Installing Enterprize Edition

[Brian]

Hi -
I have just tried to install Office 2007 Enterprise on Win XP Prof. I
received the program from Microsoft under their Home Use Program scheme.
However, when I try to install I receive a box saying that it cannot
'upgrade' as there is a prelease version of 2007 installed on the computer
which I need to uninstal first. I have never installed a prerelease version
(presumably this means a beta version). I do, however, have Office 2003
installed which I also received under their HUP.

Could it be that the message box is actualy referring to this previously
installed edition (2003)? If so, would uninstalling 2003 mean that I would
lose all the configurations and settings which I have. (mainly in Outlook -
archive folders, network connections etc.)

I would really appreciate it if anyone could shed any light on these issues.
Thanks in advance.
Brian.

 

[Peter Foldes]

You should be contacting the IT person at the company that you have used to procure this Enterprise version. On top of that your Office 2003 is also a Enterprise version.
Your companies IT person or the one that holds the Volume License can answer you since they are the ones that own this Volume License version of MS Office Enterprise

 

[Brian]

Thanks for the reply - I have, however found a reference to the problem on
Microsoft's site. It seems it is a known problem caused by the Office Web
Components. They say that the 2003 Web Comonents should be uninstalled
first, then instal 2007. The problem I still have, however, is that the OWC
does not show up in the add/remove programs list. The relevant page at
Microsoft is:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/FX101633871033.aspx#1 (under
'Setup')
Cheers,
Brian.


You should be contacting the IT person at the company that you have used to
procure this Enterprise version. On top of that your Office 2003 is also a
Enterprise version.
Your companies IT person or the one that holds the Volume License can answer
you since they are the ones that own this Volume License version of MS
Office Enterprise