Office 2003 SBE on a Vista computer

[philp]

Does anyone know for sure if you can run Office 2003 Small Business Edition on a Vista box? Microsoft has this listed under requirements: "Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 or later, or Microsoft Windows XP or later operating system"

What exactly is later than Windows XP if not Vista? 

[coknuck]

Yes you can. My wife put it on her Dell and it worked fine.

http://exo-blog.blogspot.com/2007/11/update-re-testing-vista-w2gb-ram-office.html

To use Microsoft Office Small Business 2003, you will need:

    * PC with Pentium III, 450 MHz or higher processor

    * 256 MB of RAM or above recommended

    * 380 MB of available hard-disk space.1

    * Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution monitor display

    * Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 or later, or Microsoft Windows XP or later operating system

http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/products/office/sbe/default.aspx#Evaluate

[Roco]

but it is not backwards compatable with Win 98/M.E. , I found that out the hard way ,  , I guess it pays to read , 

[philp]

Yes you can. My wife put it on her Dell and it worked fine.

http://exo-blog.blogspot.com/2007/11/update-re-testing-vista-w2gb-ram-office.html

To use Microsoft Office Small Business 2003, you will need:

    * PC with Pentium III, 450 MHz or higher processor

    * 256 MB of RAM or above recommended

    * 380 MB of available hard-disk space.1

    * Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution monitor display

    * Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 or later, or Microsoft Windows XP or later operating system

http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/products/office/sbe/default.aspx#Evaluate

Thanks a bunch, Coknuck! I guess I just have to have things spelled out for me and they don't just come right out and say it will work on Vista because the software came out before Vista did.

Roco, I only had Me on a machine for a short period of time, but I don't think there's any software that really works with it. 

[coknuck]

I've even read forums where people have used Office 2000 with no problems except Microsoft Outlook. So my answer is do a Custom install and don't use Microsoft Outlook.