best way to get 2002

[Joe]

I have a Compaq C501NR notebook with Vista. I am going to degrade it
to Windows XP for several good reasons. I have Access 97 upgrade and
Access 2002 (for XP) upgrade on disk.

MS says: To install an upgrade version of Microsoft Access 97, you
must own one of the following programs:

Product

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Microsoft Excel 97 & Word 97 for Alpha systems
Microsoft Office (all versions for Windows and Windows NT
Workstation )
Microsoft Office Small Business Edition
Microsoft Works (all versions for Windows)
Microsoft Access (1.0 or later)
Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS (2.0 or later)
Microsoft FoxPro for Windows (2.5 or later)
Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows (3.0


I have Microsoft Office _XP_ Small Business (2002) on disk. Will
Access 2002 upgrade from this? I am 99% sure this is how I got it on
my other computer, but its been a few years so I'm not 100% certain.
And Access will NOT install on the laptop now, even with Office XP
Small Business on there. But I'm lucky I can do anything with Vista on
there...

 

[Joe]

I have Microsoft Office _XP_ Small Business (2002) on disk. Will
Access 2002 upgrade from this

yes, it did, after downgrading to XP and installing 97. For some
reason it wouldnt work on Vista. Yet another reason to be happy it is
gone