vista and outlook 2002

[Anita]

I have the same issue, I can't beleive that this was not discovered in the
BETA stage.

 

[Chuck Davis]

Post to the same thread. We have no idea what you're writing about.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

at the very least, include the post you are replying to so we have a clue as
to what problem you are experiencing.

FWIW, outlook 2002 is long past it's support time frame and there is no
reason to insure Vista works with it and there will not be a patch to fix
whatever this mystery problem is. It's a problem you'll have with many
applications when you upgrade the OS but install old, outdated applications.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

We can't read minds - you need to tell us what the problem is, not reply to
someone else's message and then not include their message.

Any time you upgrade an OS, you risk losing saved passwords because the new
OS replaces much of the registry and that's where the passwords are stored.
Any time you upgrade the OS you take a chance that older software will not
work with it. It's not just outlook - many other applications will have
problems with the new OS too.

 

[Chuck Davis]

Just think how bad you would feel if you had just purchased QuickBooks 2006.
It won't run on Vista! Intuit has no plans to attempt to make it work. It's
all about Vista rightfully preventing data mucking in the Program Files
Folder as QuickBooks has done for years. Their stance may increase revenue,
and then again some of my acquaintences are switching to Microsoft's Office
Accounting Express 2007. It's funny the loyalties that have been built up
over the years can be extinguished in a minute.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

He's telling you that not all programs, including some newly released ones,
are supported on Vista. It's life - it happens every time a new OS comes
out.

Microsoft only supports Office 2003 and 2007 on Vista. They do not provide
support and updates for programs long out of the support lifecycle unless
you have a long standing support contact - and that's what the extended
support for Windows 2000 requires. Hotfixes, such as for the upcoming US and
CAN daylight time updates, are not publicly available for Windows 2000.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Google is your friend...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;en-us;lifeOffice

Note that Office XP is under extended support- this means only people with
support contracts will receive non-security related hotfixes. Critical
updates are security related - and not saving passwords is not a security
hole.

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy
note points # 3, 5 & 14. If the problem is specific to the program, MS will
provide support - if it results from a combination of the OS, it will not.
You can purchase a non-security hotfix support contract. I'm not sure of the
price, but I believe it's cheaper to buy Outlook 2007. It's probably more
expensive than purchasing an upgrade for the office suite, but I'm not sure.