regpark

I have a retail purchased pair of Office 2000 professional discs that were
installed on a PC of mine that died - My new PC has Vista on it and it will
not let me install my Office 2000 program. I have tried a workaround that
Microsoft recommended that had me try to setup using the run (search)
command, inputting the key in the setup command - it installed partially but
when I tried to open a program it asked for the key again and I got the
invalid key message again - Another way I tried was to copy the disc and
change the setup ini file to include the product key - it did not work.. I
read somewhere that since my new PC had a trial version of Office 2007 on it,
it would not take my product key - I uninstaled all components of the Office
2007 trial - but still could not install my copy of Office 2000 - I HAVE my
discs - I HAVE the correct product key for my program - What can I do to
install this????
Help!!!
Moved byCarey FrischMVP, Moderator5 hours 16 minutes agoMoved to relevant
category (From:Windows Vista Validation Issues (Windows Vista))

Peter Foldes

As was posted yesterday ,I will repost it here also for you

Remove the Office 2007 Trial and ALSO remove the ****Activation Assistant ****which
you did not. Then Try your install. Also remember to remove all the files that you
have already installed with Office 2000

Start the Office 2000 install NEW

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"regpark" <regpark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6760D2BF-523D-46ED-B65B-ECAAB0209BCB@microsoft.com...
>I have a retail purchased pair of Office 2000 professional discs that were
> installed on a PC of mine that died - My new PC has Vista on it and it will
> not let me install my Office 2000 program. I have tried a workaround that
> Microsoft recommended that had me try to setup using the run (search)
> command, inputting the key in the setup command - it installed partially but
> when I tried to open a program it asked for the key again and I got the
> invalid key message again - Another way I tried was to copy the disc and
> change the setup ini file to include the product key - it did not work.. I
> read somewhere that since my new PC had a trial version of Office 2007 on it,
> it would not take my product key - I uninstaled all components of the Office
> 2007 trial - but still could not install my copy of Office 2000 - I HAVE my
> discs - I HAVE the correct product key for my program - What can I do to
> install this????
> Help!!!
> Moved byCarey FrischMVP, Moderator5 hours 16 minutes agoMoved to relevant
> category (From:Windows Vista Validation Issues (Windows Vista))
>

Jeff Strickland

Uninstall the Free Trial Version of Office 2007, AND Uninstall the
Activation Assistant, then reboot.

Office 2000 should work fine in a Vista environment.



"regpark" <regpark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6760D2BF-523D-46ED-B65B-ECAAB0209BCB@microsoft.com...
>I have a retail purchased pair of Office 2000 professional discs that were
> installed on a PC of mine that died - My new PC has Vista on it and it
> will
> not let me install my Office 2000 program. I have tried a workaround that
> Microsoft recommended that had me try to setup using the run (search)
> command, inputting the key in the setup command - it installed partially
> but
> when I tried to open a program it asked for the key again and I got the
> invalid key message again - Another way I tried was to copy the disc and
> change the setup ini file to include the product key - it did not work.. I
> read somewhere that since my new PC had a trial version of Office 2007 on
> it,
> it would not take my product key - I uninstaled all components of the
> Office
> 2007 trial - but still could not install my copy of Office 2000 - I HAVE
> my
> discs - I HAVE the correct product key for my program - What can I do to
> install this????
> Help!!!
> Moved byCarey FrischMVP, Moderator5 hours 16 minutes agoMoved to relevant
> category (From:Windows Vista Validation Issues (Windows Vista))
>

Peter Foldes

Yes Office 2000 does work and but not supported on Vista but Outlook will have an
issue. See below

Versions of Office that work on Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932087/en-us

Outlook 2000 on Vista (has an issue)
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/vista.htm

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"Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Uninstall the Free Trial Version of Office 2007, AND Uninstall the Activation
> Assistant, then reboot.
>
> Office 2000 should work fine in a Vista environment.
>
>
>
> "regpark" <regpark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6760D2BF-523D-46ED-B65B-ECAAB0209BCB@microsoft.com...
>>I have a retail purchased pair of Office 2000 professional discs that were
>> installed on a PC of mine that died - My new PC has Vista on it and it will
>> not let me install my Office 2000 program. I have tried a workaround that
>> Microsoft recommended that had me try to setup using the run (search)
>> command, inputting the key in the setup command - it installed partially but
>> when I tried to open a program it asked for the key again and I got the
>> invalid key message again - Another way I tried was to copy the disc and
>> change the setup ini file to include the product key - it did not work.. I
>> read somewhere that since my new PC had a trial version of Office 2007 on it,
>> it would not take my product key - I uninstaled all components of the Office
>> 2007 trial - but still could not install my copy of Office 2000 - I HAVE my
>> discs - I HAVE the correct product key for my program - What can I do to
>> install this????
>> Help!!!
>> Moved byCarey FrischMVP, Moderator5 hours 16 minutes agoMoved to relevant
>> category (From:Windows Vista Validation Issues (Windows Vista))
>>
>
>

Jeff Strickland

"Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:esaBMk%23XKHA.3720@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Yes Office 2000 does work and but not supported on Vista but Outlook will
> have an issue. See below
>

Really! I thought Office 2K would be good alll around. I use Office '03 on
my Vista machine.

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> Versions of Office that work on Vista
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932087/en-us
>
> Outlook 2000 on Vista (has an issue)
> http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/vista.htm
>
> --
> Peter
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> "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:hd4c43$qhm$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> Uninstall the Free Trial Version of Office 2007, AND Uninstall the
>> Activation Assistant, then reboot.
>>
>> Office 2000 should work fine in a Vista environment.
>>
>>
>>
>> "regpark" <regpark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6760D2BF-523D-46ED-B65B-ECAAB0209BCB@microsoft.com...
>>>I have a retail purchased pair of Office 2000 professional discs that
>>>were
>>> installed on a PC of mine that died - My new PC has Vista on it and it
>>> will
>>> not let me install my Office 2000 program. I have tried a workaround
>>> that
>>> Microsoft recommended that had me try to setup using the run (search)
>>> command, inputting the key in the setup command - it installed partially
>>> but
>>> when I tried to open a program it asked for the key again and I got the
>>> invalid key message again - Another way I tried was to copy the disc and
>>> change the setup ini file to include the product key - it did not work..
>>> I
>>> read somewhere that since my new PC had a trial version of Office 2007
>>> on it,
>>> it would not take my product key - I uninstaled all components of the
>>> Office
>>> 2007 trial - but still could not install my copy of Office 2000 - I HAVE
>>> my
>>> discs - I HAVE the correct product key for my program - What can I do to
>>> install this????
>>> Help!!!
>>> Moved byCarey FrischMVP, Moderator5 hours 16 minutes agoMoved to
>>> relevant
>>> category (From:Windows Vista Validation Issues (Windows Vista))
>>>
>>
>>
>

Peter Foldes

Jeff

Unfortunately that is the case with Office 2K. Just posted the info for your future
knowledge.
Have a nice rest of the day

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"Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:esaBMk%23XKHA.3720@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Yes Office 2000 does work and but not supported on Vista but Outlook will have an
>> issue. See below
>>
>
> Really! I thought Office 2K would be good alll around. I use Office '03 on my
> Vista machine.
>
> </top post>
>
>
>
>
>> Versions of Office that work on Vista
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932087/en-us
>>
>> Outlook 2000 on Vista (has an issue)
>> http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/vista.htm
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>>
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>> "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:hd4c43$qhm$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>> Uninstall the Free Trial Version of Office 2007, AND Uninstall the Activation
>>> Assistant, then reboot.
>>>
>>> Office 2000 should work fine in a Vista environment.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "regpark" <regpark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:6760D2BF-523D-46ED-B65B-ECAAB0209BCB@microsoft.com...
>>>>I have a retail purchased pair of Office 2000 professional discs that were
>>>> installed on a PC of mine that died - My new PC has Vista on it and it will
>>>> not let me install my Office 2000 program. I have tried a workaround that
>>>> Microsoft recommended that had me try to setup using the run (search)
>>>> command, inputting the key in the setup command - it installed partially but
>>>> when I tried to open a program it asked for the key again and I got the
>>>> invalid key message again - Another way I tried was to copy the disc and
>>>> change the setup ini file to include the product key - it did not work.. I
>>>> read somewhere that since my new PC had a trial version of Office 2007 on it,
>>>> it would not take my product key - I uninstaled all components of the Office
>>>> 2007 trial - but still could not install my copy of Office 2000 - I HAVE my
>>>> discs - I HAVE the correct product key for my program - What can I do to
>>>> install this????
>>>> Help!!!
>>>> Moved byCarey FrischMVP, Moderator5 hours 16 minutes agoMoved to relevant
>>>> category (From:Windows Vista Validation Issues (Windows Vista))
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>