reinstalling Microsoft Office

[judethepude]

I have a illegal copy of Windows XP on my PC - not my doing! I also have Microsoft Office 2000 (Pro version). I now want to install Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003. Does anyome anticipate any problems, and do I need to uninstall the 2000 Pro version before installing the new one?

[david small]

Only if the thought police find out.

Uninstall 2000 Pro would be wise. After installing 2003 edition do not register it on line, as I have heard that Microsoft have a sniff around your PC and can disable your win xp.

[fo3nix]

uninstall all the old versions you have, restart, then install the new one.

[judethepude]

Thanks for the answers. Just checking - is it absolutely necessary to remove Office 2000?

[Ralph]

It's not absolutely necessary to remove the 2000 version, though you won't need it. If you're looking to keep Frontpage or something else that's on the Pro version that isn't on your new educational version, then you can install that separately by doing a custom install with the 2000 disc and deselecting all the stuff that you've got on the '03 version.

[j2buttonsw]

I have overinstalled office 2003 and sometimes it over-writes the 2000 and other times it does a parallel install so you have both. I still haven't worked out what is happening. If you require the CD to uninstall office 2000 and you don't have it (or the most annoying is that you have the wrong version CD) you can use this: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301 which cleans up the registry of any app installed using the windows installer. It is super handy. Go on, knock yerself out!

[judethepude]

Thanks Ralph and j2. I didn't have the disk and couldn't uninstall 2000. The 2003 installed beautifully, but didn't replace the older version, as you suggested. Very annoying! Anyway, Windows Uninstaller soon got rid of it. I'm hoping I might be all legal now too!!!