Sources for Office 2000 ?

[Magnusfarce]

I have the opportunity for a fresh start for software and computers for my
small company, and I want to take proper advantage of the situation. In
order to maintain connectivity and compatibility with other companies in our
industry, we are pretty much forced to use MS products, and (believe it or
not) for our relative simple demands, they operate in a stable enough manner
and are sufficient for our needs. This is the case primarily because we
keep the computers lean and mean and do routine rebuilds to keep bit-rot at
bay. As much as possible, we also avoid nasty little programs that can
damage the operating systems.

I am a fan of Win2k as opposed to XP, and plan to keep things that way for
the forseeable future. (I'm not trolling here, let's just skip all the XP
arguments and move on.) We will maintain the office machines with W2k and I
currently plan to continue to use Office 2000 on them. Within Office, we
use Word and Excel, and the 2000 versions of these programs are current
enough for our needs.

My question is this: How or where can I purchase legitimate copies of these
older programs (Win2k and Office 2000) so that we can keep all our machines
"clean"? I know that there's plenty of free, bootlegged stuff available,
but the cost of obtaining and maintaining clean copies isn't that much,
especially for older software. Are the unregistered "new in box" copies
available through e-Bay safe to buy and use? I have no idea if these older
products still need to be registered with MS or not.

I have a chance here to do all these things the right way, and would
appreciate some thoughts on how to implement this.

- Magnusfarce


P.S. Laptops pose a small problem because I find it difficult to
reconfigure most of them back to Win2k, so they stay XP-based. Will Office
2000 operate on an XP machine with no problems?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

You will need to use a downgrade option only available through volume
licensing with Microsoft to obtain Office 2000/Windows 2000 licenses. Look
on their licensing page for more information.

Office 2000 works just fine on Windows XP - as always, just ensure that you
keep up to date with the relevant patches and service packs.


--
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, Magnusfarce asked:

| I have the opportunity for a fresh start for software and computers
| for my small company, and I want to take proper advantage of the
| situation. In order to maintain connectivity and compatibility with
| other companies in our industry, we are pretty much forced to use MS
| products, and (believe it or not) for our relative simple demands,
| they operate in a stable enough manner and are sufficient for our
| needs. This is the case primarily because we keep the computers lean
| and mean and do routine rebuilds to keep bit-rot at bay. As much as
| possible, we also avoid nasty little programs that can damage the
| operating systems.
|
| I am a fan of Win2k as opposed to XP, and plan to keep things that
| way for the forseeable future. (I'm not trolling here, let's just
| skip all the XP arguments and move on.) We will maintain the office
| machines with W2k and I currently plan to continue to use Office 2000
| on them. Within Office, we use Word and Excel, and the 2000 versions
| of these programs are current enough for our needs.
|
| My question is this: How or where can I purchase legitimate copies
| of these older programs (Win2k and Office 2000) so that we can keep
| all our machines "clean"? I know that there's plenty of free,
| bootlegged stuff available, but the cost of obtaining and maintaining
| clean copies isn't that much, especially for older software. Are the
| unregistered "new in box" copies available through e-Bay safe to buy
| and use? I have no idea if these older products still need to be
| registered with MS or not.
|
| I have a chance here to do all these things the right way, and would
| appreciate some thoughts on how to implement this.
|
| - Magnusfarce
|
|
| P.S. Laptops pose a small problem because I find it difficult to
| reconfigure most of them back to Win2k, so they stay XP-based. Will
| Office 2000 operate on an XP machine with no problems?

 

[Magnusfarce]

BTW, with respect to versions of Office 2000 shown on e-Bay and elsewhere, I
notice that some have two disks (like mine) and some have four. What would
the four disk version be? Additional programs?

- Magnusfarce

 

[Magnusfarce]

What exactly is the problem with buying as many new-in-box unused packages
as I need and using them? If they have never been used, how are they
different than what you suggested?

- Magnusfarce

You will need to use a downgrade option only available through volume
licensing with Microsoft to obtain Office 2000/Windows 2000 licenses. Look
on their licensing page for more information.

Office 2000 works just fine on Windows XP - as always, just ensure that you
keep up to date with the relevant patches and service packs.


--
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, Magnusfarce asked:

| I have the opportunity for a fresh start for software and computers
| for my small company, and I want to take proper advantage of the
| situation. In order to maintain connectivity and compatibility with
| other companies in our industry, we are pretty much forced to use MS
| products, and (believe it or not) for our relative simple demands,
| they operate in a stable enough manner and are sufficient for our
| needs. This is the case primarily because we keep the computers lean
| and mean and do routine rebuilds to keep bit-rot at bay. As much as
| possible, we also avoid nasty little programs that can damage the
| operating systems.
|
| I am a fan of Win2k as opposed to XP, and plan to keep things that
| way for the forseeable future. (I'm not trolling here, let's just
| skip all the XP arguments and move on.) We will maintain the office
| machines with W2k and I currently plan to continue to use Office 2000
| on them. Within Office, we use Word and Excel, and the 2000 versions
| of these programs are current enough for our needs.
|
| My question is this: How or where can I purchase legitimate copies
| of these older programs (Win2k and Office 2000) so that we can keep
| all our machines "clean"? I know that there's plenty of free,
| bootlegged stuff available, but the cost of obtaining and maintaining
| clean copies isn't that much, especially for older software. Are the
| unregistered "new in box" copies available through e-Bay safe to buy
| and use? I have no idea if these older products still need to be
| registered with MS or not.
|
| I have a chance here to do all these things the right way, and would
| appreciate some thoughts on how to implement this.
|
| - Magnusfarce
|
|
| P.S. Laptops pose a small problem because I find it difficult to
| reconfigure most of them back to Win2k, so they stay XP-based. Will
| Office 2000 operate on an XP machine with no problems?

 

[DL]

Office Premium has 4*disks

BTW, with respect to versions of Office 2000 shown on e-Bay and elsewhere, I
notice that some have two disks (like mine) and some have four. What would
the four disk version be? Additional programs?

- Magnusfarce


and

 

[Magnusfarce]

I did a little more research on e-Bay and found that, indeed, the Premium
version has four disks. Thanks. It sort of looks like the extra two disks
hold the PhotoDraw software. If I end up with copies of Premium instead of
Standard or Pro, will the three programs I use, i.e., Word, Excel and
PowerPoint, be the same in all three versions?

By the way, I also saw some discussion about SP1 which I assume to be
Service Pack 1. Will this be included in any (newer) versions of the
software, or should I plan to download it and any newer patches?

- Magnusfarce

 

[Rodger]

SP1/2 and 3 will be inlcuded in "new" boxes from Microsoft (as well as any
other SPs out for both Win2K and Office 2K). Not necessarily so from EBay!

Rodger

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Rodger,

MS does not include Service Packs (SPs) in the Office products
they remain standalone packs available either by download (http://office.microsoft.com ) or by ordering the Service Pack CD from
Microsoft separately.

Service Releases (SRs) are incorporated and an Office CD with
the SR included is made available. The last SR was on Office 2000.
MS Office XP/2002 included only Service Packs.

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SP1/2 and 3 will be inlcuded in "new" boxes from Microsoft (as well as any
other SPs out for both Win2K and Office 2K). Not necessarily so from EBay!

Rodger >>
--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

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