microsoft office installation problems

enimod

hi i have windows xp on my computer- did have the new micosoft professional office cd but lost it- this programme is still installed on my old computer which is breaking- i now have a newer computer but have lost the microsoft office cd= what can i do? i have tried loading an old version of office - standard designed for windows 95 but it wont load- says it cant locate something on my computer- can anyone help me out!

viru.doshi

Unfortunately without that cd you can't install office, not possible to copy from your old machne to your new pc if thats what you might have been thinking.

For the time being you could install the Beta version of the newest MS Office from here: http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/preview/default.mspx

Original cd's were relatively cheap on ebay for Office XP Pro last i looked so maybe worth a look there for a new one.

ioscorpio

I have just updated MS Office, there were 2 options one if you had the CD and one if you did not have the CD

leesmithg

Well extract the key, write it down and put it in a safe place, contact Microsoft in the UK and ask to buy a replacement disk.

You pay for a licence, not really the disk, you have a licence key so you can buy a replacement disk.

ABH_3

viru.doshi wrote:

Unfortunately without that cd you can't install office, not possible to copy from your old machne to your new pc if thats what you might have been thinking.

Slave the harddrive then:

Application Mover is designed to move programs from one path to a different path on the same hard disk or to another hard disk on that same computer.
http://www.funduc.com/app_mover.htm

COA2 - I've previously used the first version of this and it worked well on Win98se, so I've no reason to believe it won't perform as expected now it's been updated to XP.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,88432,00.asp
alternative download url: http://digilander.libero.it/rareware/coa2.zip

HTH

free4440273

ABH wrote:

Slave the harddrive then:

Application Mover is designed to move programs from one path to a different path on the same hard disk or to another hard disk on that same computer.
http://www.funduc.com/app_mover.htm
COA2 - I've previously used the first version of this and it worked well on Win98se, so I've no reason to believe it won't perform as expected now it's been updated to XP.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,88432,00.asp
alternative download url: http://digilander.libero.it/rareware/coa2.zip

HTH

is App Mover freeware - i know it's a downloadable .exe but does it have an expiry date? thanks, this seems really useful for my needs also (if it is free )

ABH_3

free4440273 wrote:

is App Mover freeware - i know it's a downloadable .exe but does it have an expiry date? thanks, this seems really useful for my needs also (if it is free )

Sorry about that, I only remembered that one as I had downloaded it previously when it was officially 'freeware'. Since then it seems its been converted to 'shareware'. I can't find my freeware version otherwise you could have had that. In my defence, it's only £7 or so

free4440273

ABH wrote:

Sorry about that, I only remembered that one as I had downloaded it previously when it was officially 'freeware'. Since then it seems its been converted to 'shareware'. I can't find my freeware version otherwise you could have had that. In my defence, it's only £7 or so

no need to apologise; very kind of you sir. you get a thanks