I had old version of Office on XP Computer that died. I have the disk and 25-digit code for that software. I bought new Vista 64 bit PLUS an Upgrade version of Office Professional 2007 software. Do I need to load the XP Office software on the Vista system before upgrading, or do I just need the code? Will the XP version work on the VISTA system? The new VISTA machine came with a 60 dya trail of Office. Should I uninstall this before I install the new version?
"KB" wrote in message news:1410FD08-0C5C-473F-B24D-4DE43226306E@microsoft.com... > I had old version of Office on XP Computer that died. I have the disk and > 25-digit code for that software. I bought new Vista 64 bit PLUS an > Upgrade > version of Office Professional 2007 software. Do I need to load the XP > Office software on the Vista system before upgrading, or do I just need > the > code? Will the XP version work on the VISTA system? The new VISTA > machine > came with a 60 dya trail of Office. Should I uninstall this before I > install > the new version? Uninstall the trial first, yes. Normally you do not need to load a previous program onto a system to upgrade. What will happen is when you start the installation of Office '07 upgrade it will search the computer for a upgrade qualifier already installed. When it doesn't find one it will ask where it can find one. Take out the '07 installation CD and put in the Office XP CD. Let it find the XP CD and then once the computer is satisfied it will ask for the Office '07 installation CD again. It's normally as simple as that.
Thank you so much! "LVTravel" wrote: > > > "KB" wrote in message > news:1410FD08-0C5C-473F-B24D-4DE43226306E@microsoft.com... > > I had old version of Office on XP Computer that died. I have the disk and > > 25-digit code for that software. I bought new Vista 64 bit PLUS an > > Upgrade > > version of Office Professional 2007 software. Do I need to load the XP > > Office software on the Vista system before upgrading, or do I just need > > the > > code? Will the XP version work on the VISTA system? The new VISTA > > machine > > came with a 60 dya trail of Office. Should I uninstall this before I > > install > > the new version? > > Uninstall the trial first, yes. > > Normally you do not need to load a previous program onto a system to > upgrade. What will happen is when you start the installation of Office '07 > upgrade it will search the computer for a upgrade qualifier already > installed. When it doesn't find one it will ask where it can find one. > Take out the '07 installation CD and put in the Office XP CD. Let it find > the XP CD and then once the computer is satisfied it will ask for the Office > '07 installation CD again. It's normally as simple as that. > >
