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    Can I put Office XP on a Vista laptop?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by cranfordrd, Feb 9, 2007.

  1. cranfordrd

    cranfordrd Newbie

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    I am about to purchase a DELL E 1505. It comes with Vista. Will I be able to load MS Office XP on to this laptop running Vista? I already have Office XP so I dont want to pay to get the laptop with Office pre loaded.
     
    cranfordrd, Feb 9, 2007
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    waverider969 Notebook Consultant

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    I'd like to know too. Why spend money on Office 2007 when we own Office XP pro.f
     
    waverider969, Feb 9, 2007
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  3. CeeNote

    CeeNote Notebook Virtuoso

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    I would think so but I'm not 100% sure.
     
    CeeNote, Feb 9, 2007
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  4. camsimple

    camsimple Notebook Evangelist

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    Yes, you can put Office XP onto a machine running Vista. And you can update to SP3 afterwards. Should be no problems at all.
     
    camsimple, Feb 9, 2007
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  5. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    There shouldn't be any problems. Nor are there problems running Office 2007 on XP.
     
    Greg, Feb 9, 2007
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    Yes you can... and for the best part now... the compatibility issue might even be better than vista... for now...
     
    lunateck, Feb 10, 2007
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    denmark116 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I installed office XP Pro on my 6400 last night that is running Vista Business and (eventually) it ran without issues.

    There was an issue with Outlook where it will not store the password to the mail server, but that might just be me.

    It took two rounds of updates to apply all the needed patches. I took the first one, and then Outlook stopped responding. Went back to updates, and took another round of updates and then it worked fine.

    I have checked excel and it is go to go. I have not worked with Access yet to see how it functions, but I am assuming it too is fine.

    Denmark
     
    denmark116, Feb 10, 2007
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  8. tphilly1984

    tphilly1984 Notebook Evangelist

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    hopefully microsoft have used a little common sense and made vista backwards compatible with most of their software
     
    tphilly1984, Feb 10, 2007
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  9. BENDER

    BENDER EX-NBR member :'(

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    Yes. You can run Office XP in MS Vista

    so true :D
     
    BENDER, Feb 10, 2007
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