Star Office compatibility and upgrade

Hi. I am changing computer and want to install StarOffice on it. The problems I see are: 1) Is the latest version compatible with the latest version of XP-Pro? and 2) My current version (on cd) is StarOffice 5.2. So....is it compatible and how do I upgrade to the latest version of StarOffice? Thanks.

Go try it.
Then you can return to the forum and teach the rest of us, per your experience.
I'm sure Star Office 5.2 will function just fine on any `flavor` of WinXP.
My Star Office CD label says:
"Compatible with Solaris 2.5.1, 2.6, Solaris 7 and 8 for SPARC and Intel; Linux; and Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT."
If you have any doubts, set a restore point in WinXP.
Install Star Office and you'd be able to revert to that OS restore point if you have any issues.
Keep in mind that Star Office 5.2 is a nine-year-old product.
There have likely been a number of improvements during the intervening years. That's why there are newer versions of it.
You won't get any technical support on that discontinued version.
If I had to choose?
I'd toss that CD and just install the OpenOffice suite instead.
It'll have so much more inter-op compatibility with the rest of the Universe's programs, such as Microsoft's applications.

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