Installing Office Home and Student 2007 and keeping Outlook 2000 andAccess 2000 from Office 2K Pro

[Desert Rider]

Posting for a friend. He is currently using Office 2000 Pro on a
Windows XP SP3 system. He would like to upgrade to Office 2007 Home
and Student 2007 in order to upgrade Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Should he uninstall those components from Office 2K Pro before
installing the new ones from Office 2007 H and S?
He would like to keep using Outlook 2K and Access from the older
suite. Will he encounter any problems by having components from Office
2K and Office 2007 on the system at the same time?

TIA for any replies.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

The Office Home and Student will only replace the same programs from Office
2000. Access and Outlook will survive just fine.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Desert Rider asked:

| Posting for a friend. He is currently using Office 2000 Pro on a
| Windows XP SP3 system. He would like to upgrade to Office 2007 Home
| and Student 2007 in order to upgrade Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
|
| Should he uninstall those components from Office 2K Pro before
| installing the new ones from Office 2007 H and S?
| He would like to keep using Outlook 2K and Access from the older
| suite. Will he encounter any problems by having components from Office
| 2K and Office 2007 on the system at the same time?
|
| TIA for any replies.

 

[Desert Rider]

The Office Home and Student will only replace the same programs from Office
2000.  Access and Outlook will survive just fine.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question:http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

After furious head scratching, Desert Rider asked:
[snip]
| Should he uninstall those components from Office 2K Pro before
| installing the new ones from Office 2007 H and S?

[snip]
Thanks for the reply Milly. Only question now is should he uninstall
O2K components (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) before installing new
Office 2007 Home and Student? As I recall, the method to do that is
through the Control Panel>Change, correct?

 

[Desert Rider]

Afraid I wasn't clear enough in my OP. This is not an upgrade version
of Office 2007 H & S, it is the full version. That is why I'm asking
if I need to un-install the Office 2000 Work, Excel and PowerPoint
before installing the Office 2007 ah & S Word, Excel and PowerPoint
modules or will they just upgrade the exisiting components? What is
the preferred method?

 

[Earle Horton]

You can keep them both but it is not "recommended". There is an option in
custom install, I believe, to keep old versions around. If you choose
default install it should remove the old version, but it has been a while.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928091/

Earle