Installing Upgrade of Office 2003 on Vista (from 97 Full Version)

I bought a new computer using Vista Home Premium. I have a FULL version of
MS Office 97, an upgrade version of 2000 and an upgrade version of 2003. In
order to install the 2003 version do I have to install the 97 version and
then the 2000 version? I saw where someone asked about 2000 to 2003 and
there was a response that you only need to insert the disk during the
install. Would this be the same in my case: I install the 2003 version and
when it indicates that it cannot find the older version to put in the disk -
I use the 97 disk and forget about the 2000 all together?

Thats about it, though I believe you could use the 2000 version as your
qualifying version.
You dont install the earlier version, just have the disk available.
Ensure you uninstall any trial version first!

"debbit" wrote in message
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I bought a new computer using Vista Home Premium. I have a FULL version of
MS Office 97, an upgrade version of 2000 and an upgrade version of 2003.
In
order to install the 2003 version do I have to install the 97 version and
then the 2000 version? I saw where someone asked about 2000 to 2003 and
there was a response that you only need to insert the disk during the
install. Would this be the same in my case: I install the 2003 version
and
when it indicates that it cannot find the older version to put in the
disk -
I use the 97 disk and forget about the 2000 all together?

Sorry, I need more help. I inadvertely installed the 97 version and now I
get an error message that Vista can't find the shortcut bar. I tried to
uninstall Office 97 both through the control panel install/uninstall and by
trying to install the 2003 upgrade version. When I try using the control
panel I get the an error message that C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
Office\Office\Setup\Off97Pro.STF can't be found or is corrupt and can't get
past this message. If I try to remove the old components as part of the 2003
upgrade install the program hangs. Any suggestions on how to get Office 97
off my Vista computer?

"DL" wrote:

Thats about it, though I believe you could use the 2000 version as your
qualifying version.
You dont install the earlier version, just have the disk available.
Ensure you uninstall any trial version first!

"debbit" wrote in message
...
I bought a new computer using Vista Home Premium. I have a FULL version of
MS Office 97, an upgrade version of 2000 and an upgrade version of 2003.
In
order to install the 2003 version do I have to install the 97 version and
then the 2000 version? I saw where someone asked about 2000 to 2003 and
there was a response that you only need to insert the disk during the
install. Would this be the same in my case: I install the 2003 version
and
when it indicates that it cannot find the older version to put in the
disk -
I use the 97 disk and forget about the 2000 all together?

If its a new PC, 1st see if there is a restore point for prior to installing
O97, if there isnt, the simplest solution might well be to use your recovery
disks or recovery partition to put the PC back to as supplied state.
Once done, do not install anything untill Vista has updated critical
updates, then read your 'stuff' that was supplied with the PC to asertain
what exactly the manufacturer installed, you may well find a trial version
of Office also a trial version of an Anti Virus application.
You need to know what is on it before you install anything from cd


"debbit" wrote in message
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Sorry, I need more help. I inadvertely installed the 97 version and now I
get an error message that Vista can't find the shortcut bar. I tried to
uninstall Office 97 both through the control panel install/uninstall and
by
trying to install the 2003 upgrade version. When I try using the control
panel I get the an error message that C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
Office\Office\Setup\Off97Pro.STF can't be found or is corrupt and can't
get
past this message. If I try to remove the old components as part of the
2003
upgrade install the program hangs. Any suggestions on how to get Office
97
off my Vista computer?

"DL" wrote:

Thats about it, though I believe you could use the 2000 version as your
qualifying version.
You dont install the earlier version, just have the disk available.
Ensure you uninstall any trial version first!

"debbit" wrote in message
...
I bought a new computer using Vista Home Premium. I have a FULL version
of
MS Office 97, an upgrade version of 2000 and an upgrade version of
2003.
In
order to install the 2003 version do I have to install the 97 version
and
then the 2000 version? I saw where someone asked about 2000 to 2003
and
there was a response that you only need to insert the disk during the
install. Would this be the same in my case: I install the 2003
version
and
when it indicates that it cannot find the older version to put in the
disk -
I use the 97 disk and forget about the 2000 all together?