Installing Office 97 on a new XP machine

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Joe

The pc I recently purchased (HP Pavilion, AMD Athlon 64
Processor 3200+) came with a 60-day trial of Office 2003
which is about to expire.

I'm not able to purchase the activation right now and I
do have an Office 97 (Professional Edition
w/certification) disk from a pc I used to have which no
longer exists.

I tried to install the Office 97 on my new pc when I
first got it to update my resume & stuff but ran into
problems with it running - hang-ups, freezes, etc., so I
freaked out, uninstalled it and reluctantly started using
the 60-day Trial version that came preloaded.

Can anyone layout the steps I can take to successfully
install Office 97 and have it function properly under
Windows XP Home Edition (Service Pack 2)?

Thanks,

Joe
 
T

Timothy L

I got it to run fine on Windows 2000 Professional.

But I must note that I no longer use Office 97 as I installed Office 2003.


You might want to try enabling Compatibility Mode for each individual Office
97 Application on your Windows XP computer.



To enable Compatibility Mode for any application/program on Windows XP, take
a look at the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles:

HOW TO: Use Windows Program Compatibility Mode in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292533&Product=winxp

How to use the Program Compatibility Wizard in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;301911&Product=winxp



If that fails to work, I'd recommend that you go out and purchase Office
2000, Office XP, or Office 2003.




Windows 2000 users!
For those of you that are running Windows 2000 and are experiencing a
similar problem, look here:
279792 - How To Enable Application Compatibility-Mode Technology in Windows
2000 SP2 and SP3
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;279792
 
T

Timothy L

I got it to run fine on Windows 2000 Professional.

But I must note that I no longer use Office 97 as I installed Office 2003.


You might want to try enabling Compatibility Mode for each individual Office
97 Application on your Windows XP computer.



To enable Compatibility Mode for any application/program on Windows XP, take
a look at the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles:

HOW TO: Use Windows Program Compatibility Mode in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292533&Product=winxp

How to use the Program Compatibility Wizard in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;301911&Product=winxp



If that fails to work, I'd recommend that you go out and purchase Office
2000, Office XP, or Office 2003.




Windows 2000 users!
For those of you that are running Windows 2000 and are experiencing a
similar problem, look here:
279792 - How To Enable Application Compatibility-Mode Technology in Windows
2000 SP2 and SP3
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;279792
 
T

Timothy L

I got it to run fine on Windows 2000 Professional.

But I must note that I no longer use Office 97 as I installed Office 2003.


You might want to try enabling Compatibility Mode for each individual Office
97 Application on your Windows XP computer.



To enable Compatibility Mode for any application/program on Windows XP, take
a look at the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles:

HOW TO: Use Windows Program Compatibility Mode in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292533&Product=winxp

How to use the Program Compatibility Wizard in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;301911&Product=winxp



If that fails to work, I'd recommend that you go out and purchase Office
2000, Office XP, or Office 2003.




Windows 2000 users!
For those of you that are running Windows 2000 and are experiencing a
similar problem, look here:
279792 - How To Enable Application Compatibility-Mode Technology in Windows
2000 SP2 and SP3
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;279792
 
T

Timothy L

I got it to run fine on Windows 2000 Professional.

But I must note that I no longer use Office 97 as I installed Office 2003.


You might want to try enabling Compatibility Mode for each individual Office
97 Application on your Windows XP computer.



To enable Compatibility Mode for any application/program on Windows XP, take
a look at the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles:

HOW TO: Use Windows Program Compatibility Mode in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292533&Product=winxp

How to use the Program Compatibility Wizard in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;301911&Product=winxp



If that fails to work, I'd recommend that you go out and purchase Office
2000, Office XP, or Office 2003.




Windows 2000 users!
For those of you that are running Windows 2000 and are experiencing a
similar problem, look here:
279792 - How To Enable Application Compatibility-Mode Technology in Windows
2000 SP2 and SP3
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;279792
 
T

Timothy L

I got it to run fine on Windows 2000 Professional.

But I must note that I no longer use Office 97 as I installed Office 2003.


You might want to try enabling Compatibility Mode for each individual Office
97 Application on your Windows XP computer.



To enable Compatibility Mode for any application/program on Windows XP, take
a look at the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles:

HOW TO: Use Windows Program Compatibility Mode in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292533&Product=winxp

How to use the Program Compatibility Wizard in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;301911&Product=winxp



If that fails to work, I'd recommend that you go out and purchase Office
2000, Office XP, or Office 2003.




Windows 2000 users!
For those of you that are running Windows 2000 and are experiencing a
similar problem, look here:
279792 - How To Enable Application Compatibility-Mode Technology in Windows
2000 SP2 and SP3
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;279792
 
T

Timothy L

I got it to run fine on Windows 2000 Professional.

But I must note that I no longer use Office 97 as I installed Office 2003.


You might want to try enabling Compatibility Mode for each individual Office
97 Application on your Windows XP computer.



To enable Compatibility Mode for any application/program on Windows XP, take
a look at the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles:

HOW TO: Use Windows Program Compatibility Mode in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292533&Product=winxp

How to use the Program Compatibility Wizard in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;301911&Product=winxp



If that fails to work, I'd recommend that you go out and purchase Office
2000, Office XP, or Office 2003.




Windows 2000 users!
For those of you that are running Windows 2000 and are experiencing a
similar problem, look here:
279792 - How To Enable Application Compatibility-Mode Technology in Windows
2000 SP2 and SP3
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;279792
 
T

Timothy L

I got it to run fine on Windows 2000 Professional.

But I must note that I no longer use Office 97 as I installed Office 2003.


You might want to try enabling Compatibility Mode for each individual Office
97 Application on your Windows XP computer.



To enable Compatibility Mode for any application/program on Windows XP, take
a look at the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles:

HOW TO: Use Windows Program Compatibility Mode in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292533&Product=winxp

How to use the Program Compatibility Wizard in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;301911&Product=winxp



If that fails to work, I'd recommend that you go out and purchase Office
2000, Office XP, or Office 2003.




Windows 2000 users!
For those of you that are running Windows 2000 and are experiencing a
similar problem, look here:
279792 - How To Enable Application Compatibility-Mode Technology in Windows
2000 SP2 and SP3
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;279792
 
T

Timothy L

I got it to run fine on Windows 2000 Professional.

But I must note that I no longer use Office 97 as I installed Office 2003.


You might want to try enabling Compatibility Mode for each individual Office
97 Application on your Windows XP computer.



To enable Compatibility Mode for any application/program on Windows XP, take
a look at the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles:

HOW TO: Use Windows Program Compatibility Mode in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292533&Product=winxp

How to use the Program Compatibility Wizard in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;301911&Product=winxp



If that fails to work, I'd recommend that you go out and purchase Office
2000, Office XP, or Office 2003.




Windows 2000 users!
For those of you that are running Windows 2000 and are experiencing a
similar problem, look here:
279792 - How To Enable Application Compatibility-Mode Technology in Windows
2000 SP2 and SP3
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;279792
 
T

Timothy L

I got it to run fine on Windows 2000 Professional.

But I must note that I no longer use Office 97 as I installed Office 2003.


You might want to try enabling Compatibility Mode for each individual Office
97 Application on your Windows XP computer.



To enable Compatibility Mode for any application/program on Windows XP, take
a look at the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles:

HOW TO: Use Windows Program Compatibility Mode in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292533&Product=winxp

How to use the Program Compatibility Wizard in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;301911&Product=winxp



If that fails to work, I'd recommend that you go out and purchase Office
2000, Office XP, or Office 2003.




Windows 2000 users!
For those of you that are running Windows 2000 and are experiencing a
similar problem, look here:
279792 - How To Enable Application Compatibility-Mode Technology in Windows
2000 SP2 and SP3
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;279792
 

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