Office Only Runs on Intel-Based Computers

 Last reviewed: March 12, 1998
Article ID: Q138010

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Office 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0
  • Microsoft Access 97
  • Microsoft Access version 7.0
  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0
  • Microsoft Project for Windows 95, version 4.1
  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0
  • Microsoft Project 98 for Windows

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/products/prodref/481_ov.htm
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/default.htm

Additional query words: 4.10 7.00 dec axp off97 8.00 97 386
Keywords : offwin OffWinSetup kbenv kberrmsg kbsetup
Version : WINDOWS:7.0,97
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Hardware : x86
Issue type : kbinfo

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Last reviewed: March 12, 1998
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