Comments for Is Office 2003 compatible with Widows Vista?

Comment from Geoff on 2008-09-18

2008-09-18T08:25:56Z

I install office 2003 on my new pc with win vista, now whenever i open my documents with office there will be a prompt appeared,"Office version does not match". Although the file can be open,but whenever i open them this massage will appear. Is there anyway i can solve it?
Thanks.

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Comment from Kristy on 2008-08-29

2008-08-30T05:45:01Z

I have a laptop with Vista and Office 2007. Whenever I try and download (open, not save) an attachment from an email it opens as "notes" and looks like chicken scratch. The only way I get the doc to be readable is to save it and then open word and open the doc in word. Isn't there a faster way to do this?

Thanks.

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Comment from Jack Arnold on 2008-08-29

2008-08-29T23:43:37Z

Installed old copy of MS Office 2003 on new Vista machine. During the installation got an error message that a value could not be changed on some registry key, \CLSID\{13DEA42-8D21-4C8E-BF9C-8F69CB068FCA}. Continued with the installation and Office appears to work. However, I can't get the updates to install. Get the same error message. I have checked the "permissions" for that key and they seem to be OK.

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Comment from Al Kessler on 2008-08-22

2008-08-23T00:06:35Z

I installed Office 2003 on my new Vista Home Premium computer, then
transferred my data from my xp computer to the new computer using the Easy
Transfer Cable. All the settings and data transferred ok, but when I try to
Send/Receive, I get an error "You do not have appropriate permission to
perform the operation". I am logged in as the Administrator. Any ideas?

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Comment from Bob on 2008-06-02

2008-06-03T05:12:21Z

I have just bought a laptop with Vista business on it. I have Office2003 running successfully on my other XP machine. When I loaded it onto the Vista machine, the following problems occur -
1. I use a program called ShareO to share my calendar, contacts etc between the machines. This will not operate successfully on the Vista machine (I am in the middle of discussions with their support about this.)
2. I also notice small glitches in Office in other areas. If I try to change the default opening page in Outlook say from Calendar to Inbox, the changes are not saved & it reverts to the calendar.
3. When right clicking on Contacts & opening Properties, the message comes up that the Inbox assistant is not available.
4. I cannot use the import feature in Outlook to import a pst file.

I have the latest upgrades for Office 2003. These small things are frustrating and suggest to me that Outlook 2003 is not completely compatible with Vista. I have 2 choices - upgrade to Office 2007 or downgrade from Vista to XP Professional (the discs to do this came with the machine). What do you think I should do?

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Comment from Eric on 2008-05-19

2008-05-19T17:49:31Z

Hi Leo,
I install office 2003 on my new laptop with win vista, now whenever i open my documents with office there will be a prompt appeared,"Office version does not match". Although the file can be open,but whenever i open them this massage will appear. Is there anyway i can solve it?
Thanks.

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Comment from Darian Marvin on 2008-05-08

2008-05-08T12:47:01Z

Hi,
Why can't I design a report on the access 2003 with Vista OS? Even after saving from 2007 to 2003, the report still could not be opened.
Thanks

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Comment from John P on 2008-03-02

2008-03-02T16:43:11Z

I recently purchased a new laptop with Windows Vista and a trial version of Office 2007;
I uninstalled the trial version and installed Office 2003. It works fine except it asks me to accept the terms everytime I open a document.
Any fix for this?

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Comment from Sandeep on 2008-01-13

2008-01-14T02:25:49Z

Hi Leo,

I tecently purchased a HP laptop with Windows Vista Home edition. I had Office 2007 trial version, I've uninstalled that and have office 2003 installed on that, now when i open any word or excel document, it literally takes 5-6 minutes to open. Please let me know if it's a compatibilty issue with Vista.

Regards,
Sandeep G

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-12-08

2007-12-08T17:34:38Z

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Comment from Dean Sinclair on 2007-12-07

2007-12-08T02:25:29Z

Office 2003 works fine for me.
Vista Ultimate
The only thing, though, when I had office 2007 on there, I opened all my documents with it and now once it's uninstalled (too flashy and slow) and installed 2003, I can't choose winword.exe 2003 version to open my documents by default. It wont let me, sadly. Looking for a solution now.

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Comment from Rick Wallace on 2007-11-04

2007-11-04T14:17:24Z

My 2003 installed but it always ask me to agree to the terms each time. When the 2007 trial was up I uninstalled it and now it 'sets up 2003 every time I use it. It works but I have to wait 5 minutes to use it. I have repaired and reinstalled to no avail. Hope someone has better luck than me.

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Comment from jason Hobbs on 2007-10-01

2007-10-01T19:39:28Z

I have vista xp 2007 i send a attachment to another mail addy and they cannot open it.

Please help

Jason

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Comment from doug fishwick on 2007-09-16

2007-09-17T01:27:01Z

how do i install office 2003 on vista when it says error executing file this operation requires elevation

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Comment from Mary Weller on 2007-09-15

2007-09-15T15:08:36Z

Your article on Office 2007 was great but it scares me.I had downloaded the trial version but anything I forwares using Word was unreadable by aany of the recipents so Microsoft said it was because it was the trial version so I "bit the bullet" and paid for the real thing though I am still using the trial. I know most of my friends(who never download things) will not even try to download a compatability pack so I see lots of problems ahead.Guess I should have stuck with the old version even if it meant difficulties with any power point attachments.

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