how to upgrade Office Basic to Office Pro?

[Joe]

I did something stupid about 2 years ago. I ordered a Dell and thought I was
ordering it with Office Pro. I ordered that computer to be a backup system-
periodically backing up files to it over a peer to peer network- and in case
my other Dell died, I'd have a system ready to use.

I didn't notice until recently that the second Dell came instead with Office
Basic. I really don't know if I made the mistake or the Dell sales agent
made the mistake and I just stupidly didn't catch it. What I'm missing of
course is Access and possibly some other programs.

In any case- how can I upgrade this system to Office Pro? Is an upgrade
version of Office Pro going to successfully upgrade a previous version of
Office Basic? Or would I first have to purchase Access? The computer came
with Office 03.

I'd like to upgrade to Vista next year- and, I believe an Office 2007 is
coming out?

What to do- what to do? (in case my primary system dies, I'll certainly need
Access on the second Dell- I really don't care what version it is- but I
want to do this in the most economically effective way)

Joe

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

I did kinda the same thing (actually I had Office 2003 STE but needed
Access), I took a chance and just bought just the Access 2003 Upgrade and
"something" on this machine allowed it to install without a problem. Your
mileage may vary, so you might wanna wait for the pros to weigh-in on this.


|I did something stupid about 2 years ago. I ordered a Dell and thought I
was
| ordering it with Office Pro. I ordered that computer to be a backup
system-
| periodically backing up files to it over a peer to peer network- and in
case
| my other Dell died, I'd have a system ready to use.
|
| I didn't notice until recently that the second Dell came instead with
Office
| Basic. I really don't know if I made the mistake or the Dell sales agent
| made the mistake and I just stupidly didn't catch it. What I'm missing of
| course is Access and possibly some other programs.
|
| In any case- how can I upgrade this system to Office Pro? Is an upgrade
| version of Office Pro going to successfully upgrade a previous version of
| Office Basic? Or would I first have to purchase Access? The computer came
| with Office 03.
|
| I'd like to upgrade to Vista next year- and, I believe an Office 2007 is
| coming out?
|
| What to do- what to do? (in case my primary system dies, I'll certainly
need
| Access on the second Dell- I really don't care what version it is- but I
| want to do this in the most economically effective way)
|
| Joe
|
|

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Wht do you have on your primary system for Office? Did you purchase that at retail? If it is Office Pro 2003 purchased at retail, it allows for an installation to a portable in addition to your desktop.

BTW - Office Basic 2003 does not qualify for Office 2003 upgrade editions, IIRC.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.


After furious head scratching, Joe asked:

| I did something stupid about 2 years ago. I ordered a Dell and
| thought I was ordering it with Office Pro. I ordered that computer to
| be a backup system- periodically backing up files to it over a peer
| to peer network- and in case my other Dell died, I'd have a system
| ready to use.
|
| I didn't notice until recently that the second Dell came instead with
| Office Basic. I really don't know if I made the mistake or the Dell
| sales agent made the mistake and I just stupidly didn't catch it.
| What I'm missing of course is Access and possibly some other programs.
|
| In any case- how can I upgrade this system to Office Pro? Is an
| upgrade version of Office Pro going to successfully upgrade a
| previous version of Office Basic? Or would I first have to purchase
| Access? The computer came with Office 03.
|
| I'd like to upgrade to Vista next year- and, I believe an Office 2007
| is coming out?
|
| What to do- what to do? (in case my primary system dies, I'll
| certainly need Access on the second Dell- I really don't care what
| version it is- but I want to do this in the most economically
| effective way)
|
| Joe

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Joe,

With the MS Office 2007 products Microsoft is supporting using an upgrade package within the same product series (2007) (commonly
known as a 'crossgrade').

For Office 2003 those upgrade packages only recognize an earlier version of Office.
(http://microsoft.com/office/howtobuy )

Office 2007 will be available for download on a trial basis in early December and the retail products will be in stores early next
year.

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I did something stupid about 2 years ago. I ordered a Dell and thought I was
ordering it with Office Pro. I ordered that computer to be a backup system-
periodically backing up files to it over a peer to peer network- and in case
my other Dell died, I'd have a system ready to use.

I didn't notice until recently that the second Dell came instead with Office
Basic. I really don't know if I made the mistake or the Dell sales agent
made the mistake and I just stupidly didn't catch it. What I'm missing of
course is Access and possibly some other programs.

In any case- how can I upgrade this system to Office Pro? Is an upgrade
version of Office Pro going to successfully upgrade a previous version of
Office Basic? Or would I first have to purchase Access? The computer came
with Office 03.

I'd like to upgrade to Vista next year- and, I believe an Office 2007 is
coming out?

What to do- what to do? (in case my primary system dies, I'll certainly need
Access on the second Dell- I really don't care what version it is- but I
want to do this in the most economically effective way)

Joe >>

--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[Joe]

On the Access Upgrade package, it does list several versions of Office,
including Standard- but the guy at Staples said, "oh, no, if you don't have
a previous version of the particular program, it aint gonna work". But,
based on what the box said, and you're having done it- it must be true,
right?

Joe

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

Yes, it worked for me, but dunno if it will for you..there's the possibility
that something else on my machine (can't imagine what) that qualified for
the upgrade.

I took the chance because I have scads of old version CDs and could have
fallen back on another old Access CD if I had to - quite frankly I WAS
surprised that it worked.




| On the Access Upgrade package, it does list several versions of Office,
| including Standard- but the guy at Staples said, "oh, no, if you don't
have
| a previous version of the particular program, it aint gonna work". But,
| based on what the box said, and you're having done it- it must be true,
| right?
|
| Joe
|
|
| | >I did kinda the same thing (actually I had Office 2003 STE but needed
| > Access), I took a chance and just bought just the Access 2003 Upgrade
and
| > "something" on this machine allowed it to install without a problem.
Your
| > mileage may vary, so you might wanna wait for the pros to weigh-in on
| > this.
| >
| >
| > | > |I did something stupid about 2 years ago. I ordered a Dell and thought
I
| > was
| > | ordering it with Office Pro. I ordered that computer to be a backup
| > system-
| > | periodically backing up files to it over a peer to peer network- and
in
| > case
| > | my other Dell died, I'd have a system ready to use.
| > |
| > | I didn't notice until recently that the second Dell came instead with
| > Office
| > | Basic. I really don't know if I made the mistake or the Dell sales
agent
| > | made the mistake and I just stupidly didn't catch it. What I'm missing
| > of
| > | course is Access and possibly some other programs.
| > |
| > | In any case- how can I upgrade this system to Office Pro? Is an
upgrade
| > | version of Office Pro going to successfully upgrade a previous version
| > of
| > | Office Basic? Or would I first have to purchase Access? The computer
| > came
| > | with Office 03.
| > |
| > | I'd like to upgrade to Vista next year- and, I believe an Office 2007
is
| > | coming out?
| > |
| > | What to do- what to do? (in case my primary system dies, I'll
certainly
| > need
| > | Access on the second Dell- I really don't care what version it is- but
I
| > | want to do this in the most economically effective way)
| > |
| > | Joe
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|

 

[Joe]

hmmm.... well, I have Office Pro on another computer, but-- I wouldn't think
that I could use that- since when I register Access from it- won't MS
discover that it's going on a different computer?

Joe