Prev: Need an Offic e 2010 book?
Next: Word 2007 - linked/embedded Excel docs are 'ugly' - format is off
From: Patricia on 30 Jan 2010 07:59
My new laptop has 7 and my old version of Office 2000 does not work.
Seems like its ok with Word & Excel, but Outlook's phone book can't find a
WAB.DLL file. Without a phone book the program is useless.
Are there any fixes out there?
From: Peter Foldes on 30 Jan 2010 08:18
Patricia

Office 2000 is not supported on Windows 7

See the following which applies to Outlook on Win 7 also
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/vista.htm
and
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/vista_wab.htm
--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Patricia" <Patricia(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:52FF8453-27EE-4DC9-AC8D-FAD2EEF15424(a)microsoft.com...
> My new laptop has 7 and my old version of Office 2000 does not work.
> Seems like its ok with Word & Excel, but Outlook's phone book can't find a
> WAB.DLL file. Without a phone book the program is useless.
> Are there any fixes out there?

From: Skiffle on 30 Jan 2010 09:14
Patricia,

The apparent tone of your comments indicates that you are upset your 10 year
old software doesn't work properly with the most current operating system.
That would be like saying your new car with a 6 CD changer and satellite
radio won't play your cassette tapes. Without cassettes, the sound system
is useless. Actually, without a phone book, Outlook is quite useful. It
will still send email. That alone is certainly a benefit.

You have three choices:
1. Continue with Office 2000 and enjoy the functions that still work
2. Upgrade to Office 2010
3. Find a computer with XP and install your Office 2000 on it

Sometimes, reality is a bitter pill.

Skiffle

"Patricia" <Patricia(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:52FF8453-27EE-4DC9-AC8D-FAD2EEF15424(a)microsoft.com...
> My new laptop has 7 and my old version of Office 2000 does not work.
> Seems like its ok with Word & Excel, but Outlook's phone book can't find a
> WAB.DLL file. Without a phone book the program is useless.
> Are there any fixes out there?

From: Michael Dobony on 30 Jan 2010 11:12
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:14:30 -0600, Skiffle wrote:

> Patricia,
>
> The apparent tone of your comments indicates that you are upset your 10 year
> old software doesn't work properly with the most current operating system.
> That would be like saying your new car with a 6 CD changer and satellite
> radio won't play your cassette tapes. Without cassettes, the sound system
> is useless. Actually, without a phone book, Outlook is quite useful. It
> will still send email. That alone is certainly a benefit.
>
> You have three choices:
> 1. Continue with Office 2000 and enjoy the functions that still work
> 2. Upgrade to Office 2010
> 3. Find a computer with XP and install your Office 2000 on it
>

4. install a Windows XP virtual PC and run it under XP mode. I have to do
that with Media Player 11. The version with Vista/W7 is missing some very
useful features. Thanks for your stupidity, M$$$!
From: "dgmacmi >" on 30 Jan 2010 11:56
"Patricia" <Patricia(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:52FF8453-27EE-4DC9-AC8D-FAD2EEF15424(a)microsoft.com...
> My new laptop has 7 and my old version of Office 2000 does not work.
> Seems like its ok with Word & Excel, but Outlook's phone book can't find a
> WAB.DLL file. Without a phone book the program is useless.
> Are there any fixes out there?

Outlook 2000 required files installed in conjunction Outlook Express.
Windows 7 does not include Outlook Express or a mail program of any kind.
Your Wab.dll files is an application extension for the Windows Address Book.

If your interest in Outlook 2000 is limited to email support, you may want
to uninstall Outlook 2000 and download Windows Live Mail {a free Microsoft
download}. Windows Live Mail has an email program without all the features
supported by Outlook 2000. Apparently you do not use these extra features.
Windows Live Mail also has Contacts support and will import data from your
old computer's Windows Address Book file. Just copy the Windows Address Book
{WAB} file on your old computer to a flash drive and import to Windows Live
Mail from flash drive.

Don



 |  Next  |  Last
Pages: 1 2
Prev: Need an Offic e 2010 book?
Next: Word 2007 - linked/embedded Excel docs are 'ugly' - format is off