Outlook 2003 Word 2007 email attachments

[bpiela]

OK. I have Office Basic Edition 2003 installed on my PC running XP SP3. I
recently installed Office Home and Student 2007. Now, when I try to open
Word attachments, I get a message telling me to "Please wait while Windows
configures Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003". Also I get "A required
installation file SKU113.CAB could not be found". I am an Outlook user and I
would like to continue to use it. Is there a way to make it open a Word
attachment using Word 2007?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

The only difference between the Office Basic and H&S editions is OneNote,
PowerPoint and Outlook. If all you need from the Basic Edition is Outlook,
then uninstall the entire suite and only reinstall Outlook.

--
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, bpiela asked:

| OK. I have Office Basic Edition 2003 installed on my PC running XP
| SP3. I recently installed Office Home and Student 2007. Now, when I
| try to open Word attachments, I get a message telling me to "Please
| wait while Windows configures Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003".
| Also I get "A required installation file SKU113.CAB could not be
| found". I am an Outlook user and I would like to continue to use it.
| Is there a way to make it open a Word attachment using Word 2007?