Selective Install Ramifications

[K]

I am running Office 2000 with Windows ME.

For reasons very long and complex I have a need to do a selective
installation of Access from a Office XP Pro disc which I have legal
access to. I will not do a full upgrade to XP as I have to uninstall
the Access software in approximately 9 months and my system
configuration will revert to what I am currently running today

I am very concerned about how Access and the rest of my system will
behave since Office suites of different versions generally do not play
nicely in the sandbox together. Further, I am concerned about how my
system will behave when i do the Access uninstall in several months.
I have heard that there may be issues with the DLL files and it could
cause lots of instability in my system both after the install and the
future uninstall.

Also part 2 of my question is that I have been told by Microsoft that
doing a selective install of Access of an XP Pro disk is identical to
doing an install of a standalone version of Access in terms of how it
installs sets up etc. I have also been told by other folks that this
is NOT true and the selective install has more risk when you are
running a different version of windows/office. Can anyone comment on
this??

I'm not much of a software person so bear that in mind and give me the
"idiots" answer.

Thanks
Kerry

 

[DL]

To run two versions, you have to install earlier version first, then rename
shortcuts eg Access to Access97.
The later version must then be installed in a seperate Folder and or partion
using Custom Install and not overwriting/replacing older files.
See MS kb = 290576 , 292491
Also only one version of OL can be installed. Do not run two version of an
app eg Access together.
David

 

[K]

thanks for your reply.

I'm not a software person so I want to make sure I understand what you
said. I your basic idiot home user who is being asked to do something
weird and am very worried about it

When you say I need to install an earlier version first in order to
run 2 versions I am assuming you mean Access itself. The version of
Office I run (2000) does NOT contain Access at all. The only version
of Access that I am in possession of is Access from the Office XP
install disk. So I don't have an earlier version to install. What
problems is this going to cause?

Since I don't have an earlier version of Access to contend with how do
I make sure this selective install isn't going to overwrite older
files?

 

[DL]

I take it that you do not, for whatever reason, wish to upgrade Office2K to
XP.
(As a matter of interest, why? - if its not to complex!)
You only wish to make use of AccessXP, that being the case;
Then there should be no problem in doing a doing a custom install of
AccessXP other than ensuring you install in a separate user named Folder and
do not overwrite any files.- The install process will give a msg (Yes/No) re
older files.
Take care in your custom install of what you are actually installing, if
unsure, or are unable to select not to install, select 'Run from CD'
Before starting see
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;290366
It is true that running two versions of the same app can be problematical
but you're not actually doing so.
If your concerned about the uninstall then don't.
I've run Office2K together with Access97 with v.few probs.
Hope this assists
David

 

[DL]

Makes a change to see a principled stance, as I said don't uninstall if yr
concerned
David

 

[K]

Thank you.

I know microsoft is a huge company that probably wouldn't miss my
little piece of revenue loss if I use their software illegally.
However, it is still illegal, and more importantly, unethical. They
have a right to be paid for the work they did and their effort. The
fact that they make wads of money annually does not change that fact.
The fact that I don't like some of their business practices doesn't
change that either.

Thanks again for the help.