Office 2000 Professional

[Otto Genf]

Are there any known problems installing and running Office 2000 Professional
on Windows Vista Home Premium? I use Office 2000 on my desktop and have no
need to upgrade to Office 2007, thus wanting to also install it on a new
Toshiba laptop using Vista. Thanks in advance.

 

[Steve K.]

Are there any known problems installing and running Office 2000
Professional on Windows Vista Home Premium? I use Office 2000 on my
desktop and have no need to upgrade to Office 2007, thus wanting to
also install it on a new Toshiba laptop using Vista. Thanks in
advance.

Like Vista is to XP, Office 2007 is a bulkier, more restrictive version.
You are currently better off with the lower version. 2000 or even 2003
work well even on new systems, but, like in general, you're better off
running it on XP or other rather than on Vista.

 

[ray]

Are there any known problems installing and running Office 2000 Professional
on Windows Vista Home Premium? I use Office 2000 on my desktop and have no
need to upgrade to Office 2007, thus wanting to also install it on a new
Toshiba laptop using Vista. Thanks in advance.

So try it. If it doesn't work there is still no need to blow several
hundred dollars on office 2007 - try OpenOffice.org - won't cost a dime
and will probably fulfill all your needs.

 

[Mellowed]

Are there any known problems installing and running Office 2000
Professional on Windows Vista Home Premium? I use Office 2000 on my
desktop and have no need to upgrade to Office 2007, thus wanting to also
install it on a new Toshiba laptop using Vista. Thanks in advance.

There are some issues with Outlook2000. Otherwise no problems.

 

[Peter Foldes]

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

 

[Guest]

I have not had a problem with it!

 

[Bill Yanaire]

Why would he want to waste his time with OpenOffice when he has Office 2000
Professional?

OO is not ready for prime time.

 

[ray]

Why would he want to waste his time with OpenOffice when he has Office 2000
Professional?

OO is not ready for prime time.

OO certainly IS ready for prime time. Please note I suggested he try
office 2000 first. If he can't get it to go, there are two options - OO is
one of them.

 

[Bill Yanaire]

You're right. I guess I missed the part that you suggest she try 2000
first. Sorry about that.

 

[John]

I believe you'll have issues with Outlook2000 due to changes in Vista...much
has been written. As far as the other programs go, I have had only one issue
but otherwise they work fine.

The issue involves starting Word by clicking a .doc file. I get an error
that the file can't be found. But if File-Open then all works as usual. I
haven't pursued this issue but I think it involves compatibility files for
programs 'unknown' to Vista.

 

[Snuff]

Why would he want to waste his time with OpenOffice when he has Office 2000
Professional?

OO is not ready for prime time.

Because, you twit, the fear is that Office 2000 may not work with
Vista...that was the initial question.

It probably does but OO definitely does...and it is ready for prime
time. Ask Dell and Lenovo who are loading it on business laptops
powered by Linux.

 

[Mellowed]

I believe you'll have issues with Outlook2000 due to changes in
Vista...much has been written. As far as the other programs go, I have had
only one issue but otherwise they work fine.

The issue involves starting Word by clicking a .doc file. I get an error
that the file can't be found. But if File-Open then all works as usual. I
haven't pursued this issue but I think it involves compatibility files for
programs 'unknown' to Vista.

I can click on a .doc file and it opens OK. Must be something else. I'm
using Vista Ultimate and Office 2000.

 

[John]

Interesting... I have Vista Business and Office2000. But this computer came
with Office 2007 as a 30 day trial and I deleted it. I bet something's still
in the registry. Why do they not give you the "CHOICE" of installing a trial
version of any software. All I did for 1/2 day was uninstall bloated
crapware. Such is marketing these days.