Will Office 2000 work on new computer with XP operating system

I have an IBM Thinkpad X31 and having freshly installed XP Home I wanted to 
install Office 2000 Professional. This has failed with a pop-up asking me to 
insert the XP Professional SP2 CD which I don't have. Why would it ask for 
this? I have installed this previously on my desktop which has XP 
Professional with no problems. What is wrong?

Have you installed SP 2 on this machine? If not, do it and then try 
installing Office.
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"X31" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM > wrote

:I have an IBM Thinkpad X31 and having freshly installed XP Home I wanted to
: install Office 2000 Professional. This has failed with a pop-up asking me 
to
: insert the XP Professional SP2 CD which I don't have. Why would it ask for
: this? I have installed this previously on my desktop which has XP
: Professional with no problems. What is wrong?
:
:


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: >
: > "Mldav" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM > wrote
: >
: > :I have a new computer with Windows XP (Home) installed and an older 
copy of
: > : MS Office 2000 (Professional).  Can I load Office on the new operating
: > : system?  Do I need to upgrade to a newer version of Office?  MS Office
: > 2000
: > : has all of the bells and whistles I need for a home computer.
: >
: > Yes, you can install it on your new computer, no problem. I have Office 
2000
: > Pro on both XP Home and Pro.
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: > Alias
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: > Use the Reply to Sender feature of your news reader program to email me.
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: > 

Thanks for your information.  I will try it immediately.

Thank you very much.  I will try it immediately.

If you are referring to me yes I already have SP2 installed.

There's no folder under Program Files called Microsoft Office?

Alias

"Bob B" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM > wrote

Hi mbNorski,

The Word 2000 product key appears on its CD case. It is not the same as the Windows XP product key.

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macropod
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