Office 2007 Beta

by **Darkraider33** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:45 am

Is it possible to upgrade Office 2003 with this beta? If so, could some one please let me know how it is done.

Thanks,

by **JabbaPapa** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:57 am

Yes it's possible, but it doesn't always work properly, and quite a few people have reported that it can leave both Office versions active on your setup, something that seems pretty hard to fix once the damage is done BTW.

If I were you, I'd just uninstall Office 2003, or maybe just uninstall those components that are included in the 2k7, before upgrading --- just to be safe

by **l33t** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:17 pm

JabbaPapa wrote:Yes it's possible, but it doesn't always work properly, and quite a few people have reported that it can leave both Office versions active on your setup, something that seems pretty hard to fix once the damage is done BTW.

If I were you, I'd just uninstall Office 2003, or maybe just uninstall those components that are included in the 2k7, before upgrading --- just to be safe

i would not install 2003, i had 2k3 installed, and about 1/2 way through the setup it corrupts all of the 2k3 and 2007...

id stick with ONE ore the OTHER... or.... it *might* work if you install them speratly to two different locations...

by **NT50** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:20 pm

I did the upgrade and it went flawlessly. I have had not problems what so ever. BUT remember, 2007 is a beta software and thing can and will happen......

by **l33t** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:23 pm

NT50 wrote:I did the upgrade and it went flawlessly. I have had not problems what so ever. BUT remember, 2007 is a beta software and thing can and will happen......

well bad luck like my previous post seems to run in the family

as for instructions (as requested by the thread starter) its very easy... just DL the 2007 beta (if you havent already)

run it... and it will do the rest for you

by **gries818** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:44 pm

I have both 2003 and 2007 installed, no problems: try it this way if you need 2003 for reliabity but want to test 2007.

by **l33t** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:20 pm

gries818 wrote:I have both 2003 and 2007 installed, no problems: try it this way if you need 2003 for reliabity but want to test 2007.

hmmm

well i decided that i dont need 2k3 as 2007 is stable as hell for me...
and it looks better

i dont usse 2k3... i use 2k7 ive only had it crash once... and that was while importing a 56MB excell file :shocked:

by **gries818** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:37 pm

yeah 2007 is stable but if you run a business out of home do not uninstall a previous version of Office to run to use 2007 instead.

by **gries818** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:38 pm

l33t wrote:i would not install 2003, i had 2k3 installed, and about 1/2 way through the setup it corrupts all of the 2k3 and 2007...

id stick with ONE ore the OTHER... or.... it *might* work if you install them speratly to two different locations...

It does work in two different locations.

by **l33t** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:56 pm

gries818 wrote:
l33t wrote:i would not install 2003, i had 2k3 installed, and about 1/2 way through the setup it corrupts all of the 2k3 and 2007...

id stick with ONE ore the OTHER... or.... it *might* work if you install them speratly to two different locations...

It does work in two different locations.

then id recomend doing that...
you get eye candy + new interface
and you get to keep your proven atability (however, 2k7 is fine for me...)

edit:

gries818, whats with the 108 in then number sequance...

i know that those are form LOST but i dont ever rember seeing the 108

4 8 15 16 23 42 108 <----- ???

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