Posted July 4, 200816 yr "Barry" wrote: > I just purchased a PC with Windows XP Home installed. My previous one used > Windows ME. On that computer, I was able to install MS Office 2000 update > because I had Word Perfect 7.1 already installed. My new computer came with > Word Perfect 12.1 installed. XP won't install my Office Update because it > could not find any acceptable software installed. It then wouldn't install > Word Perfect 7.1 because it's only for Windows 95 or NT. This isn't true > since it worked with Windows ME. I always thought that older software would > work on a more current operating system and only the opposite was untrue. > Will XP Home not accept any software that predates its creation? What is the > cheepest way to get Office 2000 or a more current version onto my new > computer? > > Thank you
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