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Deleting data files on a USB drive Vista/XP

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Raymond - Sep 22, 2009 at 01:04 PM
 Raymond - Sep 22, 2009 at 04:26 PM
Hello,
I work on two computers one with Vista home premium and one with XP-Pro.
The office data files made under Vista can't be updated or deleted on the XP computer.
The data is stored on a USB-drive.
How can I update/delete files made under Vista/MS-office on the XP/MS-office computer?
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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,824
Sep 22, 2009 at 01:42 PM
If you have Office 2007 on one computer (Vista?) and office 2000 or 2003 on the other ("XP") you can have problems with the native office FILE formats. There are two solutions:

1. go to www.microsoft.com and download the Office 2007 document converter for your older copy of Office.
2. save the documents from Office 2007 using Office 2003 ("doc") format

Good Luck
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Raymond
Sep 22, 2009 at 04:26 PM
I use the same ms-office version, it seems it has to do with Vista protection. I can read the data files but not save them with the same name and I cant delete the original file under XP.
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sarbel.vilo Posts 233 Registration date Tuesday November 18, 2008 Status Member Last seen August 1, 2010 31
Sep 22, 2009 at 02:01 PM
The file source is not the same so you definitely need vista to delete it !
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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,824
Sep 22, 2009 at 02:15 PM
Here is the link to the Office Compatibility Pack:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en
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