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Problems installing Office 97 on Windows 8

Hi,I have a problem trying to reload my OFFICE 97 CD on my new Dell PC with Windows 8.

The dialog box will not let me enter more than 1 number of the CD KEY code.

Does anyone have a suggestion on how to get round this loading problem please?. 

[Moderator note: Split from "MS Word XP now tells me that I need activate it, due to hardware changes I made 2 months ago" thread]

See http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/windows-8/older-programs-compatible-version-windows
Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - MVP Office Apps & Services (Word)
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MS do not support Office 97 on Win 8.

Windows itself has changed so much since Office 97 was built that you probably cannot load it directly on Win 8.

The only thing I can think of is to use a "virtual computer' like "Virtual box" or VMware or MS Hyper-V (or any of several other similar tools).  Inside the virtual computer install an older OS like Vista (or XP), then install Office 97.

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