Installing Upgrade Product

I need to know what I need to do if I have a qualifying
product for upgrade product that is a more current edition.
This is what I mean. I have Windows XP which comes with
Word 2002 and I have MS-Office 2000 Upgrade. When I try to
use the Upgrade (MS-Office 2000), it does not allow me to
install because it could not find a qualifying product.
Help...

See the KB Article at:
Office 2000: Products That Qualify for the Microsoft Office Upgrade
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;210437

So if you don't have any of these, you don't fulfil the conditions.

You can however use the Office 2000 upgrade CDs as the qualifying product
for Office XP upgrade or Office 2003 upgrade.
--
Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com

" wrote in
message ...
I need to know what I need to do if I have a qualifying
product for upgrade product that is a more current edition.
This is what I mean. I have Windows XP which comes with
Word 2002 and I have MS-Office 2000 Upgrade. When I try to
use the Upgrade (MS-Office 2000), it does not allow me to
install because it could not find a qualifying product.
Help...

wrote:
I need to know what I need to do if I have a qualifying
product for upgrade product that is a more current edition.
This is what I mean. I have Windows XP which comes with
Word 2002 and I have MS-Office 2000 Upgrade. When I try to
use the Upgrade (MS-Office 2000), it does not allow me to
install because it could not find a qualifying product.
Help...

1) What does this have to do with MS Publisher, Microsoft's flagship DTP
application?!

2) Windows XP does /NOT/ "come with Word 2002". You bought a computer
with Windows XP and the dealer chose to include Word. No version of Windows
has /EVER/ included any MS Office application.

3) I'm afraid that, if you no longer have the original product you used
to qualify for the Office 2000 upgrade, you are not entitled to use it - the
licence is null and void. You see, an upgrade is only half a licence. When
you use a product to qualify it 'supplies' the other half and its licence
becomes 'assimilated' into the upgrade and, from that moment on, they become
inseperable. If you no longer have the original product you used to qualify
then you are no longer entitled to use the software. If you want Office on
your new system you must purchase it again. You can use your 2002 as a
qualifying product but you must remember that you cannot get rid of Office
2000 if you wish to continue to use 2003.

A newer product /cannot/ be used as a qualifying product for an older one a)
because it didn't exist (obviously) when 2000 was released and b) it
(obviously) wasn't the original product you used to qualify.

Cerri:

IMHO backward upgrades should result in the immediate dawn of a new age
where everyone loves everyone and all software is free...

And idiots could not inter-breed and the president of the US has common
sense...

Ooops... ain't gonna happen



Cerridwen wrote:

wrote:

I need to know what I need to do if I have a qualifying
product for upgrade product that is a more current edition.
This is what I mean. I have Windows XP which comes with
Word 2002 and I have MS-Office 2000 Upgrade. When I try to
use the Upgrade (MS-Office 2000), it does not allow me to
install because it could not find a qualifying product.
Help...


1) What does this have to do with MS Publisher, Microsoft's flagship DTP
application?!

2) Windows XP does /NOT/ "come with Word 2002". You bought a computer
with Windows XP and the dealer chose to include Word. No version of Windows
has /EVER/ included any MS Office application.

3) I'm afraid that, if you no longer have the original product you used
to qualify for the Office 2000 upgrade, you are not entitled to use it - the
licence is null and void. You see, an upgrade is only half a licence. When
you use a product to qualify it 'supplies' the other half and its licence
becomes 'assimilated' into the upgrade and, from that moment on, they become
inseperable. If you no longer have the original product you used to qualify
then you are no longer entitled to use the software. If you want Office on
your new system you must purchase it again. You can use your 2002 as a
qualifying product but you must remember that you cannot get rid of Office
2000 if you wish to continue to use 2003.

A newer product /cannot/ be used as a qualifying product for an older one a)
because it didn't exist (obviously) when 2000 was released and b) it
(obviously) wasn't the original product you used to qualify.

We can all wish, hope and pray - whichever takes your fancy!
--
Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com

"Steve in NC" wrote in message
hlink.net...
Cerri:

IMHO backward upgrades should result in the immediate dawn of a new age
where everyone loves everyone and all software is free...

And idiots could not inter-breed and the president of the US has common
sense...

Ooops... ain't gonna happen



Cerridwen wrote:

1) What does this have to do with MS Publisher, Microsoft's flagship
DTP
application?!

2) Windows XP does /NOT/ "come with Word 2002". You bought a computer
with Windows XP and the dealer chose to include Word. No version of
Windows
has /EVER/ included any MS Office application.

3) I'm afraid that, if you no longer have the original product you
used
to qualify for the Office 2000 upgrade, you are not entitled to use it -
the
licence is null and void. You see, an upgrade is only half a licence.
When
you use a product to qualify it 'supplies' the other half and its
licence
becomes 'assimilated' into the upgrade and, from that moment on, they
become
inseperable. If you no longer have the original product you used to
qualify
then you are no longer entitled to use the software. If you want Office
on
your new system you must purchase it again. You can use your 2002 as a
qualifying product but you must remember that you cannot get rid of
Office
2000 if you wish to continue to use 2003.

A newer product /cannot/ be used as a qualifying product for an older
one a)
because it didn't exist (obviously) when 2000 was released and b) it
(obviously) wasn't the original product you used to qualify.

My husband keeps saying that people should have to take an IQ test before
they breed. And that the ideal person to be president is the man who
wouldn't take that position if offered. I have to agree with him.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Cari (MS MVP)" wrote in message
...
We can all wish, hope and pray - whichever takes your fancy!
--
Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com

"Steve in NC" wrote in message
hlink.net...
Cerri:

IMHO backward upgrades should result in the immediate dawn of a new age
where everyone loves everyone and all software is free...

And idiots could not inter-breed and the president of the US has common
sense...

Ooops... ain't gonna happen



Cerridwen wrote:

1) What does this have to do with MS Publisher, Microsoft's
flagship
DTP
application?!

2) Windows XP does /NOT/ "come with Word 2002". You bought a
computer
with Windows XP and the dealer chose to include Word. No version of
Windows
has /EVER/ included any MS Office application.

3) I'm afraid that, if you no longer have the original product you
used
to qualify for the Office 2000 upgrade, you are not entitled to use
it -
the
licence is null and void. You see, an upgrade is only half a licence.
When
you use a product to qualify it 'supplies' the other half and its
licence
becomes 'assimilated' into the upgrade and, from that moment on, they
become
inseperable. If you no longer have the original product you used to
qualify
then you are no longer entitled to use the software. If you want
Office
on
your new system you must purchase it again. You can use your 2002 as a
qualifying product but you must remember that you cannot get rid of
Office
2000 if you wish to continue to use 2003.

A newer product /cannot/ be used as a qualifying product for an older
one a)
because it didn't exist (obviously) when 2000 was released and b) it
(obviously) wasn't the original product you used to qualify.








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My husband keeps saying that people should have to take an IQ test before
they breed. And that the ideal person to be president is the man who
wouldn't take that position if offered. I have to agree with him.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Cari (MS MVP)" wrote in message
...
We can all wish, hope and pray - whichever takes your fancy!
--
Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com

"Steve in NC" wrote in message
hlink.net...
Cerri:

IMHO backward upgrades should result in the immediate dawn of a new age
where everyone loves everyone and all software is free...

And idiots could not inter-breed and the president of the US has common
sense...

Ooops... ain't gonna happen



Cerridwen wrote:

1) What does this have to do with MS Publisher, Microsoft's
flagship
DTP
application?!

2) Windows XP does /NOT/ "come with Word 2002". You bought a
computer
with Windows XP and the dealer chose to include Word. No version of
Windows
has /EVER/ included any MS Office application.

3) I'm afraid that, if you no longer have the original product you
used
to qualify for the Office 2000 upgrade, you are not entitled to use
it -
the
licence is null and void. You see, an upgrade is only half a licence.
When
you use a product to qualify it 'supplies' the other half and its
licence
becomes 'assimilated' into the upgrade and, from that moment on, they
become
inseperable. If you no longer have the original product you used to
qualify
then you are no longer entitled to use the software. If you want
Office
on
your new system you must purchase it again. You can use your 2002 as a
qualifying product but you must remember that you cannot get rid of
Office
2000 if you wish to continue to use 2003.

A newer product /cannot/ be used as a qualifying product for an older
one a)
because it didn't exist (obviously) when 2000 was released and b) it
(obviously) wasn't the original product you used to qualify.








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My husband keeps saying that people should have to take an IQ test before
they breed. And that the ideal person to be president is the man who
wouldn't take that position if offered. I have to agree with him.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Cari (MS MVP)" wrote in message
...
We can all wish, hope and pray - whichever takes your fancy!
--
Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com

"Steve in NC" wrote in message
hlink.net...
Cerri:

IMHO backward upgrades should result in the immediate dawn of a new age
where everyone loves everyone and all software is free...

And idiots could not inter-breed and the president of the US has common
sense...

Ooops... ain't gonna happen



Cerridwen wrote:

1) What does this have to do with MS Publisher, Microsoft's
flagship
DTP
application?!

2) Windows XP does /NOT/ "come with Word 2002". You bought a
computer
with Windows XP and the dealer chose to include Word. No version of
Windows
has /EVER/ included any MS Office application.

3) I'm afraid that, if you no longer have the original product you
used
to qualify for the Office 2000 upgrade, you are not entitled to use
it -
the
licence is null and void. You see, an upgrade is only half a licence.
When
you use a product to qualify it 'supplies' the other half and its
licence
becomes 'assimilated' into the upgrade and, from that moment on, they
become
inseperable. If you no longer have the original product you used to
qualify
then you are no longer entitled to use the software. If you want
Office
on
your new system you must purchase it again. You can use your 2002 as a
qualifying product but you must remember that you cannot get rid of
Office
2000 if you wish to continue to use 2003.

A newer product /cannot/ be used as a qualifying product for an older
one a)
because it didn't exist (obviously) when 2000 was released and b) it
(obviously) wasn't the original product you used to qualify.








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Steve in NC wrote:
Cerri:

IMHO backward upgrades should result in the immediate dawn of a new
age where everyone loves everyone and all software is free...

And idiots could not inter-breed and the president of the US has
common sense...

Ooops... ain't gonna happen



I was just about to call you a 'fluffy' then. Good job you redeemed yourself
at the very last second! ;o)

Cerri