Office XP "ugrade" installable on New Windows Vista PC?

[raul]

I bought a new computer with preinstalled Vista & Works 8.5 preloaded. I had
Office XP professional on my old computer(running Windows ME). My old
computer had come with preloaded MS Word & I ended up first buying a MSOffice
2000 Professional Upgrade & then Office XP upgrade. Have the original CD CDs
with Keys for both.

If I can help it I would not like to plonk another $300. The question is Can
I use the "upgrade version" of Office XP to upgrade the Works 8.5 on Vista?
I am not a "power user" and as such baring use all the "features" of XP in
the first place! Further don't want to plonk ~$300 for Office 2007!

Thanks in advance for your help

 

[JoAnn Paules]

You can't use a newer product as a qualifier for an older one.

From http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290540,
Products that qualify for the Microsoft Office XP upgrade:

There are generally three rules for upgrading to Office XP:
• Microsoft Office 97 suites and Microsoft Office 2000 suites are the only
valid upgrade products for the Office XP suites. You cannot use the Academic
Edition of Office 97 or Office 2000 as a qualifying product.
• Office 97 stand-alone products and Office 2000 stand-alone products are
valid upgrade products for the Office XP stand-alone products.*
• Office 97 suites and Office 2000 suites are valid upgrade products for the
Office XP stand-alone products only if the Office XP stand-alone product is
included in the corresponding Office 97 suite or Office 2000 suite*.


--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher

How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[raul]

I suppose you mean I cannot "upgrade" to Office XP as I have a newer version
of "works"?
I do have the original CDS for the whole chain of my upgrades:
OEM Word2000 -->Office 2000 Professional(Upgrade version)---> Office XP Pro
(Upgrade).

My end goal, if possible, is to have my Office XP isntalled on the new Vista
machine:
1. Is this even possible? If need be I can go thro' the whole installation
cycle of installing word 2000 (OEM) all the way to XP pro
2. Are there any compatibility issues?

I was under the impression that Microsoft has apolicy of backwards
compatibility upt two generations back? If that is true, Shouldn't Office XP
qualify?

thansk for your responses
raul

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Raul,

You can use the Office 2000 CD as the upgrade qualifier for the Office XP upgrade installation without needing to install Office XP
first.

For the Office XP/2002 series MS marketing tried a couple of changes in direction for upgrading and distribution.

- MS Works wouldn't be a qualifier
- MS Office XP Small Business Edition would be OEM only

When Office 2003 came out, both of those choices went back to 'normal', but MS Works Suite was changed so that it would no longer
come with the then current version of Word as it had in the past, but would, rather, have Word of at least one version back.

MS Office versions have file compatibility going backwards, but MS Windows Vista is a separate entity

If you upgrade to Office 2007 any of the three prior product CDs are upgrade qualifiers recognized for installation.
================
I suppose you mean I cannot "upgrade" to Office XP as I have a newer version
of "works"?
I do have the original CDS for the whole chain of my upgrades:
OEM Word2000 -->Office 2000 Professional(Upgrade version)---> Office XP Pro
(Upgrade).

My end goal, if possible, is to have my Office XP isntalled on the new Vista
machine:
1. Is this even possible? If need be I can go thro' the whole installation
cycle of installing word 2000 (OEM) all the way to XP pro
2. Are there any compatibility issues?

I was under the impression that Microsoft has apolicy of backwards
compatibility upt two generations back? If that is true, Shouldn't Office XP
qualify?

thansk for your responses
raul >>
--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[raul]

So Does this mean that if I load Office XP on Windows Vista, it will run
smoothly? I am a bit confused, as I have read conflicting responses on this
and other discussion boards?
regards
rahul

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Only Office 2003 and 2007 are supported on Windows Vista. You will not be able to save your network login credentials in Outlook as Vista does not allow you to write the required Protected Storage Provided key to its registry. There may be other problems but this is one that I definitely know about.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, raul asked:

| So Does this mean that if I load Office XP on Windows Vista, it will
| run smoothly? I am a bit confused, as I have read conflicting
| responses on this and other discussion boards?
| regards
| rahul
|
|
| "Bob Buckland ?" wrote:
|
|| Hi Raul,
||
|| You can use the Office 2000 CD as the upgrade qualifier for the
|| Office XP upgrade installation without needing to install Office XP
|| first.
||
|| For the Office XP/2002 series MS marketing tried a couple of changes
|| in direction for upgrading and distribution.
||
|| - MS Works wouldn't be a qualifier
|| - MS Office XP Small Business Edition would be OEM only
||
|| When Office 2003 came out, both of those choices went back to
|| 'normal', but MS Works Suite was changed so that it would no longer
|| come with the then current version of Word as it had in the past,
|| but would, rather, have Word of at least one version back.
||
|| MS Office versions have file compatibility going backwards, but MS
|| Windows Vista is a separate entity
||
|| If you upgrade to Office 2007 any of the three prior product CDs are
|| upgrade qualifiers recognized for installation. ================
||
|| I suppose you mean I cannot "upgrade" to Office XP as I have a newer
|| version
|| of "works"?
|| I do have the original CDS for the whole chain of my upgrades:
|| OEM Word2000 -->Office 2000 Professional(Upgrade version)---> Office
|| XP Pro (Upgrade).
||
|| My end goal, if possible, is to have my Office XP isntalled on the
|| new Vista
|| machine:
|| 1. Is this even possible? If need be I can go thro' the whole
|| installation
|| cycle of installing word 2000 (OEM) all the way to XP pro
|| 2. Are there any compatibility issues?
||
|| I was under the impression that Microsoft has apolicy of backwards
|| compatibility upt two generations back? If that is true, Shouldn't
|| Office XP
|| qualify?
||
|| thansk for your responses
|| raul >>
|| --
||
|| Bob Buckland ?
|| MS Office System Products MVP
||
|| *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*