Microsoft KB Archive/284156

= OFFXP: Microsoft Office XP Cannot Be Installed on Windows 95 =

Article ID: 284156

Article Last Modified on 12/4/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office XP Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Small Business Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition for Students and Teachers
 * Microsoft Office XP Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q284156



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to install Microsoft Office XP, you receive the following error message:

Microsoft Office XP Standard cannot be installed on this computer. This product requires Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Millennium, Microsoft NT v4.0 Service Pack 6a or Windows 2000 or later.



CAUSE
Your computer's operating system is Microsoft Windows 95.



MORE INFORMATION
The supported operating systems for Microsoft Office XP include the following:


 * Microsoft Windows 98 and Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
 * Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 6a)
 * Microsoft Windows 2000

For additional information about the system requirements for Office XP, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

285342 System Requirements for Microsoft Office XP

Additional query words: prb not working won t work win95 OS can install

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