Re: Your'e gonna laff!

"wally" <> wrote in message
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> I have bought my mum a new notebook running Vista. She is 77 and lives in
> UK I am in Canada.
>
> I had outlook 2000 installed previously for email use. I know how everyone
> using office 2000 disliked the obnoxious paper clip office assistant, but
> my mum really loved the cat as she could always tell if her email was
> being sent.
>
> Since re installing 2000 this option does not work on her new computer and
> she is quite disappointed.
>
> Is there a way to install the office assistant in office 2000 or could
> there be a similar Plug in out there somewhere?

Hate 2 Tell You This Wally, But There Are Some Microsoft Office
Compatibility Problems (On Windows Vista) That My Parents Have Run Into
With Any Version Of Microsoft Office Except 4 The 2007 Version Of
Microsoft Office, 4 Example, My Mom Has Problems With Her Microsoft
Excel 2003 Corporate Macro's Casing A Data Execution Prevention (DEP)
Error On Any Version of Windows Vista, Where As The Spread Sheets Open
Up Just Fine On Both 32 Bit (X86) Windows XP Service Pack 3, And/Or 64
Bit (X64) Windows XP Service Pack 2, Just FYI. Can You Say Monopoly? The
Answer Is Yes, Just FYI.