Re: Install 2007 safe next tot 2003?

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You sound like someone that has been there and done that. <g>


"Steve Rindsberg" <abuse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"seems to" .... "should" ... "relatively well" ...

That could be said of a lot of the betas and even of some Windows and
Office
upgrades.

Then the odd little problems appear. Much later, sometimes. And nobody
quite
knows why.

No thanks. I'm not going to *recommend* the beta to anyone who doesn't
have a
disposable Windows installation to pop it into.

As you say, virtual machines are the way to go.


In article <#T9g7KlhGHA.1320@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Patrick Schmid wrote:
A side-by-side install of PPT 2003 and 2007 is possible (you have to
pick one Outlook version though). I have been running this configuration
since November and 2003 has been mainly unaffected by 2007. I don't
quite know why Austin is suggesting that you have to reformat your
harddrive eventually, which I definitely disagree with. Office 2007 does
uninstall relatively well (Outlook 2007 B2 seems to be the notorious
exception), so uninstalling it should remove it (almost) completely from
your hard drive and whatever remains on your hard drive (if anything at
all) is not going to be a big deal besides taking up harddrive space.
The MS warning to not install it on a production machine refers to using
beta software in a production environment. Beta software has bugs, is by
nature unstable, can "eat your data", etc. Therefore you should be very
careful in using it.
The best strategy is of course to install in a virtual machine or a
separate computer instead of your main production machine.

Patrick Schmid
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http://pschmid.net

"Austin Myers" <austinm@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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No, at some point your going to need to reformat the hard drive.
Microsoft
makes this clear and says DO NOT install it on a production machine.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com



"Frans" <Frans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi there,

I'd like to try de 2007 bêta, but want to keep on using my trusted
2003
version as well.
Can this be done safely, just by installing it in another folder,
drive or
partition?
What problems can I expect? (OK, I will not use 2007 files in 2003;)

Thanks,

Frans



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