Loading FrontPage 2003 on Vista

[cldesign]

I have a new laptop with Windows Vista and I can't get FrontPage 2003
installed. The microsoft website says it is compatible, but the install
stops at a prompt asking which drive Windows XP is installed on. Since I
don't have Windows XP, how do I get past this? The product key must be set
for XP. I need this program for my job and have to figure out how to get it
installed. I even tried to use the "install using an older program" link on
the Control Panel and still no luck. Microsoft may or may not charge me $50
with no guarantee of a solution - it will depend on the technician's opinion.
HELP!!!!

 

[Ronx]

FrontPage does not ask where a particular OS is installed - is the message
actually asking about a previous version of Microsoft Office?
An Upgrade version of FrontPage will ask for a previous install of MS
Office, or a qualifying product. Unfortunately, the message is incorrect
and a previous version of FrontPage is required, though this may be
contained in any version of Office that includes FrontPage.

If the message _is_ asking for Windows XP - please give the full message
here because this has never been reported before.

--
Ron Symonds
Microsoft MVP (Expression Web)
http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp

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[cldesign]

Ron,

Thanks for your response. When the FrontPage Wizard opens and I enter the
product key, the next screen that comes up comes up with "Product Compliance
Check CD Key" at the top. The message is "The product key you entered
requires a version of Microsoft Office 97, 2000 or XP to upgrade. If one of
these versions of Microsoft Office is not installed on your machine, you will
need to supply a version of Microsoft Office on Cd-Rom in the next step.
Click OK to continue with the upgrade or click Cancel to stop the
installation." - word-for-word, punctuation, etc. The options are "OK" and
"Cancel." Do you know where I can go from here. My computer has Microsoft
Office 2007 installed. I was given this version to work with and do not have
any older versions.

Any thoughts,

Thanks,
Cheryl

 

[Ronx]

It's an upgrade version of FrontPage. The qualifying product required for
installation is any previous version of FrontPage, or *previous* version of
Office that includes FrontPage - just plain Office will not work. There is
no way round this.

As a temporary measure, you could download the Expression Web trial from
http://expression.microsoft.com
Expression Web is NOT a FrontPage upgrade, but has some similarities with
FrontPage, and does support most of the FrontPage webbots - navigation is
the major exception. The trial lasts 60 days, and if you buy then Office
2007 is a qualifying product for the upgrade version.

--
Ron Symonds
Microsoft MVP (Expression Web)
http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp

Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.