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Reinstall of WIN XP - Lost Office XP
I see others have had similar problems after re-installing XP. Set up on
OFFICE XP states no qualifying problem found (error 1608). Of course my old MS Office CDs have long since been destroyed. How can I re-install without my previous CDs? -- SW Florida |
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You can't. As stated in your End User License Agreement, the qualifying
product media is part of your license for the upgrade version of Office XP. When you destroyed your old CDs, you destroyed your license to use the upgrade. Go buy a full version. Genielinda wrote: I see others have had similar problems after re-installing XP. Set up on OFFICE XP states no qualifying problem found (error 1608). Of course my old MS Office CDs have long since been destroyed. How can I re-install without my previous CDs? |
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Genielinda wrote:
I see others have had similar problems after re-installing XP. Set up on OFFICE XP states no qualifying problem found (error 1608). Of course my old MS Office CDs have long since been destroyed. How can I re-install without my previous CDs? You can't. The stipulation of the upgrade licence is that, once you use a product to qualify for the upgrade, that licence is then 'assimilated' into the upgrade (two halves of a whole if you like) and the two are then inseparable. If you no longer own, or have possession of the original product you used to qualify, then the upgrade licence is rendered null and void. That's a stipulation of the EULA. And I think you meant "qualifying product" ;o) Your punishment for being careless is to purchase Office 2003. -- Facon - the artificial bacon bits you get in Pizza Hut for sprinkling on salads. |
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