Office XP Standard fails to install on new Vista PC

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I bought a new PC that came with Vista pre-installed. I want to install my
licensed copy of Office XP Standard. After supplying the Product Key, the
Product Compliance check dialog is displayed with the message "Setup failed
to locate a valid qualifying product on your machine." So...is Office XP not
compatible with Vista? do I need to do something in Vista to make it accept
the Office XP installation?
 
Office XP will run in Vista , but the message suggests that you have an
Office XP UPGRADE CD, which will not install unless there is a qualifying
product already installed.. such a product might be Office 97 or Office
2000..


AmetPanc said:
I bought a new PC that came with Vista pre-installed. I want to install my
licensed copy of Office XP Standard. After supplying the Product Key, the
Product Compliance check dialog is displayed with the message "Setup
failed
to locate a valid qualifying product on your machine." So...is Office XP
not
compatible with Vista? do I need to do something in Vista to make it
accept
the Office XP installation?
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Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
 
Yes, it is in fact an Upgrade CD--it doesn't say that anywhere on the jewel
case, but it does say it on the intensely holographic CD label itself. It's
been so long since I last installed it, I just forgot...
What is the latest version of the Office Suite that is compatible with Vista?
 
Does the qualifying product actually have to be installed, or can one
simply stick its CD in the drive for verification?
I know for a fact that Office 97 will not install in Vista.

Gary VanderMolen
 
Office upgrades look for a qualifying product on the hard drive as far as I
am aware.. I have never seen an Office Upgrade installation ask for a CD
containing a previous version as qualifying material..


Gary VanderMolen said:
Does the qualifying product actually have to be installed, or can one
simply stick its CD in the drive for verification?
I know for a fact that Office 97 will not install in Vista.

Gary VanderMolen
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Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
 
I have done this in the past and it worked. I have an Office XP upgrade disc
but the not an original Office disc. I found an old Office 95 disc and stuck
it into one of the disc drives. Then the upgrade disc allowed me to load it.
One my desktop I put it into one of the 2 CD drives but on my laptop I put
it into the CD drive, the computer saw it then I removed it and replaced it
with the upgrade disc and viola!

(I was wondering the same thing about Vista and office XP which was why I
read this string.) I just bought a laptop with Vista and was going to try to
load my office XP on it and was wondering if they will work together.)
 
Office upgrades look for a qualifying product on the hard drive as far as I
am aware.. I have never seen an Office Upgrade installation ask for a CD
containing a previous version as qualifying material..
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Actually, while it will look first on the hard drive, you can redirect
it to a qualifying previous version install CD. (not sure if that
works with Office XP or 2003, it did work with the Office 2000 upgrade
install).
 
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