Office Upgrade from Network CD

[Glm]

XP SP-2. Office SBE 2003.

I just bought a laptop that does not have an in-built CD-ROM drive. I
can, however, map to a drive on my network.

I have legitimate, Full versions of Office (97 & Premium). I have Upgrade
versions of Office XP and Office 2003.

I'd like to install Office 2003 directly. When I run the Upgrade CD it
asks me for the location of the previous version. Despite having copied
files from the other CDs onto C drive, it won't pick them up. Likewise,
the mapped drive is not present in the drop-down list.

Is there any way in which I can install Office 2003 Upgrade directly from
a mapped CD-ROM drive?

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you,


Glm

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

If you install the previous version (97?) and then install the latest
version and allow it to completely upgrade the prior version (uninstall it)
does this work?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Glm asked:

| XP SP-2. Office SBE 2003.
|
| I just bought a laptop that does not have an in-built CD-ROM drive. I
| can, however, map to a drive on my network.
|
| I have legitimate, Full versions of Office (97 & Premium). I have
| Upgrade versions of Office XP and Office 2003.
|
| I'd like to install Office 2003 directly. When I run the Upgrade CD
| it asks me for the location of the previous version. Despite having
| copied files from the other CDs onto C drive, it won't pick them up.
| Likewise, the mapped drive is not present in the drop-down list.
|
| Is there any way in which I can install Office 2003 Upgrade directly
| from a mapped CD-ROM drive?
|
| Any help would be appreciated. Thank you,
|
|
| Glm

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

If you install the previous version (97?) and then install the latest
version and allow it to completely upgrade the prior version (uninstall it)
does this work?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Glm asked:

| XP SP-2. Office SBE 2003.
|
| I just bought a laptop that does not have an in-built CD-ROM drive. I
| can, however, map to a drive on my network.
|
| I have legitimate, Full versions of Office (97 & Premium). I have
| Upgrade versions of Office XP and Office 2003.
|
| I'd like to install Office 2003 directly. When I run the Upgrade CD
| it asks me for the location of the previous version. Despite having
| copied files from the other CDs onto C drive, it won't pick them up.
| Likewise, the mapped drive is not present in the drop-down list.
|
| Is there any way in which I can install Office 2003 Upgrade directly
| from a mapped CD-ROM drive?
|
| Any help would be appreciated. Thank you,
|
|
| Glm

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

If you install the previous version (97?) and then install the latest
version and allow it to completely upgrade the prior version (uninstall it)
does this work?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Glm asked:

| XP SP-2. Office SBE 2003.
|
| I just bought a laptop that does not have an in-built CD-ROM drive. I
| can, however, map to a drive on my network.
|
| I have legitimate, Full versions of Office (97 & Premium). I have
| Upgrade versions of Office XP and Office 2003.
|
| I'd like to install Office 2003 directly. When I run the Upgrade CD
| it asks me for the location of the previous version. Despite having
| copied files from the other CDs onto C drive, it won't pick them up.
| Likewise, the mapped drive is not present in the drop-down list.
|
| Is there any way in which I can install Office 2003 Upgrade directly
| from a mapped CD-ROM drive?
|
| Any help would be appreciated. Thank you,
|
|
| Glm

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

If you install the previous version (97?) and then install the latest
version and allow it to completely upgrade the prior version (uninstall it)
does this work?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Glm asked:

| XP SP-2. Office SBE 2003.
|
| I just bought a laptop that does not have an in-built CD-ROM drive. I
| can, however, map to a drive on my network.
|
| I have legitimate, Full versions of Office (97 & Premium). I have
| Upgrade versions of Office XP and Office 2003.
|
| I'd like to install Office 2003 directly. When I run the Upgrade CD
| it asks me for the location of the previous version. Despite having
| copied files from the other CDs onto C drive, it won't pick them up.
| Likewise, the mapped drive is not present in the drop-down list.
|
| Is there any way in which I can install Office 2003 Upgrade directly
| from a mapped CD-ROM drive?
|
| Any help would be appreciated. Thank you,
|
|
| Glm

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

If you install the previous version (97?) and then install the latest
version and allow it to completely upgrade the prior version (uninstall it)
does this work?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Glm asked:

| XP SP-2. Office SBE 2003.
|
| I just bought a laptop that does not have an in-built CD-ROM drive. I
| can, however, map to a drive on my network.
|
| I have legitimate, Full versions of Office (97 & Premium). I have
| Upgrade versions of Office XP and Office 2003.
|
| I'd like to install Office 2003 directly. When I run the Upgrade CD
| it asks me for the location of the previous version. Despite having
| copied files from the other CDs onto C drive, it won't pick them up.
| Likewise, the mapped drive is not present in the drop-down list.
|
| Is there any way in which I can install Office 2003 Upgrade directly
| from a mapped CD-ROM drive?
|
| Any help would be appreciated. Thank you,
|
|
| Glm

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

If you install the previous version (97?) and then install the latest
version and allow it to completely upgrade the prior version (uninstall it)
does this work?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Glm asked:

| XP SP-2. Office SBE 2003.
|
| I just bought a laptop that does not have an in-built CD-ROM drive. I
| can, however, map to a drive on my network.
|
| I have legitimate, Full versions of Office (97 & Premium). I have
| Upgrade versions of Office XP and Office 2003.
|
| I'd like to install Office 2003 directly. When I run the Upgrade CD
| it asks me for the location of the previous version. Despite having
| copied files from the other CDs onto C drive, it won't pick them up.
| Likewise, the mapped drive is not present in the drop-down list.
|
| Is there any way in which I can install Office 2003 Upgrade directly
| from a mapped CD-ROM drive?
|
| Any help would be appreciated. Thank you,
|
|
| Glm

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

If you install the previous version (97?) and then install the latest
version and allow it to completely upgrade the prior version (uninstall it)
does this work?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Glm asked:

| XP SP-2. Office SBE 2003.
|
| I just bought a laptop that does not have an in-built CD-ROM drive. I
| can, however, map to a drive on my network.
|
| I have legitimate, Full versions of Office (97 & Premium). I have
| Upgrade versions of Office XP and Office 2003.
|
| I'd like to install Office 2003 directly. When I run the Upgrade CD
| it asks me for the location of the previous version. Despite having
| copied files from the other CDs onto C drive, it won't pick them up.
| Likewise, the mapped drive is not present in the drop-down list.
|
| Is there any way in which I can install Office 2003 Upgrade directly
| from a mapped CD-ROM drive?
|
| Any help would be appreciated. Thank you,
|
|
| Glm

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

If you install the previous version (97?) and then install the latest
version and allow it to completely upgrade the prior version (uninstall it)
does this work?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Glm asked:

| XP SP-2. Office SBE 2003.
|
| I just bought a laptop that does not have an in-built CD-ROM drive. I
| can, however, map to a drive on my network.
|
| I have legitimate, Full versions of Office (97 & Premium). I have
| Upgrade versions of Office XP and Office 2003.
|
| I'd like to install Office 2003 directly. When I run the Upgrade CD
| it asks me for the location of the previous version. Despite having
| copied files from the other CDs onto C drive, it won't pick them up.
| Likewise, the mapped drive is not present in the drop-down list.
|
| Is there any way in which I can install Office 2003 Upgrade directly
| from a mapped CD-ROM drive?
|
| Any help would be appreciated. Thank you,
|
|
| Glm

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

If you install the previous version (97?) and then install the latest
version and allow it to completely upgrade the prior version (uninstall it)
does this work?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Glm asked:

| XP SP-2. Office SBE 2003.
|
| I just bought a laptop that does not have an in-built CD-ROM drive. I
| can, however, map to a drive on my network.
|
| I have legitimate, Full versions of Office (97 & Premium). I have
| Upgrade versions of Office XP and Office 2003.
|
| I'd like to install Office 2003 directly. When I run the Upgrade CD
| it asks me for the location of the previous version. Despite having
| copied files from the other CDs onto C drive, it won't pick them up.
| Likewise, the mapped drive is not present in the drop-down list.
|
| Is there any way in which I can install Office 2003 Upgrade directly
| from a mapped CD-ROM drive?
|
| Any help would be appreciated. Thank you,
|
|
| Glm

 

[Glm]

If you install the previous version (97?) and then install the latest
version and allow it to completely upgrade the prior version (uninstall
it)
does this work?

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Thank you, Milly. This may well work, but I am keen - if at all possible
- not to install Office 97 and then upgrade. I am aware of people who
have had problems wirth this approach and I am hoping that I can do it
another way - reinstalling XP on a machine with no CD-ROM would clearly be
a veritable pain.

Any other thoughts would be appreciated. Spoke to MS customer support -
they said it was possible, but I am going to have to wait until tomorrow
(when the Office Helpline opens) and that isn't practicable!

Apologise for the double posting previously.


Glm

 

[Glm]

If you install the previous version (97?) and then install the latest
version and allow it to completely upgrade the prior version (uninstall
it)
does this work?

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Thank you, Milly. This may well work, but I am keen - if at all possible
- not to install Office 97 and then upgrade. I am aware of people who
have had problems wirth this approach and I am hoping that I can do it
another way - reinstalling XP on a machine with no CD-ROM would clearly be
a veritable pain.

Any other thoughts would be appreciated. Spoke to MS customer support -
they said it was possible, but I am going to have to wait until tomorrow
(when the Office Helpline opens) and that isn't practicable!

Apologise for the double posting previously.


Glm

 

[Glm]

If you install the previous version (97?) and then install the latest
version and allow it to completely upgrade the prior version (uninstall
it)
does this work?

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Thank you, Milly. This may well work, but I am keen - if at all possible
- not to install Office 97 and then upgrade. I am aware of people who
have had problems wirth this approach and I am hoping that I can do it
another way - reinstalling XP on a machine with no CD-ROM would clearly be
a veritable pain.

Any other thoughts would be appreciated. Spoke to MS customer support -
they said it was possible, but I am going to have to wait until tomorrow
(when the Office Helpline opens) and that isn't practicable!

Apologise for the double posting previously.


Glm

 

[Glm]

If you install the previous version (97?) and then install the latest
version and allow it to completely upgrade the prior version (uninstall
it)
does this work?

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Thank you, Milly. This may well work, but I am keen - if at all possible
- not to install Office 97 and then upgrade. I am aware of people who
have had problems wirth this approach and I am hoping that I can do it
another way - reinstalling XP on a machine with no CD-ROM would clearly be
a veritable pain.

Any other thoughts would be appreciated. Spoke to MS customer support -
they said it was possible, but I am going to have to wait until tomorrow
(when the Office Helpline opens) and that isn't practicable!

Apologise for the double posting previously.


Glm

 

[Glm]

If you install the previous version (97?) and then install the latest
version and allow it to completely upgrade the prior version (uninstall
it)
does this work?

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Thank you, Milly. This may well work, but I am keen - if at all possible
- not to install Office 97 and then upgrade. I am aware of people who
have had problems wirth this approach and I am hoping that I can do it
another way - reinstalling XP on a machine with no CD-ROM would clearly be
a veritable pain.

Any other thoughts would be appreciated. Spoke to MS customer support -
they said it was possible, but I am going to have to wait until tomorrow
(when the Office Helpline opens) and that isn't practicable!

Apologise for the double posting previously.


Glm

 

[Glm]

If you install the previous version (97?) and then install the latest
version and allow it to completely upgrade the prior version (uninstall
it)
does this work?

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Thank you, Milly. This may well work, but I am keen - if at all possible
- not to install Office 97 and then upgrade. I am aware of people who
have had problems wirth this approach and I am hoping that I can do it
another way - reinstalling XP on a machine with no CD-ROM would clearly be
a veritable pain.

Any other thoughts would be appreciated. Spoke to MS customer support -
they said it was possible, but I am going to have to wait until tomorrow
(when the Office Helpline opens) and that isn't practicable!

Apologise for the double posting previously.


Glm

 

[Glm]

If you install the previous version (97?) and then install the latest
version and allow it to completely upgrade the prior version (uninstall
it)
does this work?

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Thank you, Milly. This may well work, but I am keen - if at all possible
- not to install Office 97 and then upgrade. I am aware of people who
have had problems wirth this approach and I am hoping that I can do it
another way - reinstalling XP on a machine with no CD-ROM would clearly be
a veritable pain.

Any other thoughts would be appreciated. Spoke to MS customer support -
they said it was possible, but I am going to have to wait until tomorrow
(when the Office Helpline opens) and that isn't practicable!

Apologise for the double posting previously.


Glm

 

[Glm]

If you install the previous version (97?) and then install the latest
version and allow it to completely upgrade the prior version (uninstall
it)
does this work?

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Thank you, Milly. This may well work, but I am keen - if at all possible
- not to install Office 97 and then upgrade. I am aware of people who
have had problems wirth this approach and I am hoping that I can do it
another way - reinstalling XP on a machine with no CD-ROM would clearly be
a veritable pain.

Any other thoughts would be appreciated. Spoke to MS customer support -
they said it was possible, but I am going to have to wait until tomorrow
(when the Office Helpline opens) and that isn't practicable!

Apologise for the double posting previously.


Glm

 

[Glm]

If you install the previous version (97?) and then install the latest
version and allow it to completely upgrade the prior version (uninstall
it)
does this work?

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Thank you, Milly. This may well work, but I am keen - if at all possible
- not to install Office 97 and then upgrade. I am aware of people who
have had problems wirth this approach and I am hoping that I can do it
another way - reinstalling XP on a machine with no CD-ROM would clearly be
a veritable pain.

Any other thoughts would be appreciated. Spoke to MS customer support -
they said it was possible, but I am going to have to wait until tomorrow
(when the Office Helpline opens) and that isn't practicable!

Apologise for the double posting previously.


Glm

 

[Jacky Gu [MSFT]]

Hello Glm,

Thanks for your update.

I am just checking to see how this is going. Based on my experience,
upgrade version of Office can not be directly installed without any the
previous version Office. You can contact Microsoft Customer Service to
obtain a CD or a new license key to do it.

If you need any assistant on this issue, please drop me a line. I am
looking forward to your reply and glad to help you.

Hope this helps!

Sincerely,
Jacky Gu
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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| On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 07:53:53 -0800, Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
|
| > If you install the previous version (97?) and then install the latest
| > version and allow it to completely upgrade the prior version (uninstall

| > it)
| > does this work?
| >
| > --�
| > Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
| >
|
| Thank you, Milly. This may well work, but I am keen - if at all possible

| - not to install Office 97 and then upgrade. I am aware of people who
| have had problems wirth this approach and I am hoping that I can do it
| another way - reinstalling XP on a machine with no CD-ROM would clearly
be
| a veritable pain.
|
| Any other thoughts would be appreciated. Spoke to MS customer support -
| they said it was possible, but I am going to have to wait until tomorrow
| (when the Office Helpline opens) and that isn't practicable!
|
| Apologise for the double posting previously.
|
|
| Glm
|