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Windows Vista & Office XP

chika
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Hi

I've just ordered a Dell PC with windows Vista Home premium.

I was planning to install Office XP professional on it as I have the disks etc. However I've just read that someone has installed office XP on a vista laptop which has caused it to run slowly.

Is this the case? Will I be better off buying a new version of Office? I'm a bit gutted as apparently the new version of office is different.
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  • DrFluffy
    DrFluffy Posts: 2,549 Forumite
    Office XP runs fine on my vista lappie...

    In fact it came with a free 60 day Office XP trial...
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  • Crabman
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    Don't you mean an Office 2007 trial? :o

    Also, chika: don't bother with Office 2007 - it's all bells and whistles; most of them are pretty useless. Office XP will be fine with Vista :D
  • Fonz_2
    Fonz_2 Posts: 393 Forumite
    I'd say it'd run just fine on Vista :)

    One thing to be careful of though - if your Office XP discs came with a previous computer (referred to as OEM) rather than a boxed product from the likes of PC World then it's against the terms of the licence agreement to install it on any other computer.

    Fonz
  • chika
    chika Posts: 848 Forumite
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    Thank you for your help. I'm glad I don't have to fork out for that!
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  • DrFluffy
    DrFluffy Posts: 2,549 Forumite
    Crabman wrote: »
    Don't you mean an Office 2007 trial? :o

    No - it's 2003, sorry - but runs fine with Vista...
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  • Crabman
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    DrFluffy wrote: »
    No - it's 2003, sorry - but runs fine with Vista...
    One thing to be aware of - our office has stupidly switched to Office 2007 Enterprise, now whenever we email attachments to HQ or to other branches, they can't open them without Office 2007 :rolleyes: So, guess what, a full upgrade will have to happen... more money for M$ :naughty:
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