Windows XP compatible on Windows 2000 Network

[Joanne]

We currently run a small network (4 machines), using
Windows 2000 and Office XP on all 4 computers. I need to
upgrade 1 of the machines, but can only get Windows XP.
Is the new machine going to be fully compatible? ie.
When I had a Win XP user send me a publisher file created
on her machine, by email, (same Office version) it would
not open on my Win 2000 Pro machine. It is critical that
files created on one of the machines (Word, Excel,Access,
PowerPoint etc.) can be saved on an XP machine & reopened
at a Windows 2000 machine and vice versa.
Can anyone advise if this is an issue, or if they have
this scenerio and it is fine?

 

[purplehaz]

Win xp and win2k work fine and are totally compatable in a mixed network.
The files not opening has *nothing* to do with the operating system. OS does
not matter. And also office is very backward and forward compatable. You're
network and the way files work will be exactly the same no matter what the
os combinations are.
If you want to post more info about how the file would not open, with error
messages, and version numbers of your office apps, maybe we can help you out
with that as it's a totally separate issue.