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| 359100 | 2005-05-28 01:33:00 | Hi First of doubtless a few questions as I get used to XP. New PC arrived yesterday with the updated version of XP. All is going well but I need to ask questions before I proceed with loading up the rest of my old stuff. >On my old PC I used Office 97 with the upgrade version to Office 2000 (needed the old version to be installed to work). I need to load '97 first and then load the upgrade. Obviously it worked OK under Win98 but can I follow this same path under XP or should I just buy a new version of Office? > Generally, will software that ran under Win98 run under XP? (Excluding drivers of course). >Having asked that, I have a Sidewinder joystick. I haven't looked yet but I guess I just need to download the XP software from the Microsoft site or is there an easier way? |
Oggy (5399) | ||
| 359101 | 2005-05-28 01:43:00 | Office 97 works with XP. Cant see why the 2000 upgrade wont work as well. Some software may work on XP that worked on 98, but anything DOS based may not work. As XP doesnt have the full DOS like previous versions of Windows. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 359102 | 2005-05-28 01:46:00 | Oggy I have Office 97 running on XP on one machine and it works fine, and I have Office 2000 on another XP machine. I suggest you load Office 97 first as you mentioned, try it out, and then set a restore point before proceeding with the upgrade to 2000. Oxie (Lyn) |
Oxie (1318) | ||
| 359103 | 2005-05-28 05:07:00 | Hi First of doubtless a few questions as I get used to XP. New PC arrived yesterday with the updated version of XP. All is going well but I need to ask questions before I proceed with loading up the rest of my old stuff. > On my old PC I used Office 97 with the upgrade version to Office 2000 (needed the old version to be installed to work). I need to load '97 first and then load the upgrade. Obviously it worked OK under Win98 but can I follow this same path under XP or should I just buy a new version of Office? > Generally, will software that ran under Win98 run under XP? (Excluding drivers of course). > Having asked that, I have a Sidewinder joystick. I haven't looked yet but I guess I just need to download the XP software from the Microsoft site or is there an easier way? I have a precision 2 sidewinder joystick plugged into a USB port here. Loaded WinXP pro and plugged in joystick. No other drivers other than what is contained in XP were needed. Your other questions were answered. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 359104 | 2005-05-28 05:24:00 | You do not need to load Office 97 to upgrade it to 2000. Run the 2000 upgrade install, when it complains that it cannot find a qualifying product, put the Office 97 CD in and point it at it. Then it should happily allow you to replace the CD with the Office 2000 one and install it. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 359105 | 2005-05-28 06:30:00 | You do not need to load Office 97 to upgrade it to 2000. Run the 2000 upgrade install, when it complains that it cannot find a qualifying product, put the Office 97 CD in and point it at it. Then it should happily allow you to replace the CD with the Office 2000 one and install it. Which is what I thought too but I was not game to say so having not actually done that particular upgrade. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 359106 | 2005-05-28 06:54:00 | Thanks As a result of the earlier reply I loaded Office 97 and installed Office 2000 over the top with no problems. Kodak Picture Easy (which must be 6 years old) loaded up fine so hopefully that's a good indication of how the rest of the process will go. I might try the joystick sometime tomorrow but we hardly ever use it so ... I might just do other stuff instead. Cheers folks! :) |
Oggy (5399) | ||
| 359107 | 2005-05-28 09:12:00 | You do not need to load Office 97 to upgrade it to 2000. Run the 2000 upgrade install, when it complains that it cannot find a qualifying product, put the Office 97 CD in and point it at it. Then it should happily allow you to replace the CD with the Office 2000 one and install it. I have a similar query, and have the disc for Office 2000 SBE. Am under the impression that my disc is only for my old system and if I try to install it on a new XP computer it would not accept it. Have I got it wrong. Your comments appreciated Godfather. PS. there does not appear to be a spelling check option in the window that I am wriyting this reply, have I missed one. |
Slim (4633) | ||
| 359108 | 2005-05-28 11:00:00 | If you have a real MicroSoft Office 2000 CD and not a computer manufacturer supplied restore CD, it should install OK . Technically it was probably OEM, which means you are not meant to use it on another system, but that does not always mean it cannot be done or will not work . Trying it costs nothing I would have thought . |
godfather (25) | ||
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