The address book issue applies to Outlook 2000 running in Internet Mail Only
mode; Corporate/Workgroup mode does not suffer from this, but has a
different minor issue. Otherwise, it runs OK...more info and work-arounds
here:
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/vista.htm
Does Outlook work on Vista?
Hal
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"Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Russ
>
> Thanks for the advice. This is a dual boot computer and I am aware that
> Outlook 2000 does not work with Vista. Apparently a problem with the
> address book.
>
>
> --
> ~~~~
>
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
> > At one time WinFax Pro was designed to integrate with Outlook. It was
> > one of the first things to go sour when WinFax Pro went belly up.
> >> Russ
> >>
> >> I notice your speciality is Outlook. Whilst I have Outlook installed
> >> I have never been comfortable using it. After reinstalling WinFax
> >> Pro and whilst trying to reconfigure WinFax Pro it took an interest
> >> in the existence of Outlook I had to insert my Office 2000
> >> Professional CD. Perhaps I need to check whether Outlook might be
> >> part of the problem. It certainly would do no harm to check for
> >> updates. Thanks for your response and support <G>.
> >>
> >>
> >> ~~~~
> >>
> >>
> >> Gerry
> >> ~~~~
> >> FCA
> >> Stourport, England
> >> Enquire, plan and execute
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>
> >>
> >> Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
> >>> Bully. Stand by to provide support for the rest of the users.
> >>>> Russ
> >>>>
> >>>> My experience has been similar to Doug. It has worked well for
> >>>> nearly 4 years. It could the update to SP3 but WinFax Pro is still
> >>>> working, except for the macro and having to manually print incoming
> >>>> faxes. ~~~~
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Gerry
> >>>> ~~~~
> >>>> FCA
> >>>> Stourport, England
> >>>> Enquire, plan and execute
> >>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
> >>>>> You posted an exception. Hal posted the rule. I doubt very many
> >>>>> users will be as successful as you, but it's nice to know it's
> >>>>> worth trying if users are game to give it a go on their own with
> >>>>> no support.
> >>>>>> Not to argue with an MVP, but I have been using Winfax
> >>>>>> (successfully) with XP since XP came out - now at Winfax ver
> >>>>>> 10.3. Symantec is no help whatsoever & has not been for many
> >>>>>> years. The macros I have for Winfax (as installed from the WF
> >>>>>> prog) work
> >>>>>> OK, but do NOT return the default printer to what it was before
> >>>>>> you used WF, all of the times. I simply wrote a macro for Word &
> >>>>>> Excel that does return my default printer to what it was before.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> HTH
> >>>>>> Doug
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I] wrote:
> >>>>>>> Versions of WinFax later than version 9.x have proven to be
> >>>>>>> largely incompatible with Windows XP. WinFax, when installed on
> >>>>>>> an XP machine usually corrupts XP's Fax service to the point
> >>>>>>> that it cannot be resurrected
> >>>>>>> without an OS re-install. Symantec no longer offers any real
> >>>>>>> tech support
> >>>>>>> for this product. There are a number of group fax services
> >>>>>>> available that
> >>>>>>> are compatible with XP, my suggestion would be to get one. You
> >>>>>>> might also
> >>>>>>> want to see if Symantec has a user forum for WinFax; the primary
> >>>>>>> focus for
> >>>>>>> this forum is Windows XP Fax.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> http://www.slipstick.com/addins/services/groupfax.asp
> >>>>>>> Group Fax Services
> >>>>>>> http://www.slipstick.com/addins/services/fax.asp
> >>>>>>> Internet Fax Services
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Hal
>
>