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The installation of Office 2000 is supported on Vista. This does not mean
that you will not experience issues when using the different applications.
You need to read this article:
Description of the versions of Office that are supported on Windows Vista:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932087/en-us
There have been some problems with Outlook 2000 on Vista.
Outlook on Vista:
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/vista.htm
When you install office, right click the installation file and select the
Run As Administrator option. Also, if you experience any problems, you can
right click the .exe file for the office application and select the
Compatibility Tab. Select to run the application in Win XP compatibility
mode.