Thanks, Jerry.
According to MS, "Microsoft Works 6.0–10 [and] Microsoft Works suite
2000–2006 or later" are qualifying products for upgrade to Office Standard
2007.
I wouldn't have thought so either, and I was going to ask in another
newsgroup, just to be sure.
Steve
"jerryw4386" wrote:
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> "planetearth" wrote:
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> > My friend got an excellent deal on the FULL Vista Business CD when CompUSA
> > was going out of sale. Since then, he bought a new Dell laptop with Vista
> > Home Premium on it, and just wants to *upgrade* to Vista Business.
> > He does NOT want to wipe Home Premium to replace it with Business, since the
> > laptop has all the drivers and MS Works (which he wants to upgrade to Office
> > Standard 2007 using the "upgrade" version).
> > Can he use the full version of Vista Business to just upgrade Vista Home
> > premium? As I recall, this wasn't always an option with older versions of
> > Windows: if you had the "full" version on CD, you couldn't upgrade from it;
> > you could only wipe and replace.
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Steve
> Hi
> That would be a downgrade you can not downgrade from Home Premium to
> Business .
> Home Permium has to be upgraded to Ultimate !!
> If you want Business you have to clean install it .
> To confirm this put the Business DVD in while you are in windows Premium and
> try to install it you will see the upgrade option is grad out .
> Upgrade path is Premium to Ultimate
> Business to Ultimate
> Home Basic can be upgraded to Business or Premium or Ultimate .
> Do a web search you will see .
> {And i do not think MSWorks is a valid upgrade path to Office 2007
> with a {upgrade disk}
> I think it has to be something like Office 2000 or 2003
> i do not know this for a fact}
> Other people may have there ideas on this part !!
> Good Luck