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MS Office Pro 2000 and Vista...............

Jul 26, 2007 12:41AM PDT

I have a Dell XPS410 with Vista Home Premium and I just installed my MS Ofc. Pro 2000 I don't want to upgrade to Ofc. 2007 at this time. Do I need to install the Office Pro Service Pack 3? In the System Reguirements Supported Operating Systems, Vista is not listed...it only lists Windows 2000; Windows 95; Windows 98; Windows ME; Windows NT; Windows XP.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me!

Pamela

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While reports are plenty that 2000 does run....
Jul 26, 2007 12:50AM PDT

Be sure to uninstall any and all of Office 2007 you can find before you install Office 2000. Yes, there is NO SUPPORT to run it on this OS. But we found that to be true for Office 97. In spite of all that just take my advice to be sure no Office 2007 is on the machine then apply all the patches you can to Office 2000.

Bob

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for Bob....
Jul 26, 2007 1:31AM PDT

Thanks Bob....there is no Office 2007 on my computer, BUT Dell loaded Ofc. 2003 Trial and I have not been able to uninstall it. When I try to uninstall it, I get the following message:

"You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003. Please contact your system administrator."

I'm not sure how to get around that.

Pamela

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Sorry. But Office 2003 Trial...
Jul 26, 2007 2:03AM PDT

Has to go as well.

I take it you have an administrator's account?

Bob

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Jul 26, 2007 2:52AM PDT

Yes Bob, I went into the Control Panel/User Accounts and I am set as the Administrator. The only other User is my husband, in case his computer is out of commission. Do you suppose it will let me uninstall it if I temporarily turn off the user control?

Thanks, Pamela

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Me too.
Jul 26, 2007 3:47AM PDT

I'm about to take UAC out and shoot it.

Bob

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Jul 26, 2007 3:58AM PDT

Is that a yes....temp. turn off User Control?

Pamela

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Yes.
Jul 26, 2007 5:05AM PDT

And good luck!