Vista Tutorial - Are Office 2007 Home Premium Docs, DB's compat with Ofc2K?

Hi all,

I apologize if this is a double post -- I was NOT certain if the first post
went thru!

I have a Toshiba Notebook, about 4-5 years old:
System Model Satellite 1905
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~2392 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date TOSHIBA V1.80, 11/07/2002
15.4" screen
HDD = 40GB, RAM = 512MB
3.5" floppy drive
CD-RW/DVD-ROM, that is not working all the time - think the lenses got
scratched?!
It has only 2-USB 1.x ports, Firewire port, PCM-CIA slot, parallel & serial
ports.
It is running:
Windows XP Home Edition SP2
MS Office 2000 Premium with MS Word, Access, FrontPage, etc.

In my work I have to use, create, modify, etc. Access DB files, MS Word 2000
Docs., Excel Spreadsheets on a network or as standalone files on my notebook.

I went to look at a new Toshiba notebook last week, running Vista Premium
Home Edition, and was told that Vista (Home Premium), will not run MS Office
2000!! By a Tech Support guy at CompUSA.

My questions:

Do I have to buy a new Vista Notebook ($850+), and then fork over another
$300+ for MS Office 2007 (with Access), and it is only the upgrade NOT the
full edition?

Most of the new Notebooks now come with MS Works 8.x -- is Office 2007 able
to upgrade THAT?

But will the files be accessible and modifiable in MS Office 2000 as that
is what the other PC's in the company use??

The companies main Database (and DOC files), are created and maintained
using MS Office 2000, and if they
are NOT/will NOT be able to interact with files created in MS Office 2007,
then I HAVE to go back to XP and Office 2000!?

Or is my only other option to buy a Vista OS (loaded) Notebook, buy a new
copy of Windows XP (Home or Pro), and replace the Vista OS on the 'new'
Notebook with XP so I can use Office 2000?

I have read all of the comments & posts on this board and am more confused
than before. I would just like a more definitive answer if MS Ofc 2000
Premium (Word, Access DB, Excel spreadsheets, Frontpage, PowerPoint, etc.)
will run okay on a 'new' Toshiba Notebook with Vista Home Premium installed??

I sincerely appreciate your comments, suggestions, etc.!

Thank you Very much!
Cindy

cutie_pyie:
Office 2000 Standard installs and runs normally on Vista Enterprise
x64. I don't have an Office 2000 Professional disk to test. Have a great
day.

--
Dennis Pack
XP x64, Vista Enterprise x64
Office2007
"cutie_pyie" <cutiepyie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B24D4279-6B7E-4250-8446-914AB3C4D933@microsoft.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I apologize if this is a double post -- I was NOT certain if the first
> post
> went thru!
>
> I have a Toshiba Notebook, about 4-5 years old:
> System Model Satellite 1905
> System Type X86-based PC
> Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~2392 Mhz
> BIOS Version/Date TOSHIBA V1.80, 11/07/2002
> 15.4" screen
> HDD = 40GB, RAM = 512MB
> 3.5" floppy drive
> CD-RW/DVD-ROM, that is not working all the time - think the lenses got
> scratched?!
> It has only 2-USB 1.x ports, Firewire port, PCM-CIA slot, parallel &
> serial
> ports.
> It is running:
> Windows XP Home Edition SP2
> MS Office 2000 Premium with MS Word, Access, FrontPage, etc.
>
> In my work I have to use, create, modify, etc. Access DB files, MS Word
> 2000
> Docs., Excel Spreadsheets on a network or as standalone files on my
> notebook.
>
> I went to look at a new Toshiba notebook last week, running Vista Premium
> Home Edition, and was told that Vista (Home Premium), will not run MS
> Office
> 2000!! By a Tech Support guy at CompUSA.
>
> My questions:
>
> Do I have to buy a new Vista Notebook ($850+), and then fork over another
> $300+ for MS Office 2007 (with Access), and it is only the upgrade NOT the
> full edition?
>
> Most of the new Notebooks now come with MS Works 8.x -- is Office 2007
> able
> to upgrade THAT?
>
> But will the files be accessible and modifiable in MS Office 2000 as that
> is what the other PC's in the company use??
>
> The companies main Database (and DOC files), are created and maintained
> using MS Office 2000, and if they
> are NOT/will NOT be able to interact with files created in MS Office 2007,
> then I HAVE to go back to XP and Office 2000!?
>
> Or is my only other option to buy a Vista OS (loaded) Notebook, buy a new
> copy of Windows XP (Home or Pro), and replace the Vista OS on the 'new'
> Notebook with XP so I can use Office 2000?
>
> I have read all of the comments & posts on this board and am more confused
> than before. I would just like a more definitive answer if MS Ofc 2000
> Premium (Word, Access DB, Excel spreadsheets, Frontpage, PowerPoint, etc.)
> will run okay on a 'new' Toshiba Notebook with Vista Home Premium
> installed??
>
> I sincerely appreciate your comments, suggestions, etc.!
>
> Thank you Very much!
> Cindy

On Sun, 4 Feb 2007 21:12:00 -0800, cutie_pyie
<cutiepyie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>
>In my work I have to use, create, modify, etc. Access DB files, MS Word 2000
>Docs., Excel Spreadsheets on a network or as standalone files on my notebook.
>
>I went to look at a new Toshiba notebook last week, running Vista Premium
>Home Edition, and was told that Vista (Home Premium), will not run MS Office
>2000!! By a Tech Support guy at CompUSA.

And you trust these bozos? I've read that office 97 will run on Vista
so certainly Office 2000 would.

There's one easy way to find out; install it...

>
>My questions:
>
>Do I have to buy a new Vista Notebook ($850+), and then fork over another
>$300+ for MS Office 2007 (with Access), and it is only the upgrade NOT the
>full edition?

Assumming you want Office 2007, then yes but what difference does it
make?
>
> Most of the new Notebooks now come with MS Works 8.x -- is Office 2007 able
>to upgrade THAT?

Yup.
>
> But will the files be accessible and modifiable in MS Office 2000 as that
> is what the other PC's in the company use??
>
> The companies main Database (and DOC files), are created and maintained
>using MS Office 2000, and if they
> are NOT/will NOT be able to interact with files created in MS Office 2007,
>then I HAVE to go back to XP and Office 2000!?

Office 2007 is backward compatible with Office 97 - 2003 formats

cutie_pyie wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I apologize if this is a double post -- I was NOT certain if the first post
> went thru!
>
> I have a Toshiba Notebook, about 4-5 years old:
> System Model Satellite 1905
> System Type X86-based PC
> Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~2392 Mhz
> BIOS Version/Date TOSHIBA V1.80, 11/07/2002
> 15.4" screen
> HDD = 40GB, RAM = 512MB
> 3.5" floppy drive
> CD-RW/DVD-ROM, that is not working all the time - think the lenses got
> scratched?!
> It has only 2-USB 1.x ports, Firewire port, PCM-CIA slot, parallel & serial
> ports.
> It is running:
> Windows XP Home Edition SP2
> MS Office 2000 Premium with MS Word, Access, FrontPage, etc.
>
> In my work I have to use, create, modify, etc. Access DB files, MS Word 2000
> Docs., Excel Spreadsheets on a network or as standalone files on my notebook.
>
> I went to look at a new Toshiba notebook last week, running Vista Premium
> Home Edition, and was told that Vista (Home Premium), will not run MS Office
> 2000!! By a Tech Support guy at CompUSA.
>
> My questions:
>
> Do I have to buy a new Vista Notebook ($850+), and then fork over another
> $300+ for MS Office 2007 (with Access), and it is only the upgrade NOT the
> full edition?
>
> Most of the new Notebooks now come with MS Works 8.x -- is Office 2007 able
> to upgrade THAT?
>
> But will the files be accessible and modifiable in MS Office 2000 as that
> is what the other PC's in the company use??
>
> The companies main Database (and DOC files), are created and maintained
> using MS Office 2000, and if they
> are NOT/will NOT be able to interact with files created in MS Office 2007,
> then I HAVE to go back to XP and Office 2000!?
>
> Or is my only other option to buy a Vista OS (loaded) Notebook, buy a new
> copy of Windows XP (Home or Pro), and replace the Vista OS on the 'new'
> Notebook with XP so I can use Office 2000?
>
> I have read all of the comments & posts on this board and am more confused
> than before. I would just like a more definitive answer if MS Ofc 2000
> Premium (Word, Access DB, Excel spreadsheets, Frontpage, PowerPoint, etc.)
> will run okay on a 'new' Toshiba Notebook with Vista Home Premium installed??
>
> I sincerely appreciate your comments, suggestions, etc.!
>
> Thank you Very much!
> Cindy

Standard runs on mine too. I updated up to sp3. There are a few minor,
very minor, visual glitches (the animation for saving is slow) but I
have had no crashes or any major problems.