Upgrade on laptop, new computer? How?

[Mack McKinnon]

I recently upgraded my Frontpage 2002 to Frontpage 2003 on my desktop
computer, using the Upgrade version of 2003. The 2002 version previously on
my desktop was also an upgrade, from Frontpage 2000 upgrade and that was an
upgrade from Frontpage for Windows 95 which was the only non-upgrade version
I have ever bought -- my first one.

I stll have the CD's from 2002, 2000 and the 1.44 floppy set from Win 95
Frontpage.

Did not seem to have any problem at all upgrading on my desktop.
Apparently, it was happy with the 2002 upgrade. I also have a couple of
legal elements of MS Office on my desktop -- Word & Excel -- but the
Frontpage was from a standalone upgrade copy. So, can't say for sure what
it was that satisfied the upgrade 2003 but something did.

Anyway, I would like to put Frontpage 2003 on my laptop, which is fairly new
and has no previous version on it. How do I do that? Showing it my copy of
Upgrade 2002 did not seem to impress it.

Also, what happens when I buy a new desktop computer in a year or so? Is
that not going to present the same problems as I am having with my desktop
now?

I do not have a 1.44 drive on my laptop and doubt that I will have one on
any new desktop I buy. So, if the solution is putting my original Win95
Frontpage into the computer, will I have to buy a 1.44 USB drive just for
that purpose? (Should be cheap, anyway.)

Or is there some other way to do this?

mack
austin

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Try your FP2000 CD.

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[Mack McKinnon]

OK, thanks, I will try that. Just curious, since that is also an upgrade,
from Win95, why would it work any better than the 2002 disk?

mack
austin

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Because some older versions of MS applications use the same executable and the CD Key determine if
the application was installed as a full or upgrade version, then FP2003 would have accept the
executable.

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Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
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If you feel your current issue is a results of installing
a Service Pack or security update, please contact
Microsoft Product Support Services:
http://support.microsoft.com
If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a
security update, then there is usually no charge for the call.
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