Office 2000, Outlook 2007 and Vista????

[Roger]

I am running Vista and have Office 2000 apps, except Outlook, running fine.
I don't feel like switching whole hog but might be interested in getting
Outlook 2007 since Outlook 2000 will not run on Vista.

If I get Outlook 2007 will it install properly on this machine?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

It will install. You won't have all the features unless you install the
full office suite.

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[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I am running Vista and have Office 2000 apps, except Outlook, running fine.
I don't feel like switching whole hog but might be interested in getting
Outlook 2007 since Outlook 2000 will not run on Vista.

Outlook 2000 should work on Vista, provided you install it in
corporate/workgroup mode.

 

[Roger]

Thanks for this information. One further question. If I want to move the
outlook.pst and archive.pst files back and forth between two machines, can
one be in CW and the other be in IMO?

Roger

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Thanks for this information. One further question. If I want to move the
outlook.pst and archive.pst files back and forth between two machines, can
one be in CW and the other be in IMO?

I don't see why not, but be careful. You can damage mail profiles if not
done correctly.

 

[Roger]

I took an xp laptop and changed it to CW. It apparently converted the pst
file since it worked. Then I copied a pst file from a machine running IMO
and Outlook could not read it so it appears that the file format must be
somewhat different.

I also tried to install Outlook 2000 on my Vista machine and it complained
that some dll was not compatible.

I tried to install Windows Live Mail, based on Diane's thoughts but it would
not install.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

See http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/vista.htm and
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/vista_wab.htm - if you're getting the
WAB.dll error you are not in Corp mode.

The pst is not different between corp and IMO. What error did you get?

What error did you get on windows live mail?

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I took an xp laptop and changed it to CW. It apparently converted the pst
file since it worked. Then I copied a pst file from a machine running IMO
and Outlook could not read it so it appears that the file format must be
somewhat different.

I also tried to install Outlook 2000 on my Vista machine and it complained
that some dll was not compatible.

I tried to install Windows Live Mail, based on Diane's thoughts but it
would not install.

 

[Bill Sparling]

I am having the same problem, having just switched to a Vista machine but
need to keep my office 2000 with outlook working. Everything but outlook
works fine, with outlook it won't run as the address book files are not
installing. Does ANYONE have a fix for this (MICROSOFT, I'm looking at YOU!)

Bill
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[Gordon]

I am having the same problem, having just switched to a Vista machine but
need to keep my office 2000 with outlook working. Everything but outlook
works fine, with outlook it won't run as the address book files are not
installing. Does ANYONE have a fix for this (MICROSOFT, I'm looking at
YOU!)

Well seeing as Office 2000 is out of support, why should they?
Tried here:?
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Outlook+2000+on+Vista&meta=

 

[Peter Foldes]

Included in the below link
You can try copying the wab.dll to Vista and registering it. While this will end the
error, the address book may not function correctly. For more information, see Hack
the WAB.

http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/vista.htm

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I am having the same problem, having just switched to a Vista machine but
need to keep my office 2000 with outlook working. Everything but outlook
works fine, with outlook it won't run as the address book files are not
installing. Does ANYONE have a fix for this (MICROSOFT, I'm looking at
YOU!)

Switch to Corporate/Workgroup mode and Outlook 2000 should work.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

It's a YMMV thing. Most of outlook will work ok in corp mode, but there will
be errors and problems and the features he needs may be one of the things
that is broken.

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