I've lost my publisher 2000 disk

[coolactuary]

We have MS Office 2000 SBE, with brief manual, genuine product key (and
disks). We have disk 1 (excel, word etc). Publisher is on disk 2, which I
believe my 11 year old son has squirelled away.

He has an old PC on which I can't install Office 2007 (which I have,
including Publisher 07) and I'd really rather keep him away from my PC (I
think his ability to lose things is far reaching).

I've not been able to find any genuine downloads online. Is there any way
forward?

Thanks

 

[JoAnn Paules]

They stopped replacing 2000 products a couple of years ago. At this point I
don't even think they are replacing Office XP disks - but I could be wrong.
(They were prior to 2007's release but I kind of doubt it now.)

 

[coolactuary]

Thanks Don.

All good sense. I think he'll use MS Word until he can find the disk. After
all, MS Word is still a pretty reasonable app, used with some imagination for
homework, and it's not a bad lesson to learn that fiddling and not putting
things back has consequences

 

[coolactuary]

JoAnn

Thanks for taking time out to answer such a mundane question. As per my
other reply, my son will use MS Word for a while. Perhaps that will stop him
fiddling with software (withou permission) or improve his memory!

Andrew

They stopped replacing 2000 products a couple of years ago. At this point I
don't even think they are replacing Office XP disks - but I could be wrong.
(They were prior to 2007's release but I kind of doubt it now.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

 

[JoAnn Paules]

It's not a mundane question - especially if you can't find your disks and
you're hoping there's a light at the end of the tunnel. (Not this time tho,
sorry.)

You can try eBay but I never personally recommend that - too many people out
there with bootleg copies, etc. If you have a friend who has the *EXACT*
same version of Office, you could burn a copy and use that. Or you could be
kind to yourself and get an updated version of Office for yourself and make
the kid use the old PC with the old software. ;-)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

JoAnn

Thanks for taking time out to answer such a mundane question. As per my
other reply, my son will use MS Word for a while. Perhaps that will stop
him
fiddling with software (withou permission) or improve his memory!

Andrew

They stopped replacing 2000 products a couple of years ago. At this point
I
don't even think they are replacing Office XP disks - but I could be
wrong.
(They were prior to 2007's release but I kind of doubt it now.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

I'm a Publisher 2000 user and what I do when getting a new program, the
first thing I do is make a copy, a "working copy" and store the
original
as an archive copy.

Your options are; contact Microsoft for a possible replacement,
purchase a
replacement from Amazon.com, contact a Publisher 2000 user and see if a
copy of his/her version will work with your Product Key and of course,
chat with son where your copy might be.

dschmidt AT pacifier DOT com


--
Don - Vancouver, USA
"May your shadow be found in happy places." - Native North American


We have MS Office 2000 SBE, with brief manual, genuine product key
(and
disks). We have disk 1 (excel, word etc). Publisher is on disk 2,
which I
believe my 11 year old son has squirelled away.

He has an old PC on which I can't install Office 2007 (which I have,
including Publisher 07) and I'd really rather keep him away from my PC
(I
think his ability to lose things is far reaching).

I've not been able to find any genuine downloads online. Is there any
way
forward?

Thanks

 

[Charles W Davis]

I would certainly create a password log on for yourself, and create a guest
user with little authority.