Supported configurations for Office XP

This article was previously published under Q290237

SUMMARY

This article describes supported and unsupported configurations of Microsoft Office XP and Microsoft Windows.

The following are supported configurations of Microsoft Office XP and Microsoft Windows:

English (U.S.) version of Microsoft Office XP installed on an English (U.S.) version of Microsoft Windows.
English (U.S.) version of Microsoft Office XP installed on a non-English (U.S.) version of Microsoft Windows.
Non-English (U.S.) version of Microsoft Office XP installed on the same non-English (U.S.) version of Microsoft Windows.
English (U.S.) version of Microsoft Office XP plus MUI installed on the English (U.S.) version of Microsoft Windows plus the same MUI language.
Non-English (U.S.) version of Microsoft Office 2003 installed on the English (U.S.) version of Microsoft Windows with Windows MUI, where the language version of the Windows MUI matches the language version of Microsoft Office.

For more information about supported configurations, see the following Microsoft Office Resource Kit links:

To view the "Choosing an Operating System" topic, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/xp/three/inte01.htm (http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/xp/three/inte01.htm)
To view Wwsuppt.xls Workbook information, view the "Supplemental Documentation" topic, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/orkXP/HA011362911033.aspx (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/orkXP/HA011362911033.aspx)

The following are not supported configurations of Microsoft Office XP and Microsoft Windows:

Non-English (U.S.) version of Microsoft Office XP installed on any other non-matching language version of Windows.
English (U.S.) version of Microsoft Office XP with a Multilingual User Interface (MUI) Pack installed on a localized version of Windows where the MUI configuration does not match the language version of Windows.
For languages without a localized version of Microsoft Windows, a localized version of Microsoft Office XP installed on an English (U.S.) version of Microsoft Windows with correctly set regional settings and system locale is the supported platform.
Office plus MUI installed on a language version of Windows where the language version of Windows does not match the language version of the Office MUI.
Non-English (U.S.) version of Microsoft Office installed on Windows Plus MUI where the language version of the Windows MUI does not match the language version Office.

For more information about Microsoft Product Support Services offerings, please visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;en-us;cntactms)

Or, you can call Microsoft Support Sales at (800) 936-3500.

If you are outside the United States or Canada and have a question about a Microsoft product, do the following:

See the information in Online Help in your Microsoft program. To do this, click Microsoft Product Name Help on the Help menu.
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Locate Support Online from Microsoft Technical Support at the following Microsoft Web site:
http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx (http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx)

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