Will Win XP Pro and Office 97 Pro happily co-exist?

[Blueshound]

Is anyone successfully using Windows XP Pro with MS Office 97 Pro?

My new machine arrived yesterday and I don't want to take any chances
setting it up. I know that if you upgrade to Win XP, from an earlier
version of windows, it's supposed to make the appropriate adjustments via
compatibility mode but, what about a fresh install of Office 97 Pro onto a
new XP installation?

Thanks,
Frank T

 

[jfunk]

I upgraded and am fine, but I was just talking with Apoppin about this the other day and he had no problems installing it on XP. Didn't have to patch or anything.


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[dbwillis]

Im using Office 97 Professional on my laptop with XP pro.
I kinda like the Office 97 better than Office XP, not so many fancy options and buttons!

 

[Blueshound]

Thanks for the replies.

The installation went without a hitch. Then I applied all of the SRs and patches, sequentially. Only one patch wouldn't work. XP said that NT wouldn't allow it to access the ODBC files. Not a problem. It runs fine and it just saved me a $290.00 upgrade.

Thanks again.

Frank T

 

[JellyBaby]

If Microsoft Office 97 wasn't fully compatible with Microsoft Windows XP I would be quite upset. Not surprised but definitely upset.