Office 2000 installation

[jim]

I bought a new computer with windows xp home installed.
I have a copy of Office 2000 (an upgrade) I bought for a
now dead predecessor to the new computer. When I try to
instal Office 2000 I get a message saying that the
program cannot find a qualifying program for to enable
the upgrade. I was told that buying microsoft works and
installing it would provide the qualifying program. I
did that, but the Office 2000 program is still rejecting
me. What do I need to do to get the Office program to
instal?

 

[Chris Lanier]

They told you wrong. You CANNOT upgrade Microsoft Works to Microsoft
Office. You must first purchase a FULL version of Microsoft Office (Say
Office 97) and then use your upgrade disc to upgrade 97 to 2000.

 

[Jeff C]

Easy one, when it asks you for the location of the qualifying product,
simply browse to wherever the CD with Office 2000 is and it will use
itself to qualify. This is fairly common knowledge.

 

[Chris Lanier]

You can't broswe a CD that you dont OWN. He said that he bought Microsoft
Work's thinking he could upgrade it to Microsoft Office 2000. The Office
2000 CD is an upgrade CD you must own a full version before you can use it.

Jim, You MUST buy a full copy of Office to be able to use it.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

You need an earlier version of Office. Whomever told you that
Works would qualify was mistaken; Works *Suite* may qualify, as it
contains Word.

Bruce Chambers

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[Jeff C]

Sorry Chris, but you can. At least physically. Jim says he has the
upgrade CD, therefore he can install it by simply pointing the
qualifying question to the upgrade CD itself. Unless I misunderstand the
question this works perfectly. Disclaimer here.... I realizer that this
is not what Microsoft intended. You could do the same thing with the
Office 97 update CD.

 

[Annie E.]

Hi:
In my knowledge from my own experience in difficulty
of 'installation' of 'office 2000' combined with reading
and hearing, .... normally, 'Upgrade' Version is too
tough to install in XP. In my recollection, on '98, I
had NO problem on this regard, ... however XP is
something with this installation.
In my case, the first-time installation right after
purchase of the machine, installation was quite easy, but
after 'Crash' and 're-installation,' I recall that I had
such a bad and hard time to get this back in XP. Then, I
posted in 'Office/Word 2000' NG and got some
good 'suggestion'(but, not the solution for this).
Afterwards, with my own creation and trick, ... I
eventually installed 'office 2000/Word 2000.'

Then, I highly suggest that you would post your problem
on 'Office/Word 2000,' that could offer you some
suggestion/idea on this, 'installation.'
Good Luck!
Annie E.

 

[Don MacDougall]

I bought a new computer with windows xp home installed.
I have a copy of Office 2000 (an upgrade) I bought for a
now dead predecessor to the new computer. When I try to
instal Office 2000 I get a message saying that the
program cannot find a qualifying program for to enable
the upgrade. I was told that buying microsoft works and
installing it would provide the qualifying program. I
did that, but the Office 2000 program is still rejecting
me. What do I need to do to get the Office program to
instal?

Works and Works Suite are qualifying products for Office 2000 upgrade
PROVIDED that the version you have pre-dates the relapsed of Office 2000.
If the version you have post-dates the release of Office 2000, the product
will NOT be accepted for upgrading to Office 2000.

However, the Office 2000 upgrade CD will be accepted to qualify for the
upgrade version of Office XP{any edition} or Office 2003{any edition} {on
Oct 21}. You need only to have the CD to insert in the drive and point to
upgrade. You do not need to install Office 2000.

Don

Don