the real thing! I will install Vista Ultimate first, and I'll install new
vs upgrade. I know that will remove Beta 2 from my hard drive (right?).
That's fine.
My .pst file and all data files are stored on a different drive. Will I have
to
re-install Office 2003 first, or when I'm installing Office Ultimate will it
offer
me a chance just to insert the original 2003 CD into the drive so it can see
that I'm valid?

When I upgrade my Adobe products, that's how they work: If the older app is
on the hard drive, it installs instantly; if the older app is gone
(reinstalling), it just prompts me for the older CD to verify that I have it.

I hope Utimate will do that, just prompt me to insert the 2003 CD. I can
install 2003 again if necessary, but ugh....

Does anyone know which scenario will occur?

Thanks for your time!

Keith

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Keith,

For Office, you will be able to use a Microsoft Office 2003 product CD during the installation of an Office 2007 upgrade package.
It doesn't have to be preinstalled.

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A quick question, if I might:

I installed Beta 2 (love it!). I'll be there the moment the stores open to
buy the real thing! I will install Vista Ultimate first, and I'll install new
vs upgrade. I know that will remove Beta 2 from my hard drive (right?).
That's fine.
My .pst file and all data files are stored on a different drive. Will I have
to
re-install Office 2003 first, or when I'm installing Office Ultimate will it
offer
me a chance just to insert the original 2003 CD into the drive so it can see
that I'm valid?

When I upgrade my Adobe products, that's how they work: If the older app is
on the hard drive, it installs instantly; if the older app is gone
(reinstalling), it just prompts me for the older CD to verify that I have it.

I hope Utimate will do that, just prompt me to insert the 2003 CD. I can
install 2003 again if necessary, but ugh....

Does anyone know which scenario will occur?

Thanks for your time!

Keith>>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

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