Office 97/Windows 2000 Pro

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AuntJuJu

Can Office 97 be installed sucessfully on Windows 2000
Professional? Will doing this create any problems? If
so, can they be fixed? Need enlightenment. Thanks.
 
I've had Office 97 Pro installed for several years on W2k. Everything
runs just fine. No glitches, ever, with installation or the apps.
 
It depends what access rights your users have to their workstations. If
they have power user or administrator privileges then there will be no
problems at all.

Standard users will find that the spelling and grammar checker is missing.
See article 257643 at http://support.microsoft.com. Also, the addins like
the organizational chart won't behave properly. You may end up having to
change file permissions for the Microsoft Office directory for things to
start working again. The clip art gallery will need some coaxing to work.
The VBA editor will need to be run as an administrator once for it to work
for regular users. There are many more issues.

You don't say whether you're a single user or you want to run a network
running using Office 97 on Windows 2000. If it's the latter, seriously
think about upgrading. It's not good to have your users running as power
users or admins. If it's for home use then Office 97 will be fine if you
don't need the feature of the newer products.

Hope this helps

Oli
 
No luck for me (so far)! I just clean-installed
Win2000pro and I cannot load Office 97 from it's CD. Has
anyone installed 97 under a "clean" install of 2000?
Appreciate any suggestions.
 
I just did a clean-install of windows 2000. But cannot
install Office-97-Pro from CD. Why?

Ron
 
I just did a clean-install of windows 2000. But cannot
install Office-97-Pro from CD. Why?

Ron
 
I just did a clean-install of windows 2000. But cannot
install Office-97-Pro from CD. Don't know why?

Ron
 
You tell me. What errors are you getting? What doesn't work? What happens
or doesn't happen?

Oli
 
I have an upgrade copy of Office 97 that won't install if
it can't find proof of previous installations. I have to
drop the winword.exe onto the hard drive to trigger the
installer.
J.
 
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