Need help after installing new motherboard

Hi. I installed a new motherboard and after several
attempts to do a repair installation of XP Pro ended up
reinstalling it because the OS would not uninstall the
old mobo drivers. All of my old programs remained on my
hard drive yet had to be reinstalled. I have Office XP
Pro in the upgrade edition which I'm now trying to
reinstall and as I do so I'm getting a screen saying I
don't have a qualifying version, a screen pops up asking
where it can be found which doesn't list anything next to
the drive letters that might allow me to click on my
prior installation, and the installation process aborts.
I went into the program files and tried clicking on the
individual executables but a screen popped up saying I
needed to use setup to install each for this user. How
can I work around this and reinstall my Office programs?
I can't find the old CD from the 2000 which I upgraded
from. Thanks.

You can only work round this by finding/locating a qualifying product,
placing in the cd when the install is looking for QP and pointing the
installation to it.
The QP is part of the licence for yr upgrade product

"TB" wrote in message
...
Hi. I installed a new motherboard and after several
attempts to do a repair installation of XP Pro ended up
reinstalling it because the OS would not uninstall the
old mobo drivers. All of my old programs remained on my
hard drive yet had to be reinstalled. I have Office XP
Pro in the upgrade edition which I'm now trying to
reinstall and as I do so I'm getting a screen saying I
don't have a qualifying version, a screen pops up asking
where it can be found which doesn't list anything next to
the drive letters that might allow me to click on my
prior installation, and the installation process aborts.
I went into the program files and tried clicking on the
individual executables but a screen popped up saying I
needed to use setup to install each for this user. How
can I work around this and reinstall my Office programs?
I can't find the old CD from the 2000 which I upgraded
from. Thanks.

So, there is no way of using the file transfer wizard
tool to access my prior OS installation and get the
needed data to reinstall it? I still have access to it in
Documents and Settings and thought perhaps there might be
a way to import some files needed to allow a reinstall
vs. new program install. What does the file transfer tool
do and what good is it if it can't transfer the files you
really need? Pardon me, I know this has nothing to do
with Office but this shouldn't have even occurred were it
not for XP reinstalling the very drivers I uninstalled
time after time after time and forcing me to need to
reinstall my OS.
-----Original Message-----
You can only work round this by finding/locating a
qualifying product,
placing in the cd when the install is looking for QP and
pointing the
installation to it.
The QP is part of the licence for yr upgrade product

"TB" wrote in
message
...
Hi. I installed a new motherboard and after several
attempts to do a repair installation of XP Pro ended up
reinstalling it because the OS would not uninstall the
old mobo drivers. All of my old programs remained on my
hard drive yet had to be reinstalled. I have Office XP
Pro in the upgrade edition which I'm now trying to
reinstall and as I do so I'm getting a screen saying I
don't have a qualifying version, a screen pops up
asking
where it can be found which doesn't list anything next
to
the drive letters that might allow me to click on my
prior installation, and the installation process
aborts.
I went into the program files and tried clicking on the
individual executables but a screen popped up saying I
needed to use setup to install each for this user. How
can I work around this and reinstall my Office
programs?
I can't find the old CD from the 2000 which I upgraded
from. Thanks.


.

As far as I'm aware transfer wizard acts on files only.
When you install an app it applies/registers numerous settings in the
registry these you cannot copy, leastways not in the way you wish.
If you cannot locate yr QP you can allways ebay for one, or borrow. I should
point out that yr Licence for the OfficeXP upgrade requires that you have
the QP.

"TB" wrote in message
...
So, there is no way of using the file transfer wizard
tool to access my prior OS installation and get the
needed data to reinstall it? I still have access to it in
Documents and Settings and thought perhaps there might be
a way to import some files needed to allow a reinstall
vs. new program install. What does the file transfer tool
do and what good is it if it can't transfer the files you
really need? Pardon me, I know this has nothing to do
with Office but this shouldn't have even occurred were it
not for XP reinstalling the very drivers I uninstalled
time after time after time and forcing me to need to
reinstall my OS.
-----Original Message-----
You can only work round this by finding/locating a
qualifying product,
placing in the cd when the install is looking for QP and
pointing the
installation to it.
The QP is part of the licence for yr upgrade product

"TB" wrote in
message
...
Hi. I installed a new motherboard and after several
attempts to do a repair installation of XP Pro ended up
reinstalling it because the OS would not uninstall the
old mobo drivers. All of my old programs remained on my
hard drive yet had to be reinstalled. I have Office XP
Pro in the upgrade edition which I'm now trying to
reinstall and as I do so I'm getting a screen saying I
don't have a qualifying version, a screen pops up
asking
where it can be found which doesn't list anything next
to
the drive letters that might allow me to click on my
prior installation, and the installation process
aborts.
I went into the program files and tried clicking on the
individual executables but a screen popped up saying I
needed to use setup to install each for this user. How
can I work around this and reinstall my Office
programs?
I can't find the old CD from the 2000 which I upgraded
from. Thanks.


.

If you originally registered your software with MS you
can get replacement discs for a nominal charge.
-----Original Message-----
As far as I'm aware transfer wizard acts on files only.
When you install an app it applies/registers numerous
settings in the
registry these you cannot copy, leastways not in the way
you wish.
If you cannot locate yr QP you can allways ebay for one,
or borrow. I should
point out that yr Licence for the OfficeXP upgrade
requires that you have
the QP.

"TB" wrote in
message
...
So, there is no way of using the file transfer wizard
tool to access my prior OS installation and get the
needed data to reinstall it? I still have access to it
in
Documents and Settings and thought perhaps there might
be
a way to import some files needed to allow a reinstall
vs. new program install. What does the file transfer
tool
do and what good is it if it can't transfer the files
you
really need? Pardon me, I know this has nothing to do
with Office but this shouldn't have even occurred were
it
not for XP reinstalling the very drivers I uninstalled
time after time after time and forcing me to need to
reinstall my OS.
-----Original Message-----
You can only work round this by finding/locating a
qualifying product,
placing in the cd when the install is looking for QP
and
pointing the
installation to it.
The QP is part of the licence for yr upgrade product

"TB" wrote in
message
...
Hi. I installed a new motherboard and after several
attempts to do a repair installation of XP Pro
ended up
reinstalling it because the OS would not uninstall
the
old mobo drivers. All of my old programs remained
on my
hard drive yet had to be reinstalled. I have Office
XP
Pro in the upgrade edition which I'm now trying to
reinstall and as I do so I'm getting a screen
saying I
don't have a qualifying version, a screen pops up
asking
where it can be found which doesn't list anything
next
to
the drive letters that might allow me to click on my
prior installation, and the installation process
aborts.
I went into the program files and tried clicking on
the
individual executables but a screen popped up
saying I
needed to use setup to install each for this user.
How
can I work around this and reinstall my Office
programs?
I can't find the old CD from the 2000 which I
upgraded
from. Thanks.


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