Installing Access 2010 in x64 OS

[Anur Shrestha]

I want to install Microsoft office professional 2010 beta version in
x64 XP professional OS.
The OS has currently Service pack 2 being installed. I tried to install
service pack 3 also, but it was not installed and later found on some site
that there is no service pack 3 for 64 bit OS.
Does this mean that 64 bit version of microsoft office is not supported or
could not be installed in 64 bit OS ?

Thanks...

 

[Paul Shapiro]

The 64-bit Office can only be installed on a 64-bit OS. I don't know, but I
would guess that Win XP x64 is not supported and you need either Vista or
Win7 x64. XP's 64-bit version was based on Server 2003 code, and was not in
the same code line as the later x64 client OS's.

 

[Banana]

I want to install Microsoft office professional 2010 beta version in
x64 XP professional OS.
The OS has currently Service pack 2 being installed. I tried to install
service pack 3 also, but it was not installed and later found on some site
that there is no service pack 3 for 64 bit OS.
Does this mean that 64 bit version of microsoft office is not supported or
could not be installed in 64 bit OS ?

Thanks...

While I have not tried this on XP 64-bit, there is definitely a 64-bit
Office 2010 and it certainly can be installed on 64-bit OS (at least
that is true for the Windows Server 2008 the OS I use for my beta
testing in a virtual machine).

I see no reason why 64-bit 2010 can't be installed on XP 64-bit. For the
service pack, I would suppose that if the Windows Update said the
Windows XP is up to date then the service pack 3 may not exist/apply for
64-bit XP.

Or are you unable to install the Office 2010? If so, are you sure you
have the 64-bit edition, and what was the error you got?

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

While I have not tried this on XP 64-bit, there is definitely a 64-bit
Office 2010 and it certainly can be installed on 64-bit OS (at least that
is true for the Windows Server 2008 the OS I use for my beta testing in a
virtual machine).

I see no reason why 64-bit 2010 can't be installed on XP 64-bit. For the
service pack, I would suppose that if the Windows Update said the Windows
XP is up to date then the service pack 3 may not exist/apply for 64-bit
XP.

Yup.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=600c2142-abc3-4fea-9271-0c326c45dc8f
says it should work on XP.