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193181 2003-11-19 22:03:00 Some friends have rushed off and purchased at huge expense Microsoft Office XP Professional.

Unfortunately, they overlooked the fact that they their operating system is win98se, and they have no urge whatsoever to upgrade from 98se.

Question is, can Office XP pro be coerced into working with 98se?

They tell me they get all sorts of messages when trying to load the programme.

(Do I try to help or run a mile) :D
B.M. (505)
193182 2003-11-19 22:08:00 i have windows office xp and used to have windows 98se and it worked without a problem..

only catch is..it moght be quicker to catch a train in auckland than load it....
it will load, but slowly for some programs specifically outlook mainly,
but word works good, frontpage/powerpoint works good too but i dont use the rest of the programs included...

but tell me what "messages" you/they get when trying to load it?
csinclair83 (200)
193183 2003-11-19 22:09:00 also one other thing
are you sure it was xp professional as lately theres been the new version Office 2003 released...and if it was office 2003 then definately cant go on win98se....
csinclair83 (200)
193184 2003-11-19 22:15:00 Well, I'm told it is Office XP Pro, but I haven't set eyes on anything yet.

They couldn't remember all the messages, but it would seem some messages referred to missing files and the possibility of downloading them off the net.
B.M. (505)
193185 2003-11-19 22:29:00 www.annoyances.org

reviews.cnet.com


just some websites that say win98se can run office xp..

but the 2nd one (cnet) mentions that maybe need to update system files...maybe thats what the file downloads were meant to be? (its under heading of "update your system files")

so hope its of some help if any :-)
csinclair83 (200)
193186 2003-11-19 22:34:00 arrgh i wonder what happened there

anyway here they are again

Officexp/win98se1 (www.annoyances.org)

Cnet/officexponwin98se (reviews.cnet.com)

I help they help :)
csinclair83 (200)
193187 2003-11-20 01:02:00 Thanks CS. Those sites were most helpful.

I'll sneak up on it over the weekend and let you know.

Looks hopeful. :)
B.M. (505)
193188 2003-11-20 01:04:00 glad to be able to help :-) csinclair83 (200)
193189 2003-11-20 01:09:00 Im running Xp Office Pro on 98se with 128 meg ram on a HP 6116 and notice no slowdowns, but I do agree with Chris Office 2003 will not run on 98se beama (111)
193190 2003-11-20 01:17:00 i had 64mb lol

if its office xp..it can run on win98se or better not win95...
if its office 2003..it can run on MS Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 or Windows XP or later (XP Home or XP Professional)
csinclair83 (200)
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