Outlook 2007 beta CD will not install

[Lewbob]

My computer (733 MHz Celeron) meets the requirements of the 2007 beta
i.e. "Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 2, 500 megahertz (MHz)
processor or higher; 256 megabyte (MB) RAM or higher". It does not
even see the CD in the drive. When I put the install CD in another
computer that is a Pentium 4, it sees the CD. However, I do not want
to instll the beta on that machine.

 

[William Lefkovics [MVP]]

That's odd. Are these two machines networked? You could share the CD drive
on machine B to access from machine A?

Sorry, I have no other reasonable solution.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

In addition to William;
Are you sure that it is on a CD and not a DVD? If it is on a DVD you'll need
a DVD-drive instead of a CD drive.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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My computer (733 MHz Celeron) meets the requirements of the 2007 beta
i.e. "Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 2, 500 megahertz (MHz)
processor or higher; 256 megabyte (MB) RAM or higher". It does not
even see the CD in the drive. When I put the install CD in another
computer that is a Pentium 4, it sees the CD. However, I do not want
to instll the beta on that machine.

 

[William Lefkovics [MVP]]

So simple, yet brilliant.

 

[Lewbob]

That is probably the issue. I ordered the Beta from Microsoft. The
machine that can "see" it has a DVD/CD drive the other just has a CD
drive.