Re: I'm trying to install Office 97 upgrade to xp
- From: "t.cruise" <t__cruise@[NoSpam]hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 11:00:09 -1000
You must have qualifying Microsoft software to be able to use the upgrade. Usually you do
not have to install that qualifying software. When the dialog box comes up informing that
install is unable to find a qualifying product, usually you can swap CDs for the
qualifying product, point the path to that product CD, and when you are informed that you
qualify to use the upgrade, swap back to the Office 97 Upgrade CD. If you've been using
PCs for a long enough amount of time, you might have an old CD for a qualifying product.
If I remember correctly, MS Word, and MS Works were qualifying products for Office 97 (as
well as any stand alone version of any application included in the Office suite (e.g.
Excel, Word). So, if you have an old CD for an old version of MS Works or Word or any of
the applications, you can use one of those as proof of eligibility for upgrade. If you
don't, probably the least expensive way would be to purchase the least expensive version
of MS Works online and then use that as proof. But, if you can purchase the full version
of MS Office 97 for about $68, or Office XP Standard for $99 at pricewatch.com, you might
want to do that in lieu of purchasing a product to qualify for the upgrade. I'm sure that
if you did a web search you could find a full version of Office 97 for even less than $68.
Or, you could purchase an old version of MS Word for about $28 and use that as a
qualifying product for upgrading. Maybe you have a friend or relative who has purchased
new systems, and has their old retail Office CDs. Legally, if they are not installed on
any system, and not used as a qualifying upgrade for a newer version they have installed,
you could assume the license, and install their old full version of Office on your system.
I just threw away my old full versions of Office 97, and Office 2000, otherwise, rather
than my dumpster, you could have had them. You have many options.
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"macc" <macc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I'm can't install this Office 97 upgrade on my xp because I don't have any
> office software installed. When I bought Office back in 1999 I thought I
> bought the standard edition but I now realize its not so. Can someone tell me
> how to install this Office 97 upgrade to my computer.
> Thank you,
> Macc
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