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Unable to install legitimate copy of MS Office

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voidmain:
I thought the whole point of looking for an alternative was because you couldn't install Office97 because you didn't have an appropriate upgrade candidate? Am I missing something?  If you aren't cramped for space why remove it?  I would keep it as a backup in case you find something you can't do with OpenOffice, at least until you are fully comfortable with it.

Gonusto:
VoidMan, I wasn't the one who started this thread.  I just happened to be following it and decided try out OpenOffice.org since it was so highly reccomended.  And (big surprise) I liked it better than the Microsoft alternative and was simply wondering if there was a reason I should have Word around.  But you're right, since I'm not pressed for disk space, I might as well keep it.


-Gonusto

[ February 19, 2002: Message edited by: Gonusto ]

voidmain:
Oh, duh!  Sorry about that.  

Gonusto:
It's all good.


-Gonusto

russell.murphy:
I seem to have started quite an interesting topic.

To re-cap my situation. The version or Works on my old computer can only be installed by restoring the hard-drive to the state it was when I bought the computer. I have looked on the installation disk and cannot see where Works resides. At the time of purchase, this was a legitimate upgrade for Office 97.

That computer has become unstable - had numerous problems installing software and had to restore again. All it has on it now is the stuff it came with (including Works) and MS Office 97.

I would like to be able to put MS Office on my new computer but that has Works 6 and Word 2000, neither of which are recognized by MS Office 97.

Is there one (or more) files the installation is looking for and can it/they be copied across?

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