Office xp in vista

For example, you want to install MS Office along with the newer Windows Microsoft have already written technical explanation on how to achieve this. You can read the whole article here. The gist of the article is to install MS Office in subsequent order from the oldest to the newer one.

If you are in this circumstance and still face difficulty during the installation, I recommend you to read the rest of this article. What you need to do first is to uninstall MS Office Simply click Default Programs menu from your Startup Menus and find the link to the list of installed programs. The uninstallation should be simple and it should bring you no problem at all.

Next, you can not simply install MS Office after the installation. Eventhough the installer removes MS Office files from your system, it still retains the registry. The reason is, MS Office is shipped as OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer whereas it should be installed on a single computer for a single license or as what the license says.

In case of reinstallation, it might violate the original purpose of the license hence Microsoft keeps the registry after the uninstallation process. If you simply install without checking the registry, you may encounter the following error:. Now back to the registry editing, use regedit to check the registry entry of previous MS Office versions:.

Right click on the each of the entries and choose Rename. You can rename it to whatever name you like, for example BlahOffice The point here is, by renaming the registry into another one, MS Office installer will consider the installation as fresh install in which you have no previous MS Office installed so that it will simply go with default installation process.

After restarting your computer, you may begin the installation for MS Office from your CD smoothly. These days, more users are shifting their document processors from Office to Office You can find scattered information about how to use MS Office or for the sake of efficient reading, learning from some ebooks like this one.

While you use Office yourself, you can still also read documents made using Office by downloading and installing MS Office compatibility pack provided by Microsoft. Paula MS Office is a commercial proprietary software package. See System Requirements for Office. Office Office Office Not Compatible. Some folks on the Internet claim success, except for Outlook. Best to find a newer version. Not Compatible. Office Office Office Office Support ends Oct Compatible with Service Pack 1 bit and bit editions.

Office Support has ended. Office XP Support has ended. NOT Compatible. See System Requirements for Office