Hi John. It's always best to install clean instead of upgrading. Even tho I have successfully upgraded Office 2K to XP a few times, if you have the choice, I would say uninstall 2K and install XP clean. The only thing you would want to do is, if you have email and addresses stored in Outlook, find your outlook.pst and make sure you associate that with your new install. But, if you haven't really been using Outlook, you don't need to bother. Kind of a wishy washy answer, eh? If you were going from 97 to 2K or 97 to XP, I would definitely say, uninstall and install clean. But, I find the upgrade from 2k to XP to be really smooth, unless you are having problems with 2K that is. Hmmm....the more I talk, the more wishy washy I sound on this one. LOL Stick with us, buddy, and you WILL have lots of scripts, macros, templates, etc. ;-) Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John82654@xxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 12:13 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Installation I have Office XP standard,is it better to upgrade or install clean? I have no scripts,macros templates or sationery. Thanks in advance! Opps I have 2k installed. ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************