Hi Pat, if you still have your older versions of Office, try installing just Word 97 on your laptop, then running the Office 2000 upgrade CD. It then should replace Word with the 2000 version and install the rest of Office 2000. Wilson At 01:42 20/01/03 -0500, PatWilkins1952@xxxxxxx wrote: >Hello Group... > >I'm new to this group, but not to Office. My knowledge is in the low to >mid-range only because I don't use office nearly to it's capacity. But, to >get to my situation. Background -- Years ago I was a faithful Word Perfect >user. I changed jobs and they used Word so I finally switched over. I >purchased a competitive upgrade for my home computer. I've never had trouble >installing each upgrade of Office on any new computer I bought. Until now... >I got a laptop for Christmas and when I try to install my Office 2000, it >tells me I don't qualify to install. I got rid of my WordPerfect a long time >ago. Any suggestions??? > >Pat > > >************************************************************* >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 >************************************************************* ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************