MSP 2000 and MSP 2003 on the same machine.

J

Joe

I want to confirm that it is perfectly okay to have both MSP 2000 and MSP
2003 on the same machine. I have seen a few posts that say some have up to 4
versions on the same machine.

Later today, I am about to get upgraded to MSP 2003, but I would like to
keep my MSP 2000 on the same machine as well. If I can show the IT
department this post, maybe I can convince them to let me keep both versions.
 
J

Joe

Thanks John, one more questions. Would there be any issuer with the license?
I am not sure if this is an upgrade or a new purchase (not sure if that
makes a difference).
 
J

John

Joe said:
I want to confirm that it is perfectly okay to have both MSP 2000 and MSP
2003 on the same machine. I have seen a few posts that say some have up to 4
versions on the same machine.

Later today, I am about to get upgraded to MSP 2003, but I would like to
keep my MSP 2000 on the same machine as well. If I can show the IT
department this post, maybe I can convince them to let me keep both versions.

Joe,
I and probably many of the other MVPs have multiple versions of Project
on the same PC. I have Project 4.x, Project 98, Project 2000 and Project
2003. I run Office Professional 2000 and Windows XP Home. So far I have
had no major problems. I also use VBA extensively and that works fine
across all applications.

When Project 2003 is installed, it will ask if you wish to keep previous
installations. Obviously you want to say "yes".

Hope this helps.
John
 
J

John

Joe said:
Thanks John, one more questions. Would there be any issuer with the license?
I am not sure if this is an upgrade or a new purchase (not sure if that
makes a difference).

Joe,
I'm gonna make an assumption here. Since the IT department is going to
do the installation, you obviously work at a company versus "at home". I
will then assume that Project 2000 installed on your PC is and has been
covered by a valid license, either individual or corporate. I will also
assume that Project 2003 is covered by a valid license. Given those
assumptions, your installation has no licensing issues.

With regard to full or upgrade, it shouldn't make any difference. The
only condition with a Project 2003 upgrade is that you must already have
a previous version of Project installed.

John
 
M

Mike Glen

Hi Joe,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)

It is not a recommended procedure. The main culpret as I understand it is
that each version has its own global.mpt and any information you put in it
by changing default settings or macros, tables, etc, via the Organizer can
cause Project confusion. How true this is in real life I don't know, but I
would not risk running a live project on a drive with different versions.
You could try to run a virtual drive and put it on that - but I have no
experience of this.

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: <http://www.mvps.org/project/>

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :))

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP
 
J

John

Mike Glen said:
Hi Joe,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)

It is not a recommended procedure. The main culpret as I understand it is
that each version has its own global.mpt and any information you put in it
by changing default settings or macros, tables, etc, via the Organizer can
cause Project confusion. How true this is in real life I don't know, but I
would not risk running a live project on a drive with different versions.
You could try to run a virtual drive and put it on that - but I have no
experience of this.

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: <http://www.mvps.org/project/>

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :))

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

Mike,
Gee, it seems to work fine for me. The Global files for each version are
separate and so far Project doesn't seem to get confused - but I do from
time to time :)

John
 
M

Mike Glen

Hi John,

Yes - I've never experienced any difficulty, but then I don't use Project
for real. The advice came originally from MS, but again, they might have
been just cautious. It would be interesting to hear from anyone else out
there who has or has not had problems with 2 versions on the same drive.

Mike Glen
Project MVP
 
J

John

Mike Glen said:
Hi John,

Yes - I've never experienced any difficulty, but then I don't use Project
for real. The advice came originally from MS, but again, they might have
been just cautious. It would be interesting to hear from anyone else out
there who has or has not had problems with 2 versions on the same drive.

Mike Glen
Project MVP

Mike,
Did you say something about "real". I thought Project was just a mind
twisting application meant solely to challenge the sanity of those who
try to use it :)

John
 
M

Mike Glen

rotfl
Mike,
Did you say something about "real". I thought Project was just a mind
twisting application meant solely to challenge the sanity of those who
try to use it :)

John
 

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