Vista - compatibility with vista

I just bought a new laptop and the sales guy tells me I cant use my existing
MS Office 2003 software from my XP machine on the new Vista laptop, can
anyone confirm this it true.

I find confusing arguments for and against

Yes, Office 2003 is compatible with Windows Vista.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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"FlashmanLeo" <FlashmanLeo@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:94069BD3-40A0-4435-9641-7E9FFF18E2C7@xxxxxx
I just bought a new laptop and the sales guy tells me I cant use my existing
MS Office 2003 software from my XP machine on the new Vista laptop, can
anyone confirm this it true.

I find confusing arguments for and against

As long as you have the CD to reinstall Office 2003, it runs fine with vista!

Office 2003 and Office 2007 are the 2 Office suites tha are compatible with
Vista.
Make sure that you download the latest Service Pack for Office 2003 after
reinstallation.
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"FlashmanLeo" wrote:

"FlashmanLeo" <FlashmanLeo@xxxxxx> wrote:
Microsoft Office 2003 is supported on Windows Vista:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932087

Charlie42

While Office 2003 is compatible with Vista, what type of installation disk
for Office 2003 do you have?

If it is labeled OEM or For use with a new PC it can not "legally" be
transferred to another computer.

If there is no such label on the disk you can safely install it onto a
different PC. If it is a retail version just install it. If it is an
upgrade you need to have the qualifying version of Office 97 to Office 2002
(XP) or one of the qualifying Works programs disk available when the
installation of '03 asks for the qualifying product.

We will try to answer any further questions.

Hope this helps, let us know.


"FlashmanLeo" <FlashmanLeo@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have seen reports of earlier editions running as well, back as far as
Office 97.

"Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:5BEA6854-E7D9-4F05-BADE-066DC73F9284@xxxxxx

Yes it is fully supported by Microsoft. Make sure you update it to the
latest Service Pack to ensure no problems.

-----Original Message-----
From: Colin Barnhorst [mailto:c.barnhorst@xxxxxx]
Posted At: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 5:42 PM
Posted To: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Conversation: compatibility with vista
Subject: Re: compatibility with vista

I have seen reports of earlier editions running as well, back as far as
Office 97.

"Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:5BEA6854-E7D9-4F05-BADE-066DC73F9284@xxxxxx

Excepting Outlook, pre 2003

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:12:53 +0100, "DL" <address@xxxxxx> wrote:
Like you think that doesn't run on Vista?

WRONG.

I'm using it quite happily.

Never had a problem installing it. Had one small but annoying problem
with certain kinds of received HTML email, but found a by-request-only
hotfix for that. Works fine.

"Nonny" <nonnymoose@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:m83u44p3o6m6eu8ma693c7pdj1oqfh8qr7@xxxxxx
So you do not have to enter your server password every time you download
emails? I thought that the way that Outlook <2003 encrypted passwords was
deemed insecure.

ss.