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

Re: Outlook 2003 wont start by DL

DL
Thu Mar 20 02:55:41 PDT 2008

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



Re: Outlook 2003 wont start by Tony

Tony
Thu Mar 20 17:19:04 PDT 2008

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
>
>
>

Re: Outlook 2003 wont start by DL

DL
Fri Mar 21 03:06:18 PDT 2008

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
>>
>>
>>



Re: Outlook 2003 wont start by Tony

Tony
Fri Mar 21 21:50:00 PDT 2008

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
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Re: Outlook 2003 wont start by DL

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
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>