Back story:
I am having a new machine built with a Windows XP pro operating system.
I want to install both Office 2000 and Office 2003. I want to be able to
program in both.
I will also install 'Visual Studio' ( current version ).

Questions:
1 - Can these two office versions be installed together ?
2 - Where do I go to get the Instructions ?
3 - Will I have any trouble using the new version of 'Visual Studio' in
conjunction with the older Office platforms?

Thanks

1.) Yes
2.) Install 2000 to \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office-2000
Install 2003 to \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office-2003
3.) Best asked in a VS newsgroup.

"Bill RTI" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:8880E580-FE48-42EA-A14B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Back story:
> I am having a new machine built with a Windows XP pro operating system.
> I want to install both Office 2000 and Office 2003. I want to be able to
> program in both.
> I will also install 'Visual Studio' ( current version ).
>
> Questions:
> 1 - Can these two office versions be installed together ?
> 2 - Where do I go to get the Instructions ?
> 3 - Will I have any trouble using the new version of 'Visual Studio' in
> conjunction with the older Office platforms?
>
> Thanks

>Back story:
>I am having a new machine built with a Windows XP pro operating system.
>I want to install both Office 2000 and Office 2003. I want to be able to
>program in both.
>I will also install 'Visual Studio' ( current version ).
>
>Questions:
>1 - Can these two office versions be installed together ?
>2 - Where do I go to get the Instructions ?
>3 - Will I have any trouble using the new version of 'Visual Studio' in
>conjunction with the older Office platforms?
>
>Thanks

Yes, you *can* install together but you should expect to have
conflicts. It's a dumb idea, I would not recommend it. You could use
Office 2003 and then create a VM with XP and Office 2000 to keep
things separate. No worry about conflicts.

- Thee Chicago Wolf

Bill RTI wrote:
> Back story:
> I am having a new machine built with a Windows XP pro operating system.
> I want to install both Office 2000 and Office 2003. I want to be able to
> program in both.
> I will also install 'Visual Studio' ( current version ).
>
> Questions:
> 1 - Can these two office versions be installed together ?
> 2 - Where do I go to get the Instructions ?
> 3 - Will I have any trouble using the new version of 'Visual Studio' in
> conjunction with the older Office platforms?
>
> Thanks

You can have multiple versions of Office installed on the same machine,
but you may run into some issues. For one, I believe only one version of
Outlook is permissible. More annoyingly, when Word is started, you may
see a "Preparing to install" message and the installer may begin to run.
This happens each time you open Word that is a different version
compared to the version previously opened. You can either cancel the
installer or make a registry edit.

For other potential issues and more detail, see
Office 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828956/

Office 2007 version: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928091/en-us
Office XP version: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290576/
Office 2000 version: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/218861/



--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

Lem wrote:
> Bill RTI wrote:
>> Back story:
>> I am having a new machine built with a Windows XP pro operating
>> system. I want to install both Office 2000 and Office 2003. I want
>> to be able to program in both. I will also install 'Visual Studio' (
>> current version ).
>>
>> Questions:
>> 1 - Can these two office versions be installed together ?
>> 2 - Where do I go to get the Instructions ?
>> 3 - Will I have any trouble using the new version of 'Visual Studio'
>> in conjunction with the older Office platforms?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> You can have multiple versions of Office installed on the same machine,
> but you may run into some issues. For one, I believe only one version of
> Outlook is permissible. More annoyingly, when Word is started, you may
> see a "Preparing to install" message and the installer may begin to run.
> This happens each time you open Word that is a different version
> compared to the version previously opened. You can either cancel the
> installer or make a registry edit.
>
> For other potential issues and more detail, see
> Office 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828956/
>
> Office 2007 version: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928091/en-us
> Office XP version: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290576/
> Office 2000 version: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/218861/
>
>
>

For more detail on the registry edit for preventing Word from
reconfiguring each time you switch versions, see
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/p...cle.asp?ID=762

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:16:00 -0600, "Ken Blake, MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:12:08 -0800, Bill RTI
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >Back story:
> >I am having a new machine built with a Windows XP pro operating system.
> >I want to install both Office 2000 and Office 2003. I want to be able to
> >program in both.
> >I will also install 'Visual Studio' ( current version ).
> >
> >Questions:
> >1 - Can these two office versions be installed together ?
> >2 - Where do I go to get the Instructions ?
> >3 - Will I have any trouble using the new version of 'Visual Studio' in
> >conjunction with the older Office platforms?
> >
> >Thanks
> Why ask here? This has nothing to do with the OS and everything to do
> with Office. Do you see office this group's title? No.
>
> Ask elsewhere


Most regulars here already know this, but just in case there's someone
new here who doesn't, I didn't write the above message. It was written
by a regular newsgroup troll whose only "contribution" here is writing
insulting messages like this. He changes his name periodically to
escape from people's killfiles, and has now reinforced his bad manners
and rudeness by using my name, in messages like this, and in other
messages he wants to send.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Impersenator .



On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:16:00 -0600, "Ken Blake, MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:12:08 -0800, Bill RTI
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Back story:
>>I am having a new machine built with a Windows XP pro operating system.
>>I want to install both Office 2000 and Office 2003. I want to be able to
>>program in both.
>>I will also install 'Visual Studio' ( current version ).
>>
>>Questions:
>>1 - Can these two office versions be installed together ?
>>2 - Where do I go to get the Instructions ?
>>3 - Will I have any trouble using the new version of 'Visual Studio' in
>>conjunction with the older Office platforms?
>>
>>Thanks
>Why ask here? This has nothing to do with the OS and everything to do
>with Office. Do you see office this group's title? No.
>
>Ask elsewhere

Cheeeeeese Iceman, How many aliases do you have?
"Cody Jarrett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:56:44 +0000, Jim <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>impersination .
>
>>Impersenator .
>
> You are obviously a moron.

My error.Read too fast. However your comment to Jims post is most confusing.
"Cody Jarrett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:03:39 -0600, "Unknown" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>Cheeeeeese Iceman, How many aliases do you have?
>
> They must grow 'em dumb in the NW 'burbs. Check the message headers:
> we ain't the same person: newsreader and NNTP server are completely
> different.
>
>>"Cody Jarrett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:56:44 +0000, Jim <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>
>>>>impersination .
>>>
>>>>Impersenator .
>>>
>>> You are obviously a moron.
>>

People who misspell are morons?
"Cody Jarrett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:54:44 -0600, "Unknown" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>My error.Read too fast. However your comment to Jims post is most
>>confusing.
>
> The dumbass CAN'T CORRECTLY SPELL the same word (or a derivation of
> the same word) the same way twice in a row.
>
> That makes him a MORON in my book ;-)
>
>>"Cody Jarrett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:03:39 -0600, "Unknown" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Cheeeeeese Iceman, How many aliases do you have?
>>>
>>> They must grow 'em dumb in the NW 'burbs. Check the message headers:
>>> we ain't the same person: newsreader and NNTP server are completely
>>> different.
>>>
>>>>"Cody Jarrett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:56:44 +0000, Jim <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>impersination .
>>>>>
>>>>>>Impersenator .
>>>>>
>>>>> You are obviously a moron.
>>>>
>>