Vista/Outlook

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I backed up my Palm Treo information in Outlook when running XP. Now I am
setting up in Vista. If I buy a copy of Outlook, will it run on Vista? Do I
need to do that?
 
Dean Dowling wrote on Tue, 30 December 2008 09:5
I backed up my Palm Treo information in Outlook when running XP. Now I am
setting up in Vista. If I buy a copy of Outlook, will it run on Vista? Do I
need to do that
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If you buy Outlook 2003 or 2007, yes, it will work just fine.

See http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/vista.htm for details on what won't work if you use older versions of Outlook.
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Outlook 2000 saves passwords just fine. Outlook 2002 has issues with
passwords.

Outlook 2000 has a problem in IMO mode with the Windows Address Book
(wab.dll) since that no longer exists on Windows Vista.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Ken Blake, MVP asked:

| On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:55:31 -0500, "Dean Dowling" <[email protected]>
| wrote:
|
|| If I buy a copy of Outlook, will it run on Vista?
|
|
| Yes, although Outlook 2000 won't save your password for you.
 
Outlook 2000 saves passwords just fine. Outlook 2002 has issues with
passwords.
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Sorry, then I got them backwards.


Outlook 2000 has a problem in IMO mode with the Windows Address Book
(wab.dll) since that no longer exists on Windows Vista.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Ken Blake, MVP asked:

| On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:55:31 -0500, "Dean Dowling" <[email protected]>
| wrote:
|
|| If I buy a copy of Outlook, will it run on Vista?
|
|
| Yes, although Outlook 2000 won't save your password for you.
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No problem, just like keeping the record straight.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Ken Blake, MVP asked:

| On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:13:04 -0800, "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
|
|| Outlook 2000 saves passwords just fine. Outlook 2002 has issues with
|| passwords.
|
|
| Sorry, then I got them backwards.
|
|
|
|| Outlook 2000 has a problem in IMO mode with the Windows Address Book
|| (wab.dll) since that no longer exists on Windows Vista.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
|| ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
|| How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
||
||
|| After furious head scratching, Ken Blake, MVP asked:
||
||| On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:55:31 -0500, "Dean Dowling"
|||
|||| If I buy a copy of Outlook, will it run on Vista?
|||
|||
||| Yes, although Outlook 2000 won't save your password for you.
 
I backed up my Palm Treo information in Outlook when running XP. Now I am
setting up in Vista. If I buy a copy of Outlook, will it run on Vista? Do I
need to do that?
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The Outlook you currently have may work on Vista. If it was part of Office
preinstalled on your XP system, however, moving it to your Vista machine
wouldn't be legal.
 
Brian Tillman said:
The Outlook you currently have may work on Vista. If it was part of
Office preinstalled on your XP system, however, moving it to your Vista
machine wouldn't be legal.
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Hmmm. I wouldn't have used the word "legal" as the EULA has never been
contested in court. Unethical would be what I would say...
 
I have a problem with the notion that if I can move the program that I am
somehow acting unethically. I bought the program to use on my computer. My
computer is now a Vista computer, and the old, XP machine will no longer be
used.

If I bought the program for my personal use, what is unethical about
continuing to use it?
 
Dean Dowling said:
I have a problem with the notion that if I can move the program that I am
somehow acting unethically. I bought the program to use on my computer. My
computer is now a Vista computer, and the old, XP machine will no longer be
used.

If I bought the program for my personal use, what is unethical about
continuing to use it?
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You haven't "bought" the program - you have paid for a licence to use it. If
it came pre-installed on the original machine, it is an OEM version and the
End User Licence Agreement, to the conditions of which you assented when you
first ran the program, specifically states that the Licensee (you) may NOT
transfer the software to another machine. That has never been tested in
court, however so as I said, I would not have used the word "legal". It is,
however, up to your individual conscience as to whether you flout this
agreement that you have assented to. That is why I used the word
"unethical".

If however you purchased the software separately, from a shop, then it is
highly probable that it is a Retail version and you are at liberty to
transfer it to as many different machines as you like, again as long as you
don't exceed the permitted installations, which for Standard Office is
normally two - one primary installation and one portable device.

You need to read your EULA......
 
It depends if its an OEM copy or retail. OEM copies are linked to the
hardware they were purchased with and moving it violates the EULA. Retail
copies can be moved without question.

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I had a lot of replies drafted to your message, but I'll just leave it with
"take your sanctimonious attitude and shove it." Don't bother to reply: I'm
out of these newsgroups.
 
Dean Dowling said:
I had a lot of replies drafted to your message, but I'll just leave it with
"take your sanctimonious attitude and shove it." Don't bother to reply: I'm
out of these newsgroups.
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Well that's really nice to see that because you don't like the answer you
won't be coming back. Nothing sanctimonious about the TRUTH, is there!
Well you won't be missed...
 
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