On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:46:01 -0700, jlm
<jlm.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I recently installed Windows XP Pro on my computer. I had been running on
> Windows 2000 Pro and had Office XP on that system. Although the Windows XP
> said I could upgrade from 2000, it wouldn't allow that
Then you did it wrong. Exactly how did you do it?
> so I created a
> partition and have both systems on the hard drive.
Unless that was what you wanted, what you should have done is ask here
how to do it correctly.
> At this point I am not
> able to run the Office XP in my windows XP but it is still usable in the 2000
> partition.
You can use a program in the operating system under which it was
installed. Otherwise you can't (with the rare exception of a small
simple program).
> Will I have to use the Office XP CDs to install it in Windows XP
Yes. The same is true of almost every other program installed under
Windows 2000.
> or is there
> another way to access the programs from Windows XP?
No.
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