Yep, understood that part, I'm operating under a disclaimer...
What I should have said is that there's lots of people seeming to run it OK
(except for an Outlook issue), and others who aren't...
Ciao
James
"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> Quote:
> "I see in other posts in this forum that Office 2000 has run well for
> everyone."
>
> The above is definitely not the case. Please understand that Office 2000
> is not a certified product that is guaranteed to work properly on Windows
> Vista. The recommendation is either you upgrade to Office 2003 with SP3 or
> Office 2007. If you can't do that, the only guaranteed workaround is to
> install a compatible version of Windows in Virtual PC 2007 running on
> Windows Vista and install Office 2000 with the latest updates on top of
> it.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "JJB" <103REMOVE-THIS267.1555@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ulBkwMZHIHA.1204@xxxxxx Quote:
>>I see in other posts in this forum that Office 2000 has run well for
>>everyone. I've tried installing it and it runs, but I want of course to
>>get the latest SP's and security patches. Unfortunately if you go to the
>>Office Updates web site it tells you that it won't support Office 2000,
>>only Office XP and above, but if you want to run Office 2000 on Vista it
>>directs you to where you can download them manually. I've tried several
>>different downloads of SP3 but each one tells me "The expected version of
>>the product was not found on your system".
>>
>> Is this everyone's experience? Is every Office 2000 / Vista user running
>> the base product unpatched?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>> James
>>
>
>