Mitsules, Mark
Mark.Mitsules at ngc.com
Tue Aug 19 08:56:44 CDT 2003
John, ...just a thought. An option might be to dual boot. Installation of an OS and O97 on a separate partition would keep you from having to uninstall then reinstall everything. Mark -----Original Message----- From: John Colby [mailto:jcolby at colbyconsulting.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 9:45 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] Office97 SP2b This machine had a meltdown a few months ago and I did a clean install. Since I no longer used A97 and was in a bit of a hurry to get back up and working, I neglected to install A97 at that time. I have A2K and AXP installed already, and now am trying to install A97. Uninstalling A2K (or Office 2K) and OXP in order to do it "in order", and then get all the service packs reinstalled is just a royal PITA as well as a huge chunk of time. I was truly hoping some list member would know of some secret MS KB article or something that let me get this happening. John W. Colby www.colbyconsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Wortz, Charles Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 8:37 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] Office97 SP2b John, The safest way to install multiple versions of Office on one machine is to start with the oldest first and work your way through to the newest. Thus it follows that the safest way to install SPs on older versions is to uninstall all newer versions of Office, install the SP, and then reinstall the newer versions. Charles Wortz Software Development Division Texas Education Agency 1701 N. Congress Ave Austin, TX 78701-1494 512-463-9493 CWortz at tea.state.tx.us -----Original Message----- From: John Colby [mailto:jcolby at colbyconsulting.com] Sent: Monday 2003 Aug 18 20:56 To: AccessD Subject: [AccessD] Office97 SP2b Folks, I'm trying to apply SP2b to Office97 and it won't go. It says "multiple versions of office apparently installed". True. "Call tech support". Fat chance. Does anyone know if it is possible to apply this service pack to my machine where I also have Office2K installed? John W. Colby www.colbyconsulting.com _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com