Purchasing new laptop but really only use office products infrequently.
Mainly use for i/net and do not want to spend >$200 on another office
package. Can I reuse Office 2000XP?

If its a *retail version* you can you can install Office on WinXp or Vista,
However there is no Office2000XP, there is Office 2000 & OfficeXP both will
install on winXp or Vista allthough Outllook, iether version, will cause
problems.

If you use Office infrequently, or your Office cd is not a retail version,
you can use the free 'Open Office' which is a none MS product

"Fish5k" <Fish5k@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Purchasing new laptop but really only use office products infrequently.
> Mainly use for i/net and do not want to spend >$200 on another office
> package. Can I reuse Office 2000XP?

Hi Fish,

In your current version of Word 2000 look in Help=>About, if the Product ID includes 'OEM' in the code then it's licensed to the
machine and isn't transferable. Otherwise, you should be able to install from the original CD onto your new machine.

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Purchasing new laptop but really only use office products infrequently.
Mainly use for i/net and do not want to spend >$200 on another office
package. Can I reuse Office 2000XP? >>
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Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Thanks Bob. I have the CD.

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:

> Hi Fish,
>
> In your current version of Word 2000 look in Help=>About, if the Product ID includes 'OEM' in the code then it's licensed to the
> machine and isn't transferable. Otherwise, you should be able to install from the original CD onto your new machine.
>
> =============
> <<"Fish5k" <Fish5k@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9F87CDFB-618B-4DD2-8EAB-4B2154394026@microsoft.com...
> Purchasing new laptop but really only use office products infrequently.
> Mainly use for i/net and do not want to spend >$200 on another office
> package. Can I reuse Office 2000XP? >>
> --
>
> Bob Buckland ?:-)
> MS Office System Products MVP
>
> *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
>
>
>

Thanks DL. It's retail and it's Office 2000.

"DL" wrote:

> If its a *retail version* you can you can install Office on WinXp or Vista,
> However there is no Office2000XP, there is Office 2000 & OfficeXP both will
> install on winXp or Vista allthough Outllook, iether version, will cause
> problems.
>
> If you use Office infrequently, or your Office cd is not a retail version,
> you can use the free 'Open Office' which is a none MS product
>
> "Fish5k" <Fish5k@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9F87CDFB-618B-4DD2-8EAB-4B2154394026@microsoft.com...
> > Purchasing new laptop but really only use office products infrequently.
> > Mainly use for i/net and do not want to spend >$200 on another office
> > package. Can I reuse Office 2000XP?
>
>
>