Vista - Office 2000 in Vista

I can confirm that, I just installed Office 2003 this morning... Yes, I
have Office 2007, and installed it once already on RC2 vista (and used up
all 10 of my activations on one computer!), but my client (imagine that, an
MSDN customer that's developing software for someone) still runs office 2003
and I don't want to force them to upgrade for me, so I downgraded to 2003.

The only catch is, and I don't remember this on previous versions of
Windows... Every time, for example, that I open Microsoft Word, I am
presented with the license agreement which I have to accept before running
it. I accept it, but it asks me again later to re-accept it when I re-open
another office application.

-Rob


"Rick Lipkin" <lipkinrm29063@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:u2NKa3WEHHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Office 2003 works just fine as well.
>
> Rick Lipkin
>
> "Roy Coorne" <roy.spam.coorne@gmx.net> wrote in message
> news:O9N7lDWEHHA.3520@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> xpindia@gmail.com wrote:
>>> Has anyone been able to fresh install vista n then install office xp?
>>> I cant do it . dunno why.
>>
>> Yes - I successfully installed Office XP Professional (with Frontpage) in
>> Vista RC2 b. 5744... on several machines; with SP3 and further updates
>> provided by Vista Update.
>>
>> Roy
>

"Alan" <somewhere@nospam.pew> wrote in message
news:12mjan72qsgqc64@corp.supernews.com...
> So in order to use Office on Vista, everyone is expected to run out
> and buy/update to Office 2007?
>
> Whatever happened to Microsoft's promise of some semblance of
> backward compatibility?
>
> Alan
>

It would be fair to say that Microsoft are probably not really
required to provide "backward compatibility" as you put it for an
application that is over 2 years past the end of mainstream support
and is now only supported under a paid for extended/premier support
contract, usually taken out by corporates who will almost certainly
have moved on to either Office XP or Office 2003 and maybe are
planning their Office 2007 deployments.

--

Mike Brannigan

"Alan" <somewhere@nospam.pew> wrote in message
news:12mjan72qsgqc64@corp.supernews.com...
> So in order to use Office on Vista, everyone is expected to run out
> and buy/update to Office 2007?
>
> Whatever happened to Microsoft's promise of some semblance of
> backward compatibility?
>
> Alan
>
> "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:u%235mazUEHHA.4024@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Probably because Office 2000 simply is not compatible with Vista.
>>
>> <xpindia@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:Ofd8uKUEHHA.4048@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Has anyone been able to fresh install vista n then install office
>>> xp?
>>> I cant do it . dunno why.
>>>
>>> --
>>> www.xpindia.com
>>
>
>

Office XP works fine, as does Office 2003.


Office 2000 is now 8 years old...


Bill F.


"Alan" <somewhere@nospam.pew> wrote in message
news:12mjan72qsgqc64@corp.supernews.com...
> So in order to use Office on Vista, everyone is expected to run out and
> buy/update to Office 2007?
>
> Whatever happened to Microsoft's promise of some semblance of backward
> compatibility?
>
> Alan

Nevermind the fact that Office 2000 is EIGHT years old, and that mainstream
support ended June 30, 2004, which was more than TWO years ago.

I don't see Apple still supporting System8...

Don't let facts stand in your way troll.


Bill F.


"Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.org> wrote in message
news:%23l6xivWEHHA.4620@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> You catch on quick.
>
> It died when they rolled out Vista and proved without a shadow of a doubt
> that not only don't they care about their paying customers, they hold them
> in disdain. You gotta get everything new like a new, high end computer
> that will run Vista and a new office that looks "cool" with Vista.
>
> Alias
>

You cannot use up your ten activations on one computer unless you
drastically change the hardware after each and every activation. The ten
activations are for ten different computers. Once activated on a computer
you can reactivate on that computer without further reducing your reamining
activation count.

"Robert wilkens" <RobWilkens@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:28FE8AA9-11F3-4798-8A69-D73AD72C8C5A@microsoft.com...
>I can confirm that, I just installed Office 2003 this morning... Yes, I
>have Office 2007, and installed it once already on RC2 vista (and used up
>all 10 of my activations on one computer!), but my client (imagine that, an
>MSDN customer that's developing software for someone) still runs office
>2003 and I don't want to force them to upgrade for me, so I downgraded to
>2003.
>
> The only catch is, and I don't remember this on previous versions of
> Windows... Every time, for example, that I open Microsoft Word, I am
> presented with the license agreement which I have to accept before running
> it. I accept it, but it asks me again later to re-accept it when I
> re-open another office application.
>
> -Rob
>
>
> "Rick Lipkin" <lipkinrm29063@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:u2NKa3WEHHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Office 2003 works just fine as well.
>>
>> Rick Lipkin
>>
>> "Roy Coorne" <roy.spam.coorne@gmx.net> wrote in message
>> news:O9N7lDWEHHA.3520@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> xpindia@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> Has anyone been able to fresh install vista n then install office xp?
>>>> I cant do it . dunno why.
>>>
>>> Yes - I successfully installed Office XP Professional (with Frontpage)
>>> in Vista RC2 b. 5744... on several machines; with SP3 and further
>>> updates provided by Vista Update.
>>>
>>> Roy
>>
>

Mike Brannigan wrote:
> "Alan" <somewhere@nospam.pew> wrote in message
> news:12mjan72qsgqc64@corp.supernews.com...
>> So in order to use Office on Vista, everyone is expected to run out
>> and buy/update to Office 2007?
>>
>> Whatever happened to Microsoft's promise of some semblance of
>> backward compatibility?
>>
>> Alan
>>
>
> It would be fair to say that Microsoft are probably not really
> required to provide "backward compatibility" as you put it for an
> application that is over 2 years past the end of mainstream support
> and is now only supported under a paid for extended/premier support
> contract, usually taken out by corporates who will almost certainly
> have moved on to either Office XP or Office 2003 and maybe are
> planning their Office 2007 deployments.
>

A lot of people, yours truly for example, have Windows XP and Office
2000 and see no need for all the bells and whistles that the subsequent
versions of Office offered or the added price of a new copy of Office,
be it XP, 03 or 07 would add to "deploying" Vista. You're implying that
if you can't afford both Vista and a version of Office that is not "past
the end of mainstream support ...", MS isn't really interested in you
anymore.

Alias

Bill Frisbee wrote:
> Nevermind the fact that Office 2000 is EIGHT years old, and that
> mainstream support ended June 30, 2004, which was more than TWO years ago.

Still works. No reason to stop it from working, is there, other than
pushing out new versions of Office. Office Update is still patching it
so I'm not sure what you mean by 'mainstream'. Poor folks?

>
> I don't see Apple still supporting System8...

I don't do Apple, sorry.

>
> Don't let facts stand in your way troll.
>
>
> Bill F.

Don't let your conscience come in the way of insulting someone you've
never met on line.

Alias
>
>
> "Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.org> wrote in message
> news:%23l6xivWEHHA.4620@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> You catch on quick.
>>
>> It died when they rolled out Vista and proved without a shadow of a
>> doubt that not only don't they care about their paying customers, they
>> hold them in disdain. You gotta get everything new like a new, high
>> end computer that will run Vista and a new office that looks "cool"
>> with Vista.
>>
>> Alias
>>
>

*remaining

"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
news:%23jzlInXEHHA.4256@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> You cannot use up your ten activations on one computer unless you
> drastically change the hardware after each and every activation. The ten
> activations are for ten different computers. Once activated on a computer
> you can reactivate on that computer without further reducing your
> reamining activation count.
>
> "Robert wilkens" <RobWilkens@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:28FE8AA9-11F3-4798-8A69-D73AD72C8C5A@microsoft.com...
>>I can confirm that, I just installed Office 2003 this morning... Yes, I
>>have Office 2007, and installed it once already on RC2 vista (and used up
>>all 10 of my activations on one computer!), but my client (imagine that,
>>an MSDN customer that's developing software for someone) still runs office
>>2003 and I don't want to force them to upgrade for me, so I downgraded to
>>2003.
>>
>> The only catch is, and I don't remember this on previous versions of
>> Windows... Every time, for example, that I open Microsoft Word, I am
>> presented with the license agreement which I have to accept before
>> running it. I accept it, but it asks me again later to re-accept it when
>> I re-open another office application.
>>
>> -Rob
>>
>>
>> "Rick Lipkin" <lipkinrm29063@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:u2NKa3WEHHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Office 2003 works just fine as well.
>>>
>>> Rick Lipkin
>>>
>>> "Roy Coorne" <roy.spam.coorne@gmx.net> wrote in message
>>> news:O9N7lDWEHHA.3520@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> xpindia@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> Has anyone been able to fresh install vista n then install office xp?
>>>>> I cant do it . dunno why.
>>>>
>>>> Yes - I successfully installed Office XP Professional (with Frontpage)
>>>> in Vista RC2 b. 5744... on several machines; with SP3 and further
>>>> updates provided by Vista Update.
>>>>
>>>> Roy
>>>
>>
>
>

"Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.org> wrote in message
news:%23swmArXEHHA.5028@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Mike Brannigan wrote:
>> "Alan" <somewhere@nospam.pew> wrote in message
>> news:12mjan72qsgqc64@corp.supernews.com...
>>> So in order to use Office on Vista, everyone is expected to run
>>> out and buy/update to Office 2007?
>>>
>>> Whatever happened to Microsoft's promise of some semblance of
>>> backward compatibility?
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
>>
>> It would be fair to say that Microsoft are probably not really
>> required to provide "backward compatibility" as you put it for an
>> application that is over 2 years past the end of mainstream support
>> and is now only supported under a paid for extended/premier support
>> contract, usually taken out by corporates who will almost
>> certainly have moved on to either Office XP or Office 2003 and
>> maybe are planning their Office 2007 deployments.
>>
>
> A lot of people, yours truly for example, have Windows XP and Office
> 2000 and see no need for all the bells and whistles that the
> subsequent versions of Office offered or the added price of a new
> copy of Office, be it XP, 03 or 07 would add to "deploying" Vista.
> You're implying that if you can't afford both Vista and a version of
> Office that is not "past the end of mainstream support ...", MS
> isn't really interested in you anymore.
>
> Alias

I am implying nothing. My statement was that with regard to any
software vendor. There is usually only a good case to provide
backward compatibility for maybe current minus possibly a couple of
previous version of an app - and that Office 2000 is out of mainstream
support and has now been superseded by 3 further generations of Office
applications.

One of your other posts stated that you do not understand the concept
of mainstream and extended support from Microsoft.
Please see
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifecycle

--

Mike Brannigan

Just reinstalled Office 97 on Vista x64 - it still works fine, as it did
in Win98, WinNT, Win2k, WinXP... (no, I didn't forget WinME, but would
like to).

"Bill Frisbee" <wfrisbee@comcastx.net> wrote in
news:FB542473-9AC1-42F4-83FB-C8F8E7CB4C8D@microsoft.com:

> Office XP works fine, as does Office 2003.
>
>
> Office 2000 is now 8 years old...
>
>
> Bill F.
>
>
> "Alan" <somewhere@nospam.pew> wrote in message
> news:12mjan72qsgqc64@corp.supernews.com...
>> So in order to use Office on Vista, everyone is expected to run out
>> and buy/update to Office 2007?
>>
>> Whatever happened to Microsoft's promise of some semblance of
>> backward compatibility?
>>
>> Alan
>
>