Microsoft Office 2000 and 2003 ~ YIKES!

[dmarklinger]

I seem to have BOTH versions of Microsoft Office showing up in my PROGRAM FILES library, although when I start any Office application, it says it's the Office 2003 version.
That being said, both versions were installed by COPIED cd's, and NEITHER show up on the ADD/REMOVE list in the CONTROL PANEL, should I wish to remove one version {the 2000 one}.
And there doesn't appear to be an UNINSTALL exe, nor an UNINSTALL option on either 2000 {or 2003!} for me to do this.
For years, Office Update always looked after fixes, versions, etc., but lately, I cannot download fixes to Outlook 2003 and Excel 2003, and am now 4 'repairs' behind. Secunia calls them THREATS when it scans my pc, so I'd like to remove BOTH versions and reinstall Office 2003 {I have a zipped file of this, which I'd use, plus the copied cd, if I really need it}.
Can I just delete the Office 2000 file folder and reboot, and use Office Update to get Office 2003 updated properly?
Or should I delete BOTH, reboot, reinstall Office 2003 and use Office Update to get Office 2003 updated properly?
Can I just delete file folders to remove Office 2000 or Office 2003 or both?

 

[cmeagan656]

...both versions were installed by COPIED cd's...

Are these legal copies with product keys that ARE NOT installed on any other PC?

You can't just delete the folders. You'll also have to search the registry and delete any references to Office 2000 (Office9 I think) and Office 2003 (Office11).

As far as reinstalling Office 2003 I'd do it from the CD.

Hope this helps.

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[fumei]

both versions were installed by COPIED cd's"

sounds a wee fishy to me.

Gerry

 

[dmarklinger]

Neither version is genuine, sorry:
Office 2003 is from someplace called IUONLINE {Indiana University Online}, and Office 2000 is definitely a copied cd that 'fell off the back of the software truck', according to my source when I first got it.

 

[cmeagan656]

Neither version is genuine...

Then its unlikely that, even if you can get them to reinstall, you'll be able to grab ANY updates for them. Particularly for Office 2003 as it requires activation. Not having valid products may even be why the updates stopped in the first place.

You'll get no more help here in trying to install illegal software.

Hope this helps.

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