I love my Office 97 (I fear change And won't pay bill gates hundreds of dollars for an upgrade to office 2007).

I installed office 97 on my new Vista computer.

Everything works (word, access powerpoint, excel) except outlook.

i get an error message that says "cannot start microsoft outlook".

any thoughts?

I do not use outlook for email but for Notes and Contacts. I'd be fine if one of the new windows apps had the equivalent of outlook note but they do not. I would sync my Palm V handlheld with outlook and have all my necessary information at my fingertips.

any thoughts anyone has would be great.

Have you tried to run it in compatibility mode?

Right click the outlook shortcut and select properties
Select compatibility tab
Check run this porgram in compatibility mode for:
And choose an os its known to work on.

If this still doesnt work, try right clicking on the outlook shortcut and select "run as administrator"

Office 97 and Windows Vista??????
Is it possible??????

yes vista and office will work dont think outlook will even in compatability mode but im not 100% sure.

Outlook 97 doesnt run on my XP computer properley either. It hasnt worked well since NT4/ME

OMG Office 97 works on Vista.. brilliant Microsoft. Outlook wont work. Has problems. Same problem here when I had tested. I upgraded to 2003.

Will the new Windows 7 be able to replace vista if I load it onto my CPU? Do I need to wipe out vista first then load windows 7?