Vista - Office 2000 Professional

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:46:01 -0700, "Bill Yanaire" <bill@yanaire.com>
wrote:

>Why would he want to waste his time with OpenOffice when he has Office 2000
>Professional?
>
>OO is not ready for prime time.
>
>
>"ray" <ray@zianet.com> wrote in message
>newsan.2007.08.10.03.22.36.196418@zianet.com...
>> On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:57:56 -0700, Otto Genf wrote:
>>
>>> Are there any known problems installing and running Office 2000
>>> Professional
>>> on Windows Vista Home Premium? I use Office 2000 on my desktop and have
>>> no
>>> need to upgrade to Office 2007, thus wanting to also install it on a new
>>> Toshiba laptop using Vista. Thanks in advance.
>>
>> So try it. If it doesn't work there is still no need to blow several
>> hundred dollars on office 2007 - try OpenOffice.org - won't cost a dime
>> and will probably fulfill all your needs.
>>
>
Because, you twit, the fear is that Office 2000 may not work with
Vista...that was the initial question.

It probably does but OO definitely does...and it is ready for prime
time. Ask Dell and Lenovo who are loading it on business laptops
powered by Linux.

"John" <me@myhome.net> wrote in message
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>I believe you'll have issues with Outlook2000 due to changes in
>Vista...much has been written. As far as the other programs go, I have had
>only one issue but otherwise they work fine.
>
> The issue involves starting Word by clicking a .doc file. I get an error
> that the file can't be found. But if File-Open then all works as usual. I
> haven't pursued this issue but I think it involves compatibility files for
> programs 'unknown' to Vista.

I can click on a .doc file and it opens OK. Must be something else. I'm
using Vista Ultimate and Office 2000.


>
>
> "Otto Genf" <nomail@pc.com> wrote in message
> news:eUDmRpv2HHA.1484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Are there any known problems installing and running Office 2000
>> Professional on Windows Vista Home Premium? I use Office 2000 on my
>> desktop and have no need to upgrade to Office 2007, thus wanting to also
>> install it on a new Toshiba laptop using Vista. Thanks in advance.
>>
>
>

Interesting... I have Vista Business and Office2000. But this computer came
with Office 2007 as a 30 day trial and I deleted it. I bet something's still
in the registry. Why do they not give you the "CHOICE" of installing a trial
version of any software. All I did for 1/2 day was uninstall bloated
crapware. Such is marketing these days.

"Mellowed" <nospam@spam.com> wrote in message
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>
> "John" <me@myhome.net> wrote in message
> news:OG%23eVr32HHA.464@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I believe you'll have issues with Outlook2000 due to changes in
>>Vista...much has been written. As far as the other programs go, I have had
>>only one issue but otherwise they work fine.
>>
>> The issue involves starting Word by clicking a .doc file. I get an error
>> that the file can't be found. But if File-Open then all works as usual.
>> I haven't pursued this issue but I think it involves compatibility files
>> for programs 'unknown' to Vista.
>
> I can click on a .doc file and it opens OK. Must be something else. I'm
> using Vista Ultimate and Office 2000.
>
>
>>
>>
>> "Otto Genf" <nomail@pc.com> wrote in message
>> news:eUDmRpv2HHA.1484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Are there any known problems installing and running Office 2000
>>> Professional on Windows Vista Home Premium? I use Office 2000 on my
>>> desktop and have no need to upgrade to Office 2007, thus wanting to also
>>> install it on a new Toshiba laptop using Vista. Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>
>>
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