Porting Offfice 2003 to Vista

I am thinking of buying a laptop that has Vista on it. My current computer
was died on me and it has Office 2003 on it. Can I port Office 2003 to a new
Vista laptop? The salesman told me I needed to get Office 2007. DOn't know
wheter to believe him or not

GregNga wrote:
> I am thinking of buying a laptop that has Vista on it. My current computer
> was died on me and it has Office 2003 on it. Can I port Office 2003 to a new
> Vista laptop? The salesman told me I needed to get Office 2007. DOn't know
> wheter to believe him or not


That salesman is either dishonest or technically clueless.

Office 2003 will work on Vista, just fine. However, it can't be
"ported" from one computer to another. Assuming you have a retail
license for Office 2003 (OEM licenses are permanently bound to the
computer with which they're originally purchased), you'll have to use
your Office 2003 installation CD to install it on the new computer.


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"GregNga" <> wrote in message
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> I am thinking of buying a laptop that has Vista on it. My current computer
> was died on me and it has Office 2003 on it. Can I port Office 2003 to a
> new
> Vista laptop? The salesman told me I needed to get Office 2007. DOn't know
> wheter to believe him or not

In addition to what Bruce said, here's how to migrate your Outlook data
without tears:
How to backup and restore Outlook

http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...771141033.aspx

There is out-dated information on some of these pages, specifically with
regard to Outlook 2003 and 2007.

The main points to note:
1. Do NOT use the import/export function to move Outlook data from one
version to another - all you need to do is to copy the pst file, with
Outlook closed.

2. Do NOT paste the copied pst file into the default location - paste into
(for example) your Documents folder and then do File-Open-Outlook Data File
within Outlook.

HTH

As stated, Office 2003 works fine on Vista, but you'll need to reinstall it
from your original media, if it was an OEM copy that came with your old PC
the license does not allow you to install it on another, so you'll have to
buy a new copy. And for future reference, "porting" means to move an app
from one platform to another, not one PC to another.

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"GregNga" <> wrote in message
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>I am thinking of buying a laptop that has Vista on it. My current computer
> was died on me and it has Office 2003 on it. Can I port Office 2003 to a
> new
> Vista laptop? The salesman told me I needed to get Office 2007. DOn't know
> wheter to believe him or not

Check your 2003 license. Chances are it is good for installation on 3
systems. Then you should have no problem installing it on Vista (unless
you already used the key 3 times).


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On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 20:09:01 -0700, GregNga
<> wrote:

> I am thinking of buying a laptop that has Vista on it. My current computer
> was died on me and it has Office 2003 on it. Can I port Office 2003 to a new
> Vista laptop?


I don't know what you mean by "port." If you have the installation CD,
yes, you can install it on your new Vista laptop, where it will work
fine. Without an installation CD, no, you can't transfer it to another
computer.


> The salesman told me I needed to get Office 2007. DOn't know
> wheter to believe him or not


Don't believe him. He doesn't know what he's talking about. Is this
one of the big-box electronic stores? With very rare exceptions, the
sales people at these stores know very little about computers. If they
had real skills, they could get better jobs than the low-paying ones
they have.


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On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:09:01 -0700, GregNga wrote:

> I am thinking of buying a laptop that has Vista on it. My current
> computer was died on me and it has Office 2003 on it. Can I port Office
> 2003 to a new Vista laptop? The salesman told me I needed to get Office
> 2007. DOn't know wheter to believe him or not

Why bother? Try OpenOffice.org first - it will most likely do everything
you need. Highly compatible with ms office; imports and exports ms office
files.

ray wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:09:01 -0700, GregNga wrote:
>
>> I am thinking of buying a laptop that has Vista on it. My current
>> computer was died on me and it has Office 2003 on it. Can I port Office
>> 2003 to a new Vista laptop? The salesman told me I needed to get Office
>> 2007. DOn't know wheter to believe him or not
>
> Why bother? Try OpenOffice.org first - it will most likely do everything
> you need. Highly compatible with ms office; imports and exports ms office
> files.

He may need Outlook which, unfortunately, Open Office doesn't include.

Alias

Ken

Porting meaning to copy over Office from one computer to another via cable and ports

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"Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 20:09:01 -0700, GregNga
> <> wrote:
>
>> I am thinking of buying a laptop that has Vista on it. My current computer
>> was died on me and it has Office 2003 on it. Can I port Office 2003 to a new
>> Vista laptop?
>
>
> I don't know what you mean by "port." If you have the installation CD,
> yes, you can install it on your new Vista laptop, where it will work
> fine. Without an installation CD, no, you can't transfer it to another
> computer.
>
>
>> The salesman told me I needed to get Office 2007. DOn't know
>> wheter to believe him or not
>
>
> Don't believe him. He doesn't know what he's talking about. Is this
> one of the big-box electronic stores? With very rare exceptions, the
> sales people at these stores know very little about computers. If they
> had real skills, they could get better jobs than the low-paying ones
> they have.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Thanks, yes I have the CD, however the CD is an upgrade cd of an older
version of Office previous to Office 2003 (Office 97, I think, which I also
have the CD for).

So if I install it on a new Vista lap, can I use the upgrade cd or do I have
to install the full, older version and then apply the upgrade to that

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 20:09:01 -0700, GregNga
> <> wrote:
>
> > I am thinking of buying a laptop that has Vista on it. My current computer
> > was died on me and it has Office 2003 on it. Can I port Office 2003 to a new
> > Vista laptop?
>
>
> I don't know what you mean by "port." If you have the installation CD,
> yes, you can install it on your new Vista laptop, where it will work
> fine. Without an installation CD, no, you can't transfer it to another
> computer.
>
>
> > The salesman told me I needed to get Office 2007. DOn't know
> > wheter to believe him or not
>
>
> Don't believe him. He doesn't know what he's talking about. Is this
> one of the big-box electronic stores? With very rare exceptions, the
> sales people at these stores know very little about computers. If they
> had real skills, they could get better jobs than the low-paying ones
> they have.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>