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What does it take to run Office 2007 on a PC (Windows XP and Vista)

 I saw this on Darrens blog (Office Rocker! : Is your PC beefy enough for Office 2007?) and decided that I would add to it.  One point Darren makes very clear is that Office 2007 will run on Windows XP SP2 or Window Vista (you do not need to have Vista - just as Office 2003 will run on Windows Vista too).

The Office 2007 spec is one of the more comprehensive that I have seen, which is good - just like Vista it scales according to the capabilities of the PC it is running on.  You will note that to get grammar checking, contextual spell check and search you would need a 1GB machine, whihc is the minimum recommended spec for a Vista Business machine.

If you are a power user, go for more memory.  I run a 1GB machine at the moment, but when I have 10 windows open it can get sluggish swapping between the applications.

Anyway, this is what Darren said:

The hardware spec on our website says a few other interesting things, in small print at the end of this list has some of the exceptions:

  • 2 gigahertz (GHz) processor or higher and 1 GB RAM or higher recommended for OneNote Audio Search. Close-talking microphone required. Audio Search not available in all languages.
  • Grammar and contextual spelling in Word is not turned on unless the machine has 1 GB memory.
  • 512 MB RAM or higher recommended for Outlook Instant Search.
  • Send to OneNote 2007 print driver not available on a 64 bit operating system.

ttfn

David

 

Posted Mon, Apr 30 2007 5:51 PM by David Overton
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Mike stranski wrote re: What does it take to run Office 2007 on a PC (Windows XP and Vista)
on Fri, Jun 22 2007 7:15 PM

i'm try to  get office 2003 and office 2007 to run with out it coming up and do the configuring before it coming up. i have both office installed ok. if i open office 2003 frist and it come up ok and then close that and then try open office 2007 it will come up to a configur screen. help

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Soh wrote re: What does it take to run Office 2007 on a PC (Windows XP and Vista)
on Thu, Sep 4 2008 1:10 PM

I have been trying to install Office 2007 on my PC that is running Vista. It does everything normally like the other Office suites that I have used; but when it is near completion it states that an error has occured and it is rolliing back installation. Do you why this is happening. It does the same even on machines running Windows XP...

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