From: Bruce on
How do I install Office 2010 when it requires Service Pack 3 for XP and there
is no service pack 3 for 64 Bit ?
From: Penn E. Loafer on
Did you ask in an Office newsgroup/forum?

"Bruce" <Bruce(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> How do I install Office 2010 when it requires Service Pack 3 for XP and
> there
> is no service pack 3 for 64 Bit ?


From: LVTravel on


"Bruce" <Bruce(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> How do I install Office 2010 when it requires Service Pack 3 for XP and
> there
> is no service pack 3 for 64 Bit ?

Office 2010 won't run on XP Pro 64 bit. Only Vista 64 and Win 7 64 are
approved in the 64 bit market.

From MS Web site showing specs for Office (this is for Pro Plus but they all
require the same:

"Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010
The following table lists the system requirements for Microsoft Office
Professional Plus 2010.

Component Requirement
Computer and processor
500-megahertz (MHz) processor or higher; 1 gigahertz (GHz) required for
Outlook with Business Contact Manager

Memory
256 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher; 512 MB recommended for graphics
features, Outlook Instant Search, Outlook with Business Contact Manager,
Communicator, and certain advanced functionality

Hard disk
3.5 gigabyte (GB) available disk space

Display
1024 × 768 or higher-resolution monitor

Operating system
Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 3 (32-bit), Windows Vista with SP1
(32-bit or 64-bit), Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit or 64-bit) with MSXML 6.0
installed, Windows Server 2008 or later (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows 7
(32-bit or 64-bit). Terminal Server and Windows on Windows (WOW) (which
allows installing 32-bit versions of Office 2010 on 64-bit operating
systems) are supported"

and you don't see XP 64 bit shown there do you?

From: Bob I on

I guess you are going to need a supported operating system, cause the
XP-64 is specifically excluded. See quoted material below.

Operating system

Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 3 (32-bit operating system (OS) only)
or Windows Vista with SP1, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 R2 with MSXML
6.0, Windows Server 2008, or later 32- or 64-bit OS.

Copied from,
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/microsoft-office-2010-system-requirements-HA101810407.aspx

Bruce wrote:

> How do I install Office 2010 when it requires Service Pack 3 for XP and there
> is no service pack 3 for 64 Bit ?