Office 2000

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I run XP Home (SP2) upgraded from 98SE. I want to install Office 2000
Professional but when I try to I get the message "No qualifying product can
be found". Does anyone know why this is & what to do please?
 
Although your question has nothing to do with Windows XP...
Apparently your copy of Office 2000 is an "Upgrade" version.
Locate your old MS Office CD (either Office 95 or Office 97 will suffice as
a "qualifying product") and, when the Office 2000 installer asks for proof,
pop out the Office 2000 disk and pop in the "qualifying product" and follow
the prompts.
Steve
 
Digital said:
I run XP Home (SP2) upgraded from 98SE. I want to install Office 2000
Professional but when I try to I get the message "No qualifying product can
be found". Does anyone know why this is & what to do please?
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Check your disc. It would appear that you are trying to install an
upgrade version.

DUH.
 
Might be other products qualifying. My Office 2K Standard upgrade version
accepted Word 7.0. It didn't need it installed either, just the
installation media to look at.
 
Og said:
Although your question has nothing to do with Windows XP...
Apparently your copy of Office 2000 is an "Upgrade" version.
Locate your old MS Office CD (either Office 95 or Office 97 will suffice as
a "qualifying product") and, when the Office 2000 installer asks for proof,
pop out the Office 2000 disk and pop in the "qualifying product" and follow
the prompts.
Steve
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Thanks Steve but it is a full copy , not an upgrade. I did have it installed
on 98SE originally. Sorry if this is the wrong thread but as it didn't
consider XP a qualifying product... It never asks me to insert any other CD.

Digital
 
Digital said:
Thanks Steve but it is a full copy , not an upgrade. I did have it installed
on 98SE originally. Sorry if this is the wrong thread but as it didn't
consider XP a qualifying product... It never asks me to insert any other CD.
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The OS doesn't cause that "qualifying product" message... the lack of
an older version of Office causes it.
 
Is this a Full Packaged Product or OEM? If FPP, I would suggest asking
over in Office.Misc group. If OEM it may have something to do with the
replaced operating system.
 
Digital said:
I run XP Home (SP2) upgraded from 98SE. I want to install Office 2000
Professional but when I try to I get the message "No qualifying product
can
be found". Does anyone know why this is & what to do please?
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Is it an OEM version or retail?
 
Digital said:
I run XP Home (SP2) upgraded from 98SE. I want to install Office 2000
Professional but when I try to I get the message "No qualifying product can
be found". Does anyone know why this is & what to do please?
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It's actually quite clear. You're trying to use an Office 2K *Upgrade*
CD, and there's no earlier, qualifying version of Office installed. In
order to use that specific Office 2K CD and license, you first need to
have an older version of Office installed.


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Bruce Chambers said:
It's actually quite clear. You're trying to use an Office 2K *Upgrade*
CD, and there's no earlier, qualifying version of Office installed. In
order to use that specific Office 2K CD and license, you first need to
have an older version of Office installed.

Bruce Chambers
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Well, maybe its no that bad. I found this in a 2003 post:
-Hello,
-
-I had the same trouble untill a few minutes ago - and no
-help in the Microsoft Knowledgebase.... :(
-
-BUT... I found a magical solution...!
-When you try to install your Office 2000 on your new
-Windows XP configured laptop, and it tells there was no
-qualifying product found - just point to the same drive
-where you have the office 2000 cd-rom. It will accept
-itself as a qualifying product.
-
-I had the same problem, but now it is just installing!!!
-0 :)
-
-The Angel

Here is another possible solution:
-Copy the Microsoft Office folder from the W98 machine to a temp folder on
-the XP machine (it's quite large, so do this over a network, Direct Cable,
-ZIP disk, burn a CD etc).

-This should allow you to install. Remove Office from the W98 machine to
stay
-legal (and remove the temp copy on XP to save space). Essentially you are
-using your old Office install to qualify it's own reinstall on a new
-machine.


A few years ago I had the same problem and found another solution,
but can't remember the details. If the above doesn't solve
your problem, google for 'no qualifying product'.

Paul Randall
 
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