installation

[admin]

I just purchased a license for Office 3003 Professional.
I currently am running Office XP. Must I uninstall the
old program before I install the new one or will the
installation do that for me? It is not an upgrade, but a
full program. ALSO, will I lose the date in my .pst file
when I install the new version??

Thanks for your help

 

[Jerry Ham]

It will perform the upgrade for you - it will also ask you if you want to
remove the old version(s). The only old version you can't keep is Outlook.
Outlook has to be upgraded. You won't lose any data; however the PST or OST
you are using will not be upgraded to unicode. This means it will still have
the 2GB limit on it. I've upgraded several machines from Office XP to Office
2003 - it should be very painless.

Jerry

 

[Admin]

Thanks for you prompt response. As a follow up, I am
confused about the references to keeping old versions. Is
it not advantageous for me to remove old versions and go
with the new one? Is there a way to upgrade Outlook
without limiting it? i.e. upgrading to "unicode?"
(Whatever that is). Does that mean that I will have a
data base that is using two protocols?

Thanks

 

[Jerry Ham]

Some users have solutions that require say "Access 2000" and won't work in
the new version. These users generally choose to keep the older version of
Access to support those custom solutions. In general, you want to remove old
versions unless you have a known, good reason to keep them.

I don't currently know of a way to cause the upgrade to upgrade the file
format of the OST/PST. I think you do this manually by creating a new PST in
the new format, then moving your messages to that new file and changing the
delivery location for messages to the new file. Then you can delete the old
file.

Someone may know a more automated approach to this. However, you should see
if you really need the new format. It is designed to allow > 2 GB PST/OST
files (some people need this; some don't). It also supports unicode so it
handles multiple languages - again you may not need this. If you don't need
those features, just continue to use the same file and don't upgrade the
file format. It just uses one protocol either way.

Jerry

 

[Admin]

Thank you. You have been very helpful.

-----Original Message-----
Some users have solutions that require say "Access 2000" and won't work in
the new version. These users generally choose to keep the older version of
Access to support those custom solutions. In general, you want to remove old
versions unless you have a known, good reason to keep them.

I don't currently know of a way to cause the upgrade to upgrade the file
format of the OST/PST. I think you do this manually by creating a new PST in
the new format, then moving your messages to that new file and changing the
delivery location for messages to the new file. Then you can delete the old
file.

Someone may know a more automated approach to this. However, you should see
if you really need the new format. It is designed to allow > 2 GB PST/OST
files (some people need this; some don't). It also supports unicode so it
handles multiple languages - again you may not need this. If you don't need
those features, just continue to use the same file and don't upgrade the
file format. It just uses one protocol either way.

Jerry





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