Office 2000 and Vista

[ybliku2]

This is a two part question...I am running Windows Vista 64-bit OS. I have
Office 2007 Home and Student. I am trying to install Dorland's Electronic
Medical Speller but I am having problems because it does not have an option
for Vista. Any suggestions to address the compatibility with Vista?

Then, I tried installing my old Office 2000 Professional. It will not run
with Vista at all. All I get is the not responding and nothing else. I know
the Dorland's will run on the 2000 Office with Windows XP, but is there a fix
for running it with Vista?
I have a message in to the company that released the Dorland's, but so far
no response from them.
Could my problem be the 64-bit?

Appreciate any and all help with this, as I am totally lost when it comes to
Vista.

 

[DL]

The MS reccomended method is to install earliest Office version first, and
in the case of Office2k by way of custom installation to a specific programs
folder, then update before installing the later version (later versions
install by default to a version specific folder. Id also suggest not
installing Outlook2k
Office2k is not fully compatible with Vista, most notable Outlook has
problems.
With the method you used you may have corrupted O2007, does it still run ok?
Ofice2k does run on Vista (64 or 32bit should not make a difference)
Its also possible your Dorland app may not run on Vista, depending on
version, I believe version 4 runs on winxp so that version 'should' run on
Vista, but v4 does not I'm led to believe support Word 2003 or later

If your office2k installation shows in Vista's version of Add/Remove I would
uninstall it, or try using the cd to uninstall, then maybe use a restore
point to go back to before the install - then consider your options, and if
you are willing to experiment.

 

[ybliku2]

Thank you for getting back to me. I will try this and see if it works for
me. I am thinking Dorlands is not compatible, but I will keep trying and
experimenting. Thanks so much. yb