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Re-Inst Problem
I formatted my hard disk and reinstalled Windows 2000. When I went to
install Office 2KPro, I realized that I have the Upgrade package. I have been upgrading this since 95 and have no idea where the original install disks are. I have my original install CD for Office 4.2, but it did not have Access so when I tried to run the Windows 2000 Office Pro, it wouldn't install. I think I have the diskettes for the original Access installation, is there something on the diskettes that I could copy onto the hard disk that would make the upgrade happy without having to install the ancient version? IOW what is the upgrade looking for to satisfy the access part of the install upgrade? TIA |
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Mystery solved! After rebooting and trying the upgrade CD again, it was
happy enough to install all the upgraded components. I could have done without Access, but did need Excel and Word. Perhaps some registry component did not get written until rebooted. Alls well now. "Josh Whitney" wrote in message ... I formatted my hard disk and reinstalled Windows 2000. When I went to install Office 2KPro, I realized that I have the Upgrade package. I have been upgrading this since 95 and have no idea where the original install disks are. I have my original install CD for Office 4.2, but it did not have Access so when I tried to run the Windows 2000 Office Pro, it wouldn't install. I think I have the diskettes for the original Access installation, is there something on the diskettes that I could copy onto the hard disk that would make the upgrade happy without having to install the ancient version? IOW what is the upgrade looking for to satisfy the access part of the install upgrade? TIA |
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Hi Josh,
Did you try ejecting the Office 2000 CD and insert the Office 4.2 CD when asked for a qualifying product? For Office 2000 you should be able to use any Office 4.x edition as a qualifying product - the editions do not have to match. -- Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Josh Whitney" wrote in message ... I formatted my hard disk and reinstalled Windows 2000. When I went to install Office 2KPro, I realized that I have the Upgrade package. I have been upgrading this since 95 and have no idea where the original install disks are. I have my original install CD for Office 4.2, but it did not have Access so when I tried to run the Windows 2000 Office Pro, it wouldn't install. I think I have the diskettes for the original Access installation, is there something on the diskettes that I could copy onto the hard disk that would make the upgrade happy without having to install the ancient version? IOW what is the upgrade looking for to satisfy the access part of the install upgrade? TIA |
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