Vista - office 2000 professional

I'm two weeks into the Vista experience... I hate it and would downgrade if it weren't more problematic (Sony support says theyll cancel my warranty and tap my phones and kidnap my children if I do).
Everything but Outlook works file.
Swapping the WAB filesis key, so is changing the permissions to administrator. Even then, you cant use the Contacts, howwver. I tried exporting from outlook (on the old laptop) to MSEXcel and then importing into Windows Contacts, and it seems to have worked, but I still cant use Windows contacts with Outlook 2k.
I also often get a freeze or outlook shutdown when Im trying to to paste content into an email.