Does MS Office 97 run on Windows XP?

Answer 1

if you computer is 32 bit... im sure it will... if its 64 bit.. it probably won't. unless you have an awesome computer.. im sure you have 32 bit ;)

Answer 2

No. Office 97 isnt compatible with Windows XP. You need Office 2000 minimum.

Answer 3

in short yes, if word 97 standalone is anything to go by.
a p3 with 256mb ram and XP ran word 97 without a problem, although the system was relatively slow.
why use 97 anyway, the new version is free to try from microsoft.com the 2007 version why not try it instead of worrying with an old and out dated version.

Answer 4

G'day,

Thanks for the question.

It seems that you can but with some compatibility problems possible as per this attached thread.

http://www.ntcompatible.com/Outlook_97_startup_problem_on_Windows_XP_t32946.html

This is another forum

http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/forum/windows-xp/19271-install-ms-office-97-windows-xp-machine.html

This is information on office updates.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdate/default.aspx

Hope that this helps.

Regards

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Answer 5

make optimistic you've workplace ninety seven SP3, and all patches and upload-ons released after SP3. attempt making use of Microsoft provided printer drivers, also attempt to set as default a dummy printer like MS XPS. the splendid compatibility decision ought to be homestead windows 2000 or previously. yet another decision is Virtualbox, once you've a retail XP (i imagine centred visitor Additions are not supported in homestead windows 2000) . you could print by using community sharing.