Re: [Thinkpad] VISTA S*CKS!

That's odd; I have Office 97 running on 3 workstations at our offices. I built the
machines and installed everything (2-3 years ago!). I don't remember any issues installing
Office.
I wonder if the version matters or the key. Or the XP version; we have a Corp. license to
SP1, so I slipstreamed SP2.

??

Anyway, why bother this: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=pclinuxos
is free, has @7000 free apps, including better browsers, better email client and much
better office apps.

my .02

Paul A. Pennington wrote:
> TK:
>
>>> Office 97 won't load on Windows XP with service pack 2...
>> It will if you set the Office 97 installer into compatibility mode.
>> Then the installer fails to notice that it's running in Windows XP,
>> and installs fine, and runs just perfectly.
>
> That didn't work for me. The Office install hung up early in the
> process. I really wanted that to work -- I've been searching for a
> workaround for that problem for years. Thanks for playing, and you're
> fired! Oh, wait, I was just watching "House, M.D." on television :-)
>
> Paul Pennington
> Augusta, Georgia
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Received on Wed Nov 28 21:28:32 2007