I am shortly to buy a new Vista PC and in preparation I have ordered a
retail upgrade copy of Office Professional 2007 (I have a retail Office
2000 Premium CD to base that on).

The new PC will have MS Works 8.5 preinstalled. How do I stop Office
2007 upgrading that OEM software?

I don't want to uninstall Works but I do want Office 2007 to upgrade
Office 2000 so I that I can maintain licence flexibility if I later move
the installation to a different machine (not least because as retail
customer I want Office 2007 on my laptop as well).

Thanks.

When prompted about updating the current version, tell it no.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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"Fr. Gregory Hallam" <orthnospam@clara.net> wrote in message
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>I am shortly to buy a new Vista PC and in preparation I have ordered a
>retail upgrade copy of Office Professional 2007 (I have a retail Office
>2000 Premium CD to base that on).
>
> The new PC will have MS Works 8.5 preinstalled. How do I stop Office 2007
> upgrading that OEM software?
>
> I don't want to uninstall Works but I do want Office 2007 to upgrade
> Office 2000 so I that I can maintain licence flexibility if I later move
> the installation to a different machine (not least because as retail
> customer I want Office 2007 on my laptop as well).
>
> Thanks.

JoAnn Paules [MVP] wrote:
> When prompted about updating the current version, tell it no.
>
Thank you JoAnn ... do I take it that the installation routine will then
prompt me for a disc? Thanks!

As long as it's installed, it shouldn't but it never hurts to have it handy.
;-)

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375




"Fr. Gregory Hallam" <orthnospam@clara.net> wrote in message
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> JoAnn Paules [MVP] wrote:
>> When prompted about updating the current version, tell it no.
>>
> Thank you JoAnn ... do I take it that the installation routine will then
> prompt me for a disc? Thanks!

JoAnn Paules [MVP] wrote:
> As long as it's installed, it shouldn't but it never hurts to have it handy.
> ;-)
>
JoAnn

Since this is a new PC can I NOT install Office 2000 first and simply
update from an inserted CD once I have got past the stage of it offering
to update from Works?

Sorry - brain lapse there. Forgot it was a new PC.

Don't put Office 2000 on it if you have Works *Suite*. You can run multiple
versions of an Office app but they need to be installed in order of release.

I would also suggest you do some homework. There was a problem with Office
2007 breaking Works. I don't know where that stands right now. It might have
been corrected in the released version but maybe not. Search the newsgroups
archives first.


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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375




"Fr. Gregory Hallam" <orthnospam@clara.net> wrote in message
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> JoAnn Paules [MVP] wrote:
>> As long as it's installed, it shouldn't but it never hurts to have it
>> handy. ;-)
>>
> JoAnn
>
> Since this is a new PC can I NOT install Office 2000 first and simply
> update from an inserted CD once I have got past the stage of it offering
> to update from Works?

Thanks ... just one more question!

On reflection I can do without Works ... I never use it.

Will this work?

(1) Uninstall Works (OEM)
(2) Insert Office 2007 Upgrade CD
(3) I presume that the installation routine will ask for a disk ....
insert Office 2000 CD
(4) Reinsert Office 2007 CD and proceed with installation.

Should work just fine.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375




"Fr. Gregory Hallam" <orthnospam@clara.net> wrote in message
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> Thanks ... just one more question!
>
> On reflection I can do without Works ... I never use it.
>
> Will this work?
>
> (1) Uninstall Works (OEM)
> (2) Insert Office 2007 Upgrade CD
> (3) I presume that the installation routine will ask for a disk ....
> insert Office 2000 CD
> (4) Reinsert Office 2007 CD and proceed with installation.