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Old 03-28-2012, 03:33 AM
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Hi Jenny,

If the copy of Office 2003 that came with your old PC was an OEM installation, then that's the only PC it, or any upgrade, could be used with. You could, of course, quite legitimately use the upgrade on a different PC if it's no longer being used on the old one, but you'll still need a copy of any previous version (even, say, Office 4 on a floppy disk) before you can do the upgrade. The older version doesn't have to be installed before doing the upgrade - it just has to be available for validation during the upgrade.

In summary, then, your options are to either (a) obtain an older copy of Office that you can 'upgrade' from; or (b) by a new (non-upgrade) copy of Office.
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