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![]() ![]() Office 2010 and earlier versions don’t receive any security updates and become an increasing risk the longer they are unpatched. Office 2013 ends support on 11 April 2023 or about 4 months ago Office 2013 expires in a few months – what you must do That alone is a reason to move to a newer, safer Office.įor safety reasons, stick with versions of Office that are still in their support lifetime. (Yes, there is a ‘compatibility pack’ for Office 2000, XP and 2003). Office XP doesn’t fully support the ‘new’ safer and better document formats introduced in Office 2007. The risk of being infected by a hacked document is much higher with older versions of Office. Not so much compatibility with Windows.Įven if Office XP works on modern Windows (doubtful), the software is very out of date and a considerable security concern. It might be possible to use Office XP on Windows 10 or 11 but it’s not a good idea.Ĭlyde asks if Office XP ‘be safe to use’ and that’s the important point. In computer tech terms, 19 years is the equivalent of 100 human years. ![]() Bush and Tony Blair ruled on either side of the Atlantic. Office XP (2002) is now 19 years old it was released when George H. “What is the oldest version of Office which would be loadable on Windows 10 Pro, and be safe to use? I still have Office XP which I purchased with a Dell computer (it was not installed on the computer, thus I was able to reinstall it on two successful computers later).” This compilation would later become widespread as Microsoft Office 2003 Basic.Is it possible to use very old versions of Microsoft Office like Office 2000, Office XP (2002) or Office 2003 on Windows 10 or Windows 11. Microsoft Office 2000 Personal was an additional SKU, solely designed for the Japanese market, that included Word 2000, Excel 2000 and Outlook 2000. It was the last version of Microsoft Office to support Windows 95.įive different editions of Office 2000 were available: Mainstream support for Office 2000 ended on June 30, 2004, and extended support ended on July 14, 2009. For example, Microsoft Excel contained a hidden game called Dev Hunter Microsoft Access had a hidden 8 ball toy and Microsoft Word had team development credits. Microsoft Office 2000 had easter eggs, most of which was removed from SR-1. Product activation is however disabled in Office 2000 after April 15, 2003. In the United States, after the release of SR-1, this requirement was extended to all copies that included it. Service Pack 3, which was released on Novemwas the last service pack.Īll retail editions of Office 2000 sold in Australia, Brazil, China, France, and New Zealand and academic copies sold in Canada and the United States required the user to activate the product via the Internet. Subsequent updates were called service packs. The first update was called Service Release 1 (SR-1). This allowed service packs to be slipstreamed into the original installation files. ![]() Office 2000 was the first version of Office to use Windows Installer technology. All the Office 2000 applications support Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) which allows moving data automatically between various programs. Microsoft Office 2000 was designed as a fully 32-bit suite of software developed with Y2k bug in mind. Office 2000 included HTML document creation and publishing, Internet collaboration features such as integration with NetMeeting, COM add-in support, an updated version of the Office Assistant, improved compliance with the year 2000, and interface improvements including personalized menus and toolbars that omit infrequently used commands from view. ![]()
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