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I downloaded Office 2000 on my computer and can open all of the programs
except 2000. It just sits there not responding. I have Vista Home Premium
on my computer. Has anyone else experienced this?
 
Meigsy said:
I downloaded Office 2000 on my computer and can open all of the programs
except 2000. It just sits there not responding. I have Vista Home Premium
on my computer. Has anyone else experienced this?
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Office 2000 is not supported on Vista. Mainly it's Outlook that has
problems, but that's not to say that other modules won't.
 
Uninstall Office 2000, then install it again using Vista's
Program Compatibility Wizard:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/bf416877-c83f-4476-a3da-8ec98dcf5f101033.mspx

Afterward, download and install Office 2000 Service Pack 3:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...70-47D0-4306-9FA4-8E92D36332FE&displaylang=EN

How to find additional Office 2000 updates
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266134

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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I downloaded Office 2000 on my computer and can open all of the programs
except 2000. It just sits there not responding. I have Vista Home Premium
on my computer. Has anyone else experienced this?
 
Office 2000 is not supported on Vista. Mainly it's Outlook that has
problems, but that's not to say that other modules won't.
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I have Office 2000 Pro installed and it works fine.

However, I am not using Outlook 2000. I upgraded to 2003 when it
appeared on the market.
 
Nonny said:
I have Office 2000 Pro installed and it works fine.

However, I am not using Outlook 2000. I upgraded to 2003 when it
appeared on the market.
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Outlook 2000 complained that it couldn't find outlook express on my machine.
I'm using 2007 now (much better too, there were no big differences between
97-2003 so makes a change!)

Marc
 
Maybe what I did can help others. In Vista Home Premium I installed Office
2000: Word, Excel, Powerpoint. I did not install Outlook 2000, but instead
converted Outlook's contacts, mail and calendar to use them in Windows
Contacts, Windows Mail and Windows Calendar. (There are ways to get Outlook
2000 to work in Vista, but I chose to use the newer Windows apps instead.)

I installed SR-1a and SP3, plus various Office security updates.Word, Excel,
and Powerpoint 2000 apps work fine.

Office help did not always work. So, in Windows Explorer I went to Program
Files\Microsoft Office 2000\Office\1033\ right-click MSOHELP.EXE >
Properties > Compatibility: selected "Run this proram in compatibility mode
for Windows XP.

Context help (Help >What's This > use question mark cursor to click on a
menu command) gave errors "The Help for this program was created in Windows
Help format, which depends on a feature that is not included in Windows
Vista".
MS offers download of WinHlp32.exe to run old .hlp files, so I downloaded
and installed the package Windows6.0-KB917607-x86.msu and now the context
help also works.
 
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