Re: updates for multiple installation of Office

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From: Lee (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/19/04 

Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 19:07:40 -0800

Thanks for giving me the answer to my question.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi, Lee,
>
>You can be installing updates for both versions. Because
MS doesn't
>recommend running multiple versions at a time, they've
probably not done any
>testing about patching multiple versions in any
particular order, so you're
>probably on your own there. But, in my experience, each
program is
>installed separately and can be patched separately.
>
>--
>Susan Ramlet
>MVP - Microsoft Office
>----------------------------------------------
>Please post replies to the newsgroup where all may
benefit.
>
>
>"Lee" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:1174401c3f596$82ea0460$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> I have done the installations so that multiple version
of
>> Microsoft Office (2000 and XP) are running on my
computer
>> (WIndows XP Home) without a problem by following the
rule
>> of installing 2000 first and then the Office-XP.
>>
>> But I now have a question any time I ask for UPDATES to
>> Office. Of course it lets me know that I have updates
to
>> do for Office 2000 as well as for Office-XP. I have
been
>> only putting on the updates for Office-XP feeling that
no
>> changes could be made to the earlier version once you
had
>> installed the later version. Am I wrong to have this
>> assumption?? Or can I be installing updates for both
>> version? And if I can is there a problem if I have
>> installed the Office-XP update before installing the
>> Office 2000 update?
>>
>
>
>.
>

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