Re: XP Pro | MS Office 2003 | SP2 | SP1 | Possible Conflict with MS-Recommended Update of Earlier SP Version

From: Peter Wilkins (wilkinsp_nospam_at_ozemail.com.au)
Date: 09/09/04 

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 08:44:06 +1000

On 9 Sep 2004 07:10:27 -0700, garbazh@cwnet.com (Wondering) wrote :

>I recently reformatted my hard drive and installed Windows XP Pro and
>SP2.
>
>I have now also loaded Microsoft Office 2003, which led to a "check
>for downloads" prompt and to the online Microsoft download center.
>
>The download that is offered there, as an update to Microsoft Office
>2003, is SP1.
>
>On the one hand, I am concerned that downloading SP1 at this point
>will produce conflicts with the already installed SP2. On the other,
>I am concerned that not downloading SP1 will not allow MS Office 2003
>to function properly.
>
>(1) Does SP2 cover everything that would be included in SP1?
>
>(2) Is it true that SP1 is necessary to update MS Office 2003 if I
>already have SP2 installed (which updated my XP Pro operating system)?
>
>(3) If SP1 is necessary to update MS Office 2003, will conflicts
>occur, considering the load sequence of SP2 and SP1 is backwards?
>
>Has anyone here tried to install SP1 (for the MSO 2003 update) after
>SP2 was already installed for the system update? What results did you
>have?
>
>Thank you for any and all assistance.

I had Office XP installed then updated it to SP3 then installed Office
2003 over the top of that as an update and then updated 2003 to SP1
with no problems. 2003 kept all my XP settings.

It sounds as if you have done the 2003 installation as a new
installation rather than an update, so you have both XP and 2003
installed (in separate folders, I assume). That's a bit of a waste,
unless your XP has a component like Front Page that 2003 doesn't have.

However, now that you have both, you should update XP to SP3 and 2003
to SP1, both from the Office Update site.

I don't see any burning reason to keep both - suggest you get rid of
Office XP, unless you really need Front Page or else can't reinstall
it separately. 

-- 
Regards,
Peter Wilkins

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