Windows XP Compatability

[Guest]

Last week I purchased a new Dell 1100 Inspiron loaded with Windows XP Home Edition. Yesterday I purchased Microsoft Office Excel 2003.The box label states that it must be used with Windows XP but when I loaded it, a message appeared stating the two are not compatable. Do I have the wrong Excel package
Please hel
Thank
JMH

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Make sure your Excel version is of the same language version as Windows XP
(i.e. English).

"Error 1608. Setup Could Not Locate a Version of Microsoft Office 97, 2000 or XP On the Selected Drive" Error
Message When You Run Office 2003 Setup
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315995&Product=xl2003

Please repost your Excel related question in the Excel newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.excel

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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"JMH" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message:

| Last week I purchased a new Dell 1100 Inspiron loaded with Windows XP Home Edition. Yesterday I purchased
Microsoft Office Excel 2003.The box label states that it must be used with Windows XP but when I loaded it, a
message appeared stating the two are not compatable. Do I have the wrong Excel package?
| Please help
| Thanks
| JMH

 

[DL]

methinks your missreading the msg

Last week I purchased a new Dell 1100 Inspiron loaded with Windows XP Home

Edition. Yesterday I purchased Microsoft Office Excel 2003.The box label
states that it must be used with Windows XP but when I loaded it, a message
appeared stating the two are not compatable. Do I have the wrong Excel
package?

 

[RayN]

Last week I purchased a new Dell 1100 Inspiron loaded with Windows XP
Home Edition. Yesterday I purchased Microsoft Office Excel 2003.The box
label states that it must be used with Windows XP but when I loaded it,
a message appeared stating the two are not compatable. Do I have the
wrong Excel package?
Please help
Thanks
JMH

Did the Inspiron have MSworksuite installed ?
I have heard of an inability to install Office over worksuite.
Perhaps you could 'phone Dell help line to confirm this.
Good luck

 

[Haggis]

do you have administrator rights?

Did the Inspiron have MSworksuite installed ?
I have heard of an inability to install Office over worksuite.
Perhaps you could 'phone Dell help line to confirm this.
Good luck