Purchased HP computer with Vista and preloaded with MS Works, then upgraded
to Office 2007 SBE. Just upgraded (new install) from Vista Home Premium
(32-bit) to Windows 7 Professional (64-bit), requiring new install process.
Now unable to re-install Office 2007 - unable to find previous version. How
do I proceed, or locate the file the install process is lookin for. Windows
7 install created Windows.old file as part of its install.

Did HP not supply a Works cd?
If windows.old is a folder as apposed to a single file browse to Program
Files>Works within that folder

"Thomas R. Campbell" <Thomas R. Campbell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:BBBC028A-5C1F-4955-B116-83FF03FCB3BC@microsoft.com...
> Purchased HP computer with Vista and preloaded with MS Works, then
> upgraded
> to Office 2007 SBE. Just upgraded (new install) from Vista Home Premium
> (32-bit) to Windows 7 Professional (64-bit), requiring new install
> process.
> Now unable to re-install Office 2007 - unable to find previous version.
> How
> do I proceed, or locate the file the install process is lookin for.
> Windows
> 7 install created Windows.old file as part of its install.

"DL" <notvalid@spoofaddress.co.uk> wrote in message
news:eJJn4mTWKHA.844@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Did HP not supply a Works cd?
> If windows.old is a folder as apposed to a single file browse to Program
> Files>Works within that folder
>
> "Thomas R. Campbell" <Thomas R. Campbell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> in message news:BBBC028A-5C1F-4955-B116-83FF03FCB3BC@microsoft.com...
>> Purchased HP computer with Vista and preloaded with MS Works, then
>> upgraded
>> to Office 2007 SBE. Just upgraded (new install) from Vista Home Premium
>> (32-bit) to Windows 7 Professional (64-bit), requiring new install
>> process.
>> Now unable to re-install Office 2007 - unable to find previous version.
>> How
>> do I proceed, or locate the file the install process is lookin for.
>> Windows
>> 7 install created Windows.old file as part of its install.
>
>

DL, for your further information, HP isn't supplying any disks for any
computers for the retail market anymore. They make you create restore
CD/DVDs or you can purchase the DVDs from them. Business machines (I have
purchased two XP Pro pre-installed with Vista available) will normally come
with reinstall media for the operating system and a recover disk for the
remaining programs. I haven't used them yet but just crashed one of the XP
machines (HP's security drive encryption) so I am going to get a chance to
see exactly how much I can restore and how much I can leave off of the
programs that they provide.