Visio Upgrade query

[Paul Whitfield]

Some advice please ...

About 2 to 3 years ago I bought Microsoft Visio
Professional 2000. It was written for Windows 95 and 98.

I now want to "upgrade" to Microsoft Visio Professional
2003, to run on my Windows XP Dell PC.

Would I have to install my 2000 (Win 98) version onto XP
first - that' s whats worrying me - and then load the
upgrade after that.

Or does the upgrade work by asking me for my old licence
number first?

What is the best way to go about this, as I do not want to
install the "2000" version in case it corrupts any Windows
XP system files?

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

There should be no problem with installing Visio 2000 Pro on Windows XP.

Though Visio 2003 Pro is a combination of Visio Technical and Visio
Professional, some of the Visio Professional stencils have been "retired".
So when you install Visio 2003, choose the option to retain the old stencils
just in case one of the templates/stencils you need has been retired.

John... Visio MVP

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