Office 2003 installation

[Bill]

I purchased Office 2003 with a new PC. Because of
Outlook incompatibilities, today I purchased Outlook 2003
from a software vendor. I want to install it on two PCs
(one desktop and one laptop) that now run Office XP,
which I also had purchased from a software house, to
upgrade the Office 2000 that came with those two PCs
(purchased in late 2000).
I want to do a "clean" install, ignoring all that is now
in the Outlook files on those PCs, starting from a backup
file from my "new" PC that came with Outlook 2003. Yet,
of course, I purchased the upgrade version. It appears
that, if I choose "upgrade", the older files will be
incorporated in the new installation. How do I do
a "virgin" installation?
Thanks.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

I am confused. There is NO upgrade Outlook 2003. All Outlook versions are
full versions.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the SWEN virus, all mail sent to my personal account will be deleted
without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Bill asked:

| I purchased Office 2003 with a new PC. Because of
| Outlook incompatibilities, today I purchased Outlook 2003
| from a software vendor. I want to install it on two PCs
| (one desktop and one laptop) that now run Office XP,
| which I also had purchased from a software house, to
| upgrade the Office 2000 that came with those two PCs
| (purchased in late 2000).
| I want to do a "clean" install, ignoring all that is now
| in the Outlook files on those PCs, starting from a backup
| file from my "new" PC that came with Outlook 2003. Yet,
| of course, I purchased the upgrade version. It appears
| that, if I choose "upgrade", the older files will be
| incorporated in the new installation. How do I do
| a "virgin" installation?
| Thanks.

 

[Bill]

I get the impression that when I install Office 2003 over
Office XP, the Outlook files (calendar, contacts,
messages saves, etc.) will be effectively imported
(converted to the new file format) for Office 2003. This
is what I do NOT want to happen. I want to bring in
files from an already established Outlook 2003. [It is
easy enough to blank out some of the files such as mail,
but others like calendar seem more difficult.]

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

ALL of your Outlook items are in the same .pst file, nothing is segregated.
Again, I am confused by what you are asking.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the SWEN virus, all mail sent to my personal account will be deleted
without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Bill asked:

| I get the impression that when I install Office 2003 over
| Office XP, the Outlook files (calendar, contacts,
| messages saves, etc.) will be effectively imported
| (converted to the new file format) for Office 2003. This
| is what I do NOT want to happen. I want to bring in
| files from an already established Outlook 2003. [It is
| easy enough to blank out some of the files such as mail,
| but others like calendar seem more difficult.]
|| -----Original Message-----
|| I am confused. There is NO upgrade Outlook 2003. All Outlook
|| versions are full versions.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the SWEN virus, all mail sent to my personal account will be deleted
|| without reading.
||
|| After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Bill asked:
||
||| I purchased Office 2003 with a new PC. Because of
||| Outlook incompatibilities, today I purchased Outlook 2003
||| from a software vendor. I want to install it on two PCs
||| (one desktop and one laptop) that now run Office XP,
||| which I also had purchased from a software house, to
||| upgrade the Office 2000 that came with those two PCs
||| (purchased in late 2000).
||| I want to do a "clean" install, ignoring all that is now
||| in the Outlook files on those PCs, starting from a backup
||| file from my "new" PC that came with Outlook 2003. Yet,
||| of course, I purchased the upgrade version. It appears
||| that, if I choose "upgrade", the older files will be
||| incorporated in the new installation. How do I do
||| a "virgin" installation?
||| Thanks.
||
||
|| .

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
I purchased Office 2003 with a new PC. Because of
Outlook incompatibilities, today I purchased Outlook 2003
from a software vendor. I want to install it on two PCs
(one desktop and one laptop) that now run Office XP,
which I also had purchased from a software house, to
upgrade the Office 2000 that came with those two PCs
(purchased in late 2000).
I want to do a "clean" install, ignoring all that is now
in the Outlook files on those PCs, starting from a backup
file from my "new" PC that came with Outlook 2003. Yet,
of course, I purchased the upgrade version. It appears
that, if I choose "upgrade", the older files will be
incorporated in the new installation. How do I do
a "virgin" installation?
Thanks.
.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

Do you mean that you want to ignore the existing Outlook data? Just create a
new mail profile.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Bill]

Sorry to have bothered you! The installation went
smoothly, and I had learned how to change the selected
data file from my new PC (in the repair shop now). [I
started with fear, given that upgrading from Office 2000
to Office XP so messed up my PCs that I had to reinstall
Windows as a virgin install before installing Office XP.]