"This Version of Office Not Compatible With Your System"

[Guest]

When I bought my last computer (a Gateway, running Windows XP), I also bought
MS Office 2003 Basic Edition at the same time (through Gateway, when I
purchased the PC)

Now I have purchased a new computer, an Acer, running Vista. When I try to
install Office 2003 from the original CD I get an error message saying "This
Version of Office Not Compatible With Your System". I have tried running it
as an administrator with the same result. Any suggestions? Everything
I've read has said that 2003 and Vista are perfectly compatible, just with a
few installation hiccups, though I haven't found anyone referencing the same
error I'm getting.

 

[Richard G. Harper]

If the copy of Office is an OEM version it will likely not install on
anything but a Gateway computer.

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[Richard Urban]

Gateway likely modified the installer so it looks for the Gateway M/B's
bios. Not there = no install.

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[Bruce Chambers]

When I bought my last computer (a Gateway, running Windows XP), I also bought
MS Office 2003 Basic Edition at the same time (through Gateway, when I
purchased the PC)

Now I have purchased a new computer, an Acer, running Vista. When I try to
install Office 2003 from the original CD I get an error message saying "This
Version of Office Not Compatible With Your System".

This is because you purchased an OEM license from Gateway, and are now
trying to install it onto a different computer. OEM licenses are
permanently bound tio the first computer on which they're installed, and
not transferable to any other computer, under any circumstances.




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Bruce Chambers

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