Office 2000 AND Office 2003 ???

[nopfusch]

Hi,
a friend of mine has a question:
His PC: P4, 2.4 GHz, 512MB RAM, 80 GB HDD, XP home with SP2 and updated as per MS updates.
He has a small business and bought now Office 2003.
Now he took some work home and - no surprise - some files in excel or/and Word displayed incorrect or could not be opened at all with Office 2000.
Visa versa, files made at home with his Office 2000, did also not displayed
correctly in his Office with the 2003 package.
He wants now to load Office 2003 also at his home PC, without removing Office 2000. And in his business PC he wants to install Office 2000, also without removing the other Office package.
2 Questions:
1: Is this legally allowed? As he cannot be at both places at the same time (his office is 12 km away) and he works on his own, so only one copy of the Office packages (2003 or/and 2000) can be in use at one point in time.
2: Does Windows or/and Office 2000 or/and 2003 accept two Office packages on one PC?
Any experience or advice is appreciated. :happy:
Regards
nopfusch

[Murray S.]

Howdy:

Really doesn't matter as Microsoft Office allows two installs ONLY if one of the systems is a laptop and is used exclusively by the purchaser of Office..

Murray

[nopfusch]

I was away, therefor no word from me.
Thanks for responding Murray.
I forgot to mention that both PC's are desktops.
So does XP "accepts" two versions of MS Office installed?
Without any clashes or other problems?
Thanks
nopfusch

[Murray S.]

I had two on one of my systems at one time with no noticeable effects..

Best advice I can give there is "Give it a shot and see !!" !! :happy:

Murray