Windows XP Mode,Windows Virtual PC on Win7 PRO, can I use OFFICE XP PRO?

[rivbyte]

Hi,

Well, I did it. I will be switching over to Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit, (8GB DDR2) from XP Home 32 Bit.(4GB DDR2)

Now the fun stuff....downloading all the 64 bit drivers that support the new Win7 OS.
I have a Microsoft XP PRO Office disc that I used with XP, and wondered instead of going out and buying a new HOME & OFFICE 2010 title, if I could use this in the new WIN7 Windows XP Mode,Windows Virtual PC mode.

Microsoft says I can use XP programs in this mode on Win7 Pro, but is this one of them? Or is it highly advised to buy the newest copy? ( Amazon- $110.00+ Shipping.

What other older programs are they talking about working on Win7 Virtual?

Thank you!

 

[Arkaign]

Do you use Outlook, Access, or Powerpoint? If not, I would just say save yourself the trouble and grab OpenOffice. It handles Word and Excel wonderfully, just remember to 'save as' .doc or .xls if you want to retain compatibility with people using MS Office products.

As for using Office XP with Win7, I think it largely works, but iirc there are some small issues with doing so.

If you want a good free Outlook replacement, you could use Thunderbird, also totally free.

 

[Arkaign]

Hmm, suppose I should give links

http://www.openoffice.org/ <-- where to get OO

A short video (more links on YT for OO as well)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlXs0FY84r0

I only say that if you use microsoft Powerpoint or Access that you might want to stick with MS Office because the OO implementation seems not to be as perfect as their versions of Word and Excel.

 

[dennilfloss]

Open Office is not updated much nowadays. Most of its staff has now moved to Libre Office.

http://www.libreoffice.org/features/

 

[Binky]

Unless I'm missing something, your Office disc should install just fine in Windows7 without using the XP mode.

 

[JackMDS]

XP Mode is a Virtual XP SP3 computer that is provided for Win 7 Pro and above for free by Microsoft.

Once install it acts as an Independent XP computer (including Internet and Network connections).

Thus software that works on XP can be install and run on it.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx

 

[Griffinhart]

As stated, you can run Office XP under Windows 7 Natively as well. Most windows applications should be able to run without XP mode.

 

[rivbyte]

Thanks!
Good to know office XP pro would work native in Win7, because I ONLY use WORD,EXCEL and POWERPOINT, never used Outlook, or Acess, and I only use ATT/Yahoo E-mail.

I was going to get the Retail version of Win7 64, (300.00) but decided I would go with the OEM version, since it's one-third of the cost,and when I build a new rig in a few years with a new Mobo, CPU, GPU, and more ram, (maybe by then they will have DDR4, or DDR5, who knows.

If I can't use the same Win7 OEM disc again on a new machine, then I'll just go buy another OEM. I never needed to use the Microsoft support anyway.

Do you know if the OEM version can use up to 192 RAM, or is that just for the Full retail version? Not that i need it, but I'm only using DDR2 8GB. With photoshop or pinnacle Studio, they recommende between 8 and 16GB Ram.

The Intel i7 sounds good when i'm ready, because the Q6600 Core CPU I have now will probably be slow compared to the new chips then.

Then there is a matter of the motherboard. I really like my MSI 7345 P-35 Platinum, but only limits me to 8GB. I need more CPU and RAM power on my next rig.

Realizing it's all personal preference, and I'm not a gamer, nor expect to overclock, what are a few samples of good Mobo's these days? Gygabyte, Asus, or back to MSI?

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I have not installed Win7 yet, going over a few details,like making sure all I have to do is go into the Bios, and change the IDE to AHC1 in Integrated peripherals.Then plop Win7 CD in the drive,reboot, then format the drives, then after finish, load the 64 Bit drivers as I install the hardware. Am I missing anything?

I bought an Hitachi 1 TB HDD, and another 4GB DDR2 of memory....can I install this BEFORE installing WIN7? or wait. Thanks loads y'all! have a great weekend?

 

[JesseKnows]

There is no functional difference between OEM and Full, it's only a license difference. OEM is only for the one (first) system you install it on (and "system" is defined as the motherboard, although there are some exceptions). Full can be moved from system to system as long as there is only one active installation.

You don't seem to be missing anything. I'd comment that you have 30 days to activate your Win7 installation. If you expect to make hardware modifications for the first period of time (add memory and whatever else) I'd wait to activate until you're done with hardware modifications. The system may require re-activation if too much change piles up.

 

[tcsenter]

I remember reading there is trouble with some Outlook features or functionality using Office XP under Vista and Windows 7. If you don't need Outlook, then don't install it (deselect it during Setup) and everything else works.