You cannot transfer OEM versions to another computer. That includes Office.

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"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message news:%234vOU2l4FHA.2524@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> T. G. Marshall wrote:
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>> I have installed xp and found that I don't have excel or word.
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> Neither Windows XP, nor any other version of Windows, has ever included
> Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, or any other significant application
> software. Such programs have to be bought, either by themselves or as part
> of Microsoft Office.
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> If your previous computer, running an older version of Windows, came wit
> Word and Excel, it was because the vendor who sold it bundled them as part
> of the package he sold you, not because that version of Windows came with
> it. Some, but not all, vendors do the same with Windows XP.
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>> These
>> were both on my windows 98
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> It wasn't part of Windows 98 either. Your vendor just bundled them.
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>> and office 2000. Can I install excel and
>> word from these disks?
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> Sure. It's not the current version, but Office 200 works fine with Windows
> XP.
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