Will Visio 2003 Pro work on Vista?

JLW · August 19, 2008, 09:37:36 PM

Will Visio 2003 Pro work on Vista?
I am trying to load Visio 2003 Pro on Vista Home Prem. I keep getting an error saying that Window Prof 2000 is required. I have change the conversion to XP and others with no luck. I have tried as Administrator as well. Any ideas?
JLW

Lars-Erik · August 20, 2008, 12:56:06 PM

Should work...
Try installing SP3 for Visio.

JLW · August 20, 2008, 02:38:29 PM

Thanks Lars-Erik,
I tried that, but without the program on the machine the SP3 doesn't want to load. It must be something that I have not found yet. I loaded Visio 2000 with no problem.
Still open to suggestion and thanks again.
JLW

Lars-Erik · August 20, 2008, 04:14:45 PM

So your problem is with installing? not running it?

JLW · August 20, 2008, 06:04:55 PM

Yes it is. I get to the blue box with "Initializing Wise Installation Wizard", then a few seconds later I get "Windows 2000 Professional is required."

Lars-Erik · August 20, 2008, 07:23:10 PM

Is there a NT version of Visio 2003? dnno, maybe thats your problem?
You could consider trying a trial version to see if that runs into the same problem
Trial can be found here

JLW · August 27, 2008, 02:21:36 AM

Lars,
I did load the trial version with no problems.

wapperdude · August 27, 2008, 04:05:12 AM

Are you trying to load an upgrade or a full version? The error sounds like it's expecting V2000 Pro to already be installed. The trial version doesn't need any previous installs.

aledlund · August 27, 2008, 09:46:08 PM

that's the error symptom you get when somebody is trying to load an upgrade copy instead of a full version. It want's the original disk to ensure it's legitimate.
al