Office 2000 Outlook

[billp.]

I set up Office 2000 Professional on a new Vista laptop. When trying to send
an email, I get an error: "attempting to open windows address book, unable
to find the WAB DLL." I can't send emails through Outlook. Any help is
appreciated.

 

[DL]

OL2k is not compatible with Vista
OL2002 has problems remembering password
OL2003 & 2007 are compatible.

 

[Peter Foldes]

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

 

[gerryw]

To quote Diane Poremsky [MVP] post on 2/4/2007, "I tested this tonight - 2000
in Internet only mode won't work - it uses the old windows address book
(wab.dll) for it's address book. Corporate mode works, but each time I
restart it I get the start up screen. There may be other issues I haven't
discovered yet. If you are using Outlook because of the Calendar, try the
calendar in Vista (and mail) or upgrade to Outlook 2007."

I have the same startup issue. So far I just ignore the startup message by
clicking through and taking the defaults. But I did install in Corporate
mode as described and I have setup 2 profiles as well for myself and my wife
to keep our mail seperate. If you setup multiple profiles, you may need to
setup the services a couple of times to get it correct. Also, under
Tools/Options, then the Mail Format tab, select Prompt for a profile to use.
This way it asks what profile you want each time you go into Outlook.

I will keep looking for a solution to the Outlook startup each time I start
Outloo.