DL
Sat Mar 22 03:06:30 PDT 2008
2003 is not going to work whilst the trial exists
You can repair using your Office cd, or via Office2003 in add/remove
dialogue, or via Help> Detect/Repair in eg Word
"Tony" <Tony@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:23EE8749-6157-41FC-AB46-858A48F5F5F9@microsoft.com...
> Thank you for your advice, but how do I repair 2003? Is it using the inbox
> repair tool? if so, I am not sure if that will fix it as 2003 will not
> even
> start. I get an error message tellming me that 'Microsoft Outlook has
> stopped
> working'.
>
> Thanks
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
>>
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlook.general/browse_thread/thread/8ae74a0c2b0e4bd2/f3d52c9726276822?lnk=st&q=#f3d52c9726276822
>>
>> You need to uninstall the trial & any MS 2007 Compatibility pack, delete
>> temp files & reboot. Then repair your 2003 installation.
>>
>> See here for how to set up the Outlook Express, default newsreader
>>
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
>>
>> "Tony" <Tony@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3A932933-49A6-4679-B38E-AD030A881C90@microsoft.com...
>> > Please tell me where that question and response was posted. I agree
>> > that I
>> > did post the question once prior, however I could not see it appear in
>> > the
>> > list some hours later, so I posted it again. I can still only see my
>> > question
>> > appear once.
>> >
>> > Notwithstanding that I never received a notificiation email advising
>> > that
>> > I
>> > had received a response to that post, which if received would have let
>> > me
>> > directly to it.
>> >
>> > If you could point me in the right direction, it would be greatly
>> > appreciated.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>> > "DL" wrote:
>> >
>> >> You posted the same Q on the 19th, and received a response
>> >>
>> >> "Tony" <Tony@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:0A059FEC-64C2-489C-B341-7737F2DD2427@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I recently purchased a new Sony Vaio laptop and it came with a trial
>> >> >version
>> >> > of office 2007 pre-installed.
>> >> >
>> >> > I wanted to continue to use my office 2003 so I installed it aswell.
>> >> >
>> >> > I had been using Office 2003 with no problems until one day I
>> >> > accidentally
>> >> > opened Outlook 2007 instead of 2003. The program immediatly started
>> >> > to
>> >> > migrate all the settings from 2003. While I can see all my emails
>> >> > with
>> >> > no
>> >> > problems, and work as per normal, I do not want to use Office 2007.
>> >> >
>> >> > I have now also noticed that if I click on any other office file, it
>> >> > automatically starts Office 2007 instead of my installed 2003.
>> >> > Therefore
>> >> > it
>> >> > apppears that through me accidentally opening Oulook 2007 it has
>> >> > made
>> >> > Office
>> >> > 2007 my default choice.
>> >> >
>> >> > Since this occured I have tried to open Outlook 2003 but it presents
>> >> > an
>> >> > error message and tells me that it cannot start.
>> >> >
>> >> > How can I use Outlook 2003 again, and reset all the Office defaults
>> >> > back
>> >> > to
>> >> > Office 2003.
>> >> >
>> >> > I am using Vista.
>> >> >
>> >> > Your assistance is greatly appreciated.
>> >> >
>> >> > Regards
>> >> >
>> >> > Tony
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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