I just purchased a new computer with vista operating system. I have
microsoft office 2000 professional from my old computer. can I install this
on the new computer with vista? is it compatible? with upgrades? or it just
wont work at all?
Description of the versions of Office that are supported on Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932087/en-us
Hi Ken, It's a myth that Office 2000 Pro will work with Vista,
I have to keep on installing Office EVERY time I want to do some work in
XL, Word, and etc;
After I have used the internet, something is reset that disallows the
opening of any Office prog. I suspect it has something to do with Windows
Update installations.
I am going back to XP...Vista is beyond frustrating; I am fed up with it
and am ready to smash my computer and go back to the GOOD OLD DAYS where I
had to keep all my books BY HAND and a set of coloured ball points. and GOOD
RIDDANCE TO VISTA::::What a waste of money.!
Raby''''s said:Hi Ken, My reply was not to a thread that is older than five minutes;
rather the reply was to you, and the unspoken blanket notion, that because
its a Microsoft product, it must be perfect in every way.
I wasn't being serious about trashing my PC, but rather simply expressing
my
frustration.
My problem is this; I bought a new machine with vista pre-installed and
for a short while Office 2000 Pro worked. Lots of other commercially
available progs that I use don't work and some of them can't be updated
from
the internet, as the companies have either changed hands half a dozen
times
or simply ceased to exist. (Microsoft is sadly lacking in respect to its
demand that we customers are forced by its TYRANNY to do the work that the
program writers should be doing. They have forgotten the first rule of
software writers, which is that their product MUST be USER-FRIENDLY).
Upon the advice of someone in this forum, I created a new partition
installed XP to it. and found that wouldn't work properly without SPII and
couldn't install it, as it wanted to auto extract to C: (the Vista
residence). I ended up having to delete XP, so now nothing is in bespoke
partition. Vista worked except for that PDA files couldn't be transfered,
so
I installed Mobile Device Centre 6 to help with the PDA file uploading. I
had
to install Outlook 2003 as my PDA files would't even transfer without it.
(perhaps that's the problem) Fat lot of good that did, the PDA files are
unreadable.
All I know for sure is that Office stopped working, then after a couple of
Vista updates Office worked again, a few updates later Office stopped
working
again etc; I had to re-Install office a couple of times, repair it twice,
now it wont work at all... and wait for it.....my trays will no longer
open
so I can install it again.
Office is not issuing any error warnings, and Norton 360 reports that all
is well.
Vista won't allow me to format the HDD so I can put XP on C: in order
that I may resume my life.
All this while, I have to keep my books by hand whether I really want to
or
not, while trying to affect a solution to this dilemma.
Quite apart from which the Verdi Vitoria Visor might help me to make a
fashion statement, though it will need chrome arm springs over my shirt
sleeves!
The BIG question is; Are you able to help me?
I would be so pleased if you could!
Hi Ken, My reply was not to a thread that is older than five minutes;
rather the reply was to you, and the unspoken blanket notion, that because
its a Microsoft product, it must be perfect in every way.
I wasn't being serious about trashing my PC, but rather simply expressing my
frustration.
My problem is this; I bought a new machine with vista pre-installed and
for a short while Office 2000 Pro worked. Lots of other commercially
available progs that I use don't work and some of them can't be updated from
the internet, as the companies have either changed hands half a dozen times
or simply ceased to exist. (Microsoft is sadly lacking in respect to its
demand that we customers are forced by its TYRANNY to do the work that the
program writers should be doing. They have forgotten the first rule of
software writers, which is that their product MUST be USER-FRIENDLY).
Upon the advice of someone in this forum, I created a new partition
installed XP to it. and found that wouldn't work properly without SPII and
couldn't install it, as it wanted to auto extract to C: (the Vista
residence). I ended up having to delete XP, so now nothing is in bespoke
partition. Vista worked except for that PDA files couldn't be transfered, so
I installed Mobile Device Centre 6 to help with the PDA file uploading. I had
to install Outlook 2003 as my PDA files would't even transfer without it.
(perhaps that's the problem) Fat lot of good that did, the PDA files are
unreadable.
All I know for sure is that Office stopped working, then after a couple of
Vista updates Office worked again, a few updates later Office stopped working
again etc; I had to re-Install office a couple of times, repair it twice,
now it wont work at all... and wait for it.....my trays will no longer open
so I can install it again.
Office is not issuing any error warnings, and Norton 360 reports that all
is well.
Vista won't allow me to format the HDD so I can put XP on C: in order
that I may resume my life.
All this while, I have to keep my books by hand whether I really want to or
not, while trying to affect a solution to this dilemma.
Quite apart from which the Verdi Vitoria Visor might help me to make a
fashion statement, though it will need chrome arm springs over my shirt
sleeves!
The BIG question is; Are you able to help me?
I would be so pleased if you could!
Rob said:Dear Deb;
I tried the copy and paste, it did not work. I con not get word to load and
open. I copied (wab32.dll and wab.32res.dll) in to system32 and checked and
they are in there. It still don't work. Do you have alternate suggestion?
"Help"
Man-wai Chang ToDie said:How about starting the Office 2000 setup.exe with "Run As Administrator"?
Rob said:Dear Chang;
I'm on a stand-along computer. Can you walk me through the process?
Hi Ken
Just read a jan 2008 post from someone saying anything prior to Office 2003
will not work with Vista. Which is it?
thank you.
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