OFF: Office Only Runs on Intel-Based Computers (138010)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft Office for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Project 98 for Windows
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Premium
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Professoinal
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Standard
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Developer
  • Microsoft Access 2000
  • Microsoft Excel 2000
  • Microsoft FrontPage 2000
  • Microsoft Outlook 2000
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
  • Microsoft Word 2000
This article was previously published under Q138010

SUMMARY

The products that are listed at the beginning of this article contain code that is specifically designed to run only on computers with an Intel i386- family microprocessor. Computers with other types of microprocessors may emulate the Intel command set; however, Microsoft does not support running the products listed at the beginning of this article under emulation.

MORE INFORMATION

Other systems may not be able to run the products listed at the beginning of this article due to the specific design of the software itself. Systems that will not run the products that are listed at the beginning of this article include: Digital Equipment Corporation's Alpha System, MIPS systems, and Apple Computers' PowerPC systems. When you attempt to install or run Microsoft Office version 7.0 on one of these systems, you may receive any of the following error messages:
This program was not intended for this version of Windows

-or-

Unexpected DOS Error: 11
Microsoft Excel 97, AlphaGeneration Version and Microsoft Word 97, AlphaGeneration Version are designed to run under Microsoft Windows NT on Alpha RISC systems. For more information, see the following Microsoft World Wide Web site at:

http://www.microsoft.com/catalog/display.asp?site=481&subid=22&pg=1

To obtain pre-sales information about new or updated Microsoft products, call the Microsoft Sales Information Center at (800) 426-9400. If you are outside the United States, contact the Microsoft subsidiary for your area. To locate your subsidiary, see the Microsoft World Wide Offices Web site at:

http://www.microsoft.com/worldwide/

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/13/2006
Keywords:kbenv kberrmsg kbinfo kbsetup KB138010
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