Frontpage 2002 Question

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@Greatone1601 wrote:

Ok...if I have frontpage 97, and frontpage 2000 on two other computers. CAN I buy the upgrade and put it on THIS computer which has neither by using the serial number to prove I'm an owner of the software?? I don't want opinions, I want facts! If youve done this, or know it can be done, please let me know. 80 bucks is MUCH better than 160. Thanks!

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FrontPage 97 does not qualify.  FrontPage 2000 does qualify.  http://www.microsoft.com/office/howtobuy/upgrading.asp  However, it's unclear whether it has to be installed or it wants to read a CD.  Putting in the serial number of the prior version is never an option though.  So, if you don't have the CDs, you're out of luck.  If you do, try it w/o installing.  If that doesn't work, do a custom install of just FrontPage 2000, then upgrade.

forget it..apparently the upgrade will search for an older version or wont upgrade.

I cannot beleive one program, which isnt EVEN THAT AMAZING, is 160 dollars. That is such a ripoff. Thanks Rick, ill see if I've got the CD for 2000.

> Ok...if I have frontpage 97, and frontpage 2000 on
> two other computers. CAN I buy the upgrade and put
> it on THIS computer which has neither by using the
> serial number to prove I'm an owner of the software??
> I don't want opinions, I want facts! If youve done
> this, or know it can be done, please let me know.
> 80 bucks is MUCH better than 160. Thanks!

The details about what FrontPage requires I don't know, but I've done this kind of thing many times with other software.

- CuteFTP didn't care about the old serial number and old installation on the "retired" PC.

- IIRC Norton SystemWorks upgrade assumed you were honest & didn't hassle about the old version, knowing that a lot of people go buy the upgrade because they're having system problems.

- IIRC PageMaker 7.0 wanted to know the 350-character license key of 6.5, then of course its own 350-character license key. For convenience of keeping the whole key on one line on the CD liner they print it in 2-pt text. Grrr... ;-)

- IIRC MS Office wanted me to stick in the old version CD or floppy at some point in the install to verify an older version existed.

- Most annoying was Visio back in their ShapeWare days. The upgrade wouldn't install at all if the previous version wasn't on the machine. I had to reformat the hard drive of a Win98 computer several times, and it annoyed me to no end to have to sit through the very lengthy Visio for Win 3.x install from floppies, loading the system with all those junky 16-bit DLLs, introducing all those problems, just so the upgrade would install.

In short, it depends on FrontPage itself. My experience with MS Office & Developer tools makes me think you'll just need to insert the old CD at some point. ... but maybe a different division with different "User Fiendly Ideas" made the setup routine. ;-)

HTH.

Greatone1601,

The requirements for using the upgrade version are not consistent within Microsoft's Web sites. According to the Office web site you must have FrontPage 98 or later, but in the Microsoft FrontPage site the following appears:

"The estimated retail price for Microsoft FrontPage version 2002 is $169U.S., and the upgrade version is $89.95U.S. Those people who have licenses of previous versions of FrontPage are eligible for upgrade pricing (Microsoft FrontPage versions 1.1., 97, 98, and 2000 for Windows® 95 or later, Windows NT® Workstation, and Windows NT Server)."

This is consistent with the Amazon offer of FrontPage Upgrade which specifically mentions FrontPage 97 as a qualifying product.

In order to install the upgrade FrontPage 2002 must find a copy of the qualifying product on your hard disk, which means that you must install FP97 before instaling FP2002. The installation of FP2002 removes the installation of FP97, so you will be left with only FP2002 on your system.

Greatone,

Just a crazy after thought, you can get the whole tamale of MS Office 2003 Beta which includes FrontPage 2003 for FREE. They only want the cost of shipping. The software will run fully until November. Which according to you is all that you need.

Or, Check out Namo WebEditor 5.5 for something comparable to Frontpage but better. You can use the 30 day trial for free. And the buy price is very reasonable.

Also, if you haven't made any webhosting commitments yet, check out www.freewebs.com. They offer free webhosting WITH Remote File Posting along with 100MB storage for free! No file size upload restrictions that I have run into yet which is common with free webhosting. For 2.50 permonth you can get 24/7 FTP access.

~cherlock





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Message Edited by Cherlock on 04-25-2003 10:17 AM

I've already purchased dreamweaver MX for the STUDENT/TEACHER discount...400 dollar program for 100 bucks. SWEET. For once being in school pays off LOL

Yeah being a student does have some benefits! I bought Microsoft Visual Studio.NET Professional Edition (Normally $1000) for $45, from Microsoft. I also bought Adobe PhotoShop 7 for $299.99 (Normally $700). Only difference is these versions cannot be upgraded at a later date.