Visio 2000 install after Office 2003 - OK ?

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I hadn't used Visio in years but now find that I need it for a few weeks.
My XP box has all updates ( except IE7) and has Office 2003 on it. Can I
install Visio 2000 and "not mess things up" (by overwriting more current
files) on the box ? Any gotchas to be aware of ?

( I'm assuming my Visio CD is not latest/last version and probably can't
get "officeupdates" for Visio 2000 to 'make it current '.)
Thanks.

 

[Aaron Rykhus [MSFT]]

I'm not aware of any gothca's. The only thing is that Microsoft doesn't
support Visio 2000 and even the MS version of 2000 (SR-1) is no longer
supported and Windows XP came out after Visio 2000 but it should install.

If something happened to Office 2003 you could always run a repair on
Office 2003. But since Visio 2000 wasn't at all integrated with Office so
in theory it shouldn't mess anything up with Office. You may want to try
installing the Visio 2007 60-day trial instead of installing Visio 2000.


Best Regards,

Aaron Rykhus, Visio Support
Microsoft Corporation