Compatibility of Office 2007

Hi. I have recently purchased a Toshiba Qosmio laptop which does not come
with any Office product. I do have Office 2003 at home which I can load but
I'm thinking about getting the 2007 Ultimate package instead. My question is
this - after reading the specs for the 2007, it indicates that I have to have
Vista with Service Pack 2 ... how can I tell if I have Service Pack 2 or not?
Or, should I just go download it from the Microsoft site anyway? Thanks for
your help.
--
psyberkitty

There is no Service Pack 2 or even 1 for vista!

Vista Ultimate(and any Vista version) does not come with any Office products.

My advice: install Office 2003, which you have; and it is compatible with
all versions of Vista. There are some updates for Office 2003(SP3), which you
will receive in auto updates in Vista.

"psyberkitty" wrote:

> Hi. I have recently purchased a Toshiba Qosmio laptop which does not come
> with any Office product. I do have Office 2003 at home which I can load but
> I'm thinking about getting the 2007 Ultimate package instead. My question is
> this - after reading the specs for the 2007, it indicates that I have to have
> Vista with Service Pack 2 ... how can I tell if I have Service Pack 2 or not?
> Or, should I just go download it from the Microsoft site anyway? Thanks for
> your help.
> --
> psyberkitty

psyberkitty wrote:
> Hi. I have recently purchased a Toshiba Qosmio laptop which does not come
> with any Office product. I do have Office 2003 at home which I can load but
> I'm thinking about getting the 2007 Ultimate package instead. My question is
> this - after reading the specs for the 2007, it indicates that I have to have
> Vista with Service Pack 2 ... how can I tell if I have Service Pack 2 or not?
> Or, should I just go download it from the Microsoft site anyway? Thanks for
> your help.

They mean Windows ___XP___ with Service Pack 2.
There will be a service pack 1 for Vista. This is still in the beta
stage. Coming soon I hope.
--

Rudolpho

you need XP with service pack 2, not Vista with sp2 since there is not even
sp1 yet.
Office2007 was made to work with vista very well.. and works with xp very
well too.

You can still use your office 2003 edition, you really dont NEED to upgrade
to office2007 unless you want some of the new features. Just download the
latest service pack 3 for office2003 it that makes it work 100% well with
vista...

I am talking about office2003 service pack 3. If you want a link to that
tell me.


"psyberkitty" <> wrote in message
news:E34A5EC5-ED32-484D-BABC-...
> Hi. I have recently purchased a Toshiba Qosmio laptop which does not come
> with any Office product. I do have Office 2003 at home which I can load
> but
> I'm thinking about getting the 2007 Ultimate package instead. My question
> is
> this - after reading the specs for the 2007, it indicates that I have to
> have
> Vista with Service Pack 2 ... how can I tell if I have Service Pack 2 or
> not?
> Or, should I just go download it from the Microsoft site anyway? Thanks
> for
> your help.
> --
> psyberkitty

"psyberkitty" <> wrote in message
news:E34A5EC5-ED32-484D-BABC-...
> Hi. I have recently purchased a Toshiba Qosmio laptop which does not come
> with any Office product. I do have Office 2003 at home which I can load
> but
> I'm thinking about getting the 2007 Ultimate package instead. My question
> is
> this - after reading the specs for the 2007, it indicates that I have to
> have
> Vista with Service Pack 2 ... how can I tell if I have Service Pack 2 or
> not?
> Or, should I just go download it from the Microsoft site anyway? Thanks
> for
> your help.


Why don't you try the trial of Office 2007 first? You may find that you do
not like the new interface and want to stay with 2003.

ss.

On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:19:00 -0700, psyberkitty
<> wrote:

> Hi. I have recently purchased a Toshiba Qosmio laptop which does not come
> with any Office product. I do have Office 2003 at home which I can load but
> I'm thinking about getting the 2007 Ultimate package instead. My question is
> this - after reading the specs for the 2007, it indicates that I have to have
> Vista with Service Pack 2


You've read it wrong. It's Windows *XP* with SP2.


> ... how can I tell if I have Service Pack 2 or not?


You don't have it, because it hasn't been released yet. SP1 hasn't
even been released yet.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

psyberkitty wrote:

> Hi. I have recently purchased a Toshiba Qosmio laptop which does not come
> with any Office product. I do have Office 2003 at home which I can load
> but
> I'm thinking about getting the 2007 Ultimate package instead. My question
> is this - after reading the specs for the 2007, it indicates that I have
> to have Vista with Service Pack 2 ... how can I tell if I have Service
> Pack 2 or not?
> Or, should I just go download it from the Microsoft site anyway? Thanks
> for
> your help.

You don't have SP2, but if you wait long enuf ... say by 2010, you might be
able to get it. That's if Micros~1 is still supporting Vista by then.

Cheers.

--
Remove Vista Activation Completely ...
http://tinyurl.com/2w8qqo

Do you use Linux? Everytime you "google", you're using Linux.

Coming Soon! Ubuntu 7.10 ... New Features:
http://lunapark6.com/ubuntu-gutsy-gi...-features.html

I think you may have misread that - it would be Windows XP with Service Pack
2 required to run Office 2007.

Vista hasn't even had SP1 released, let alone SP2.

Read the system requirements again.....

"psyberkitty" <> wrote in message
news:E34A5EC5-ED32-484D-BABC-...
> Hi. I have recently purchased a Toshiba Qosmio laptop which does not come
> with any Office product. I do have Office 2003 at home which I can load
> but
> I'm thinking about getting the 2007 Ultimate package instead. My question
> is
> this - after reading the specs for the 2007, it indicates that I have to
> have
> Vista with Service Pack 2 ... how can I tell if I have Service Pack 2 or
> not?
> Or, should I just go download it from the Microsoft site anyway? Thanks
> for
> your help.
> --
> psyberkitty

"Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:19:00 -0700, psyberkitty
> <> wrote:
>
>> Hi. I have recently purchased a Toshiba Qosmio laptop which does not
>> come
>> with any Office product. I do have Office 2003 at home which I can load
>> but
>> I'm thinking about getting the 2007 Ultimate package instead. My
>> question is
>> this - after reading the specs for the 2007, it indicates that I have to
>> have
>> Vista with Service Pack 2
>
>
> You've read it wrong. It's Windows *XP* with SP2.
>
>
>> ... how can I tell if I have Service Pack 2 or not?
>
>
> You don't have it, because it hasn't been released yet. SP1 hasn't
> even been released yet.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup


Windows XP - right click My Computer and go to Properties - that will tell
you the Windows Version, including the Service Pack info.