upgrade from office 95

[Ed]

how can i upgrade to office 2003 from office 95?

 

[Epona]

how can i upgrade to office 2003 from office 95?

You can't - it isn't a qualifying product. Please be aware that Office 2003
*REQUIRES* Windows 2000 SP3 (or later), Windows XP or Windows 2003 Server.
So, unless you're running Office 95 under one of those OSes (highly
doubtful, as I've never had any success), you'd be wasting your money,
anyway.

For more information see

Products that Qualify for the Microsoft Office 2003 Upgrade
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;832288

Office 2003 System Requirements
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/sysreq.mspx

 

[rdanzey]

-----Original Message-----


You can't - it isn't a qualifying product. Please be aware that Office 2003
*REQUIRES* Windows 2000 SP3 (or later), Windows XP or Windows 2003 Server.
So, unless you're running Office 95 under one of those OSes (highly
doubtful, as I've never had any success), you'd be wasting your money,
anyway.

For more information see

Products that Qualify for the Microsoft Office 2003 Upgrade
us;832288

Office 2003 System Requirements
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/sysreq. mspx


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I have a WinXP Home Edition OEM version Celeron chipped
computer. It's been a bother since new. I've got
a 'full fledged' Office 95 Professional installation I
use on it, which I bought when I bought my first computer
eight years or so ago. It came with floppies--a 5"
stack<G>.

I don't recall exactly when I added Office 95 to the Win
XP computer, nor if my problems exactly coincided with
the installation. However, I've begun to believe that
the instability and massive crashes I've suffered since,
may be due to this combination, though I've been blaming
Win XP itself, as garbage, and other impolite nouns, and
possibly some driver updates I made that didn't seem to
work very well, either.

Your comment suggests I'd best move on, but I see I'm not
elegible for an upgrade, and I'm loathe to spend more
after coughing up $500~ so long ago. Do you know if it's
possible to make XP run the Office 95 suite? What other,
hopefully lowcost, alternatives do I have?

Since I may not be able to find my way back to this forum
to look at replies, please consider sending any to my
email address in the "Sender's Name" box above, as well
as posting here. TIA, and happy holidays...

danz

 

[Beth Melton]

I have Office 95 installed on Windows XP without utilizing
Compatibility, although you may want to experiment both with and
without Compatibility mode set to run for Windows 95 if you are
encountering difficulty.

Granted I primarily use Office 2003 so I'm not a heavy user of Office
95 but all applications appear to function correctly.

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Microsoft Office MVP

 

[Rob Schneider]

Office 95 should work ok on XP. You can also explore alternatives like
Star Office (from Sun and costs about $50-100), or Open Office (free for
downnload and pretty much the same as Star Office without Sun's
support). There also are many word processors available to buy or get
for free.

 

[J.A.S.]

This just reminds me of an amusing story. I remember that
i found on ebay an auction that featured a full copy of
Office 95. The seller said in the description that office
95 is a qualified product for upgrade proce of office
2003. Did people fall for it? Oh yeah, there were like 10
or 11 bidders at the end of the auction.