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Need Office 2003 Professional Edition .ISO
I have a computer that was reloaded this weekend that had a Office 2003 Professional Edition installed on the PC. Our company did not keep any of the disks over the years on computers when they were purchased.
Does anyone know where I can get a copy of this? I have the product key that was on the PC prior to the reload.
Thanks
Does anyone know where I can get a copy of this? I have the product key that was on the PC prior to the reload.
Thanks
Paul MacDonald
I'd contact Microsoft and see if they can help you.
As paulmacd told, only MS can help.
Here is the link from MS:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302822/en-us
Here is the link from MS:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302822/en-us
ASKER
I know that I can get a disk from Microsoft. However, I was hoping to get the disk image from somewhere and download it. I have done this before with other MS products and know that it can be done.
Anything downloaded from somewhere other than Microsoft, or an authorized Microsoft reseller would be illegal, and - even if I knew of such a place - telling you about it would be a violation of the Experts Exchange rules.
ASKER
How would it be illegal if I have the original product key from when the software was purchased? I am not looking for cracked version of Office, I am just looking for the image and I will use a legally purchased product key.
How would it be illegal if I have the original product key from when the software was purchased?
Nice question to ask this from many manufacturers. They can make there own rules, we have to accept it.
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"They suggested that I look online for copy to purchase off of someone."
You didn't say you were looking for a place to buy the software. Try this:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Software-/18793/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=office+2003+professional
You didn't say you were looking for a place to buy the software. Try this:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Software-/18793/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=office+2003+professional
ASKER
That is the problem. I do not want to purchase a copy since the company purchased a copy originally but they did not keep the install media. You can download 2007 and 2010 off of the Microsoft website, but they stopped supporting the 2003 downloads when 2010 was released.
Did Office come preloaded on the computer? Dell, for example, pushes this service for computers sold to businesses. If so, you might try contacting the OEM to get replacement media.
If you subscribe to TechNet or MSDN, copies of older versions of Office are available for download there. I just checked TechNet, and they had both Office 2003 Standard and Office 2003 Professional Enterprise available for download.
If you are truly forced to purchase a a copy of Office, I suggest Office 2010. It's stable, and fixed many of the issues that caused problems with Office 2007. Office 2013 is even better, featurewise, but won't run on Windows XP and hasn't gone through its first service pack yet.
If you subscribe to TechNet or MSDN, copies of older versions of Office are available for download there. I just checked TechNet, and they had both Office 2003 Standard and Office 2003 Professional Enterprise available for download.
If you are truly forced to purchase a a copy of Office, I suggest Office 2010. It's stable, and fixed many of the issues that caused problems with Office 2007. Office 2013 is even better, featurewise, but won't run on Windows XP and hasn't gone through its first service pack yet.
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