Vista - WINDOWS VISTA AND OFFICE 2000

I've heard conflicting reports as to whether Office 2000 will run
successfully under Vista. Can anyone give me guidance as to whether they
are compatible?

In the hope that they are compatible, I installed Office 2000 and then
installed (from the Microsoft site) updates SR-1a and SP-2. Then I
downloaded SP3, but when I attempted to install it, I got the message "The
expected version of the product was not found on your system." Is there
some reason for this, or should I just try again?

I looked for, but could not find, a newsgroup that deals with Office 2000 --
is there an alternative newsgroup that would be better for these questions?

Lindsay Graham
Canberra, Australia

2000 is not fully compatible with Vista, most noticibly Outllook

All Office apps are supported in the Office groups

"Lindsay Graham" <LDGraham@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Lindsay Graham wrote:See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932087.

Thanks, DL. Although Microsoft (see Universe_JDJ's post) says that Office
2000 is supported on Vista, I've seen other references to problems with
Outlook. Can you tell me what the problems are and/or point me to web sites
that discuss these? Because Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail are not to
my liking, I am considering switching to Outlook (because Outlook Express is
not available under Vista).

I can't find any microsoft.public newsgroups in English that deal with the
suite Office 2000. What newsgroups are you referring to?

Lindsay Graham

"DL" <address@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Lindsay Graham" <LDGraham@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eVZ4GyAkIHA.4140@xxxxxxWindows Mail IS Outlook Express, only better. Better yet, just use
Hotmail.

Windows is NOT Outlook Express and, from my perspective, it is worse, NOT
better. I've used OE for years, and then tried WM and WLM at length, but am
now very dissatisfied with both. And I do not want to use any form of
webmail.

Lindsay Graham

"Bob Campbell" <bob@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Lindsay Graham wrote:I'm using Office 2000 with Vista without any problem. There could be a
problem with Outlook. Before you totally give up on Outlook try this:

Use Explorer to navigate to C:\Program Files\Common Files\System
Copy wab32.dll and wab32res.dll to C:\Windows\System32
or http://miniburb.wordpress.com/outlook-2000-on-vista/
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/vista.htm

I don't use Outlook or Windows mail email. So I don't know what to
expect there.

Good Luck.

microsoft.public.office.misc
microsoft.public.office.general are 2 such groups, there isnt an O2k
specific group
also
microsoft.public.outlook
All the above groups are avilable on the msnews.microsoft.com server, which
you can configure in Mail

As 'mellowed' states in their pst its primarily due to wab & I think mapi

"Lindsay Graham" <LDGraham@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Lindsay Graham" wrote:
Universe_JDJ's post needs a bit of extra interpretation. Yes Office 2000 is
supported and will run, but there are problems and they won't be addressed
because "Office 2000 and Office XP are in extended support...).

The biggest issue is with password storage on Outlook 2000 (or Outlook XP).
The storages is different then in 2003 and 2007 and won't work in Vista.
Therefore you will be prompted to enter username and password for you e-mail
server each time you log onto Outlook. From what I've read the suggested
work around from those using Outlook 2000 or Outlook XP is to stay logged
onto Outlook as much as possible. It becomes somewhat of a pain if you are
logging on and off on a regular basis, but if you're using dial up there is
probably not much of a recourse.

Other than that, there may be some minor irritants but it should run fine.
If you already have that version, go ahead and use it. If not, you may want
to think about 2003 or 2007.

Regards,

--
Myron

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:35:41 +1100, "Lindsay Graham"
<LDGraham@xxxxxx> wrote:

I'm not trying to convince you to use anything you don't want to, but
Windows Mail, whether you realize it not, is simply the newest version
of Outlook Express, the version that comes with Vista. I'm not sure
why Microsoft renamed it "Windows Mail," but my guess it was to end
the long-standing common confusion between the names "Outlook" and
"Outlook Express."

I haven't personally tried Outlook 2000 under Vista, but my
understanding is that it works fine, except that it doesn't save your
E-mail address/Password.

Personally, I use Outlook 2007 as my Personal Information
Manager/E-mail client, and Agent as my newsreader. I'm happy with that
combination, but before you install Outlook 2000 (or any other
version), I think you should be very clear in your own mind just what
it is that you don't like about Windows Mail, and exactly how Outlook
addresses those issues. Despite their being different in many ways,
they have many similarities in the way they handle E-mail.

And just in case you don't realize it, let me point out that *no*
version of Outlook does newsgroups. By default Outlook uses Outlook
Express (before Vista) or Windows Mail (in Vista) as its newsreader,
but you can use any newsreader you prefer (as I said, I use Agent).

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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