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by genufus

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I currently have MS Office 95 and would like to upgrade to MS Office 97. If I install 97, will it automatically update my 95? (I don't have faxing capabilities with 95.) I can't uninstall Office 95 (someone told me because it's too large a file),so I have to upgrade. Thanks.

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by guruofdos

You CAN uninstall Office95, but you will need the original CD, otherwise you will have to manually remove the folders and then got trawling through the registry and the Windows\system folder to delete registry entries and unwanted DLL files. It can be done but you need to know what you are doing. If you install Orifice97, it will automatically update Office95. O95 does work with fax, but you have to install Microsoft Fax and Windows Messaging from your 95 CD (or OldWin folder on the 98 CD) for it to work properly. Microsoft Fax appears as an entry in your Printers folder, and you fax a document by asking it to print to Microsoft Fax.

by genufus

Oh, Great Guru, thank you for your reply regarding Office 95. I have tried to uninstall it, but it won't allow me to do so. (By the way, I love your referenced to "Orifice 97".) I am only computer semi-literate. Therefore, I do not really know what I'm doing, as your reply indicates I should. I have saved all documents to disk (and/or CD) and attempted to uninstall 95. The program doesn't allow me to uninstall. It keeps telling me that the program has already been installed. I have searched for "Windows Messaging" and do not find it. I have also searched for "Fax" and do not find it.
Do you have any further suggestions? Thank you so much for any assistance you can render.
Ruth

by zlitocook

Office 95, you may need to remove any folders left by it. Look in program files/ microsoft office if there are any files back up what you need i.e. Doc. files ect. And delete the rest but before you install office 97 what os are you running and willyour computer support office 97? If you have a pent. computer with 32mb of ram you should be ok. Do not try to load it on a 486 it will cause problems and run vary slow.

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