From Outlook 2003 to XP

Status
Not open for further replies.
T

Tanya

I had Office 2003 installed on my machine. Excfel would not open so I
installed XP. Once that was done, I could not open my outlook.
I then removed the Office 2003 and tried again.
No luck.

I feel really stupid about this, and I dont know what to do, I cant open my
emails or even get into the program.

Please help!!!
 
Earlier versions of Outlook cannot read the outlook data files created by
2003, or 2007

You might have posted the question whilst you had a missbehaving Office 2003
installation, perhaps some one could have offered some help then

Uninstall all versions of Office listed in add/remove dialogue, reboot your
PC, clear your temp files. Then reinstall Office 2003, use MS Update to
install critical updates.
If still a problem come back with a detailed explanation of the problem

"Tanya" <Tanya> wrote in message
news:0E3D6E46-86DB-445F-9718-544C124455D6@microsoft.com...
>I had Office 2003 installed on my machine. Excfel would not open so I
> installed XP. Once that was done, I could not open my outlook.
> I then removed the Office 2003 and tried again.
> No luck.
>
> I feel really stupid about this, and I dont know what to do, I cant open
> my
> emails or even get into the program.
>
> Please help!!!

 
Oh and in future post to an Office group, not the BCM group

"Tanya" <Tanya> wrote in message
news:0E3D6E46-86DB-445F-9718-544C124455D6@microsoft.com...
>I had Office 2003 installed on my machine. Excfel would not open so I
> installed XP. Once that was done, I could not open my outlook.
> I then removed the Office 2003 and tried again.
> No luck.
>
> I feel really stupid about this, and I dont know what to do, I cant open
> my
> emails or even get into the program.
>
> Please help!!!

 
DL

Thank you for your speedy reply.
Much appreciated.
Please excuse my spelling, I have been trying to drown my IT sorrows at
dinner....

I run a small business from home and all my enrolment forms (Im a teacher)
and my life is on my machine.
If my father was sitting here right now, he would give me a swift one for
what im about to tell you.

I got this computer about 6 years ago with office already installed. If I
did recieve the disks, I have long lost them.

I started experiencing problems about 4 days ago when I could not get into
excel, It kept asking me for my original disks saying it couldnt find some
file, my entire database is on there and I paniced.

I could not find my original disks and someone told me to rather install a
different version of office. I found a pack of office XP at home (amongst all
the other clutter I have in my office) and installed it.
Excel worked! Imagine my delight!
I opened outlook...it told me that it could not open my default program.
Myheart sank...
I went into my settings and saw that it was defaulting to outlook express,
no matter how many time I tried to change the default, nothing worked.

In frustration, I went into add/remove programs and deleted Office 2003.
I re-started my machine, tried outlook again....once again i got the same
error message.

I then decied to to do a disk clean up and defrag (thinking that might help)
that only showed me how pitifull my hard drive space is (9% available)
Once again, outlook would not work.

At this point, I was ready to throw my computer out the window.
In my change defaults page, it kept on defaulting to outlook
express.....grrrrrrr
So....and this is the part when dad slaps me and calls me a fool.
I deleted outlook express.

I restarted again, and STILL it wont work.

Bugger, im thinking....what the hell do I do? Now I cant even get access to
outlook express.

Im thinking A.) I need a bigger hard drive and a hell of lot more ram, but
do I have to now go and buy a new version of office?
holy cow....I cant afford this....

Im sorry for the soppy story, you asked for detail (I somehow doubt this is
the detail you requested)

Any help would greatly appreciated. (I would even take a cyber slap if that
would help)

Thanks in advance

Tanya

"DL" wrote:

> Earlier versions of Outlook cannot read the outlook data files created by
> 2003, or 2007
>
> You might have posted the question whilst you had a missbehaving Office 2003
> installation, perhaps some one could have offered some help then
>
> Uninstall all versions of Office listed in add/remove dialogue, reboot your
> PC, clear your temp files. Then reinstall Office 2003, use MS Update to
> install critical updates.
> If still a problem come back with a detailed explanation of the problem
>
> "Tanya" <Tanya> wrote in message
> news:0E3D6E46-86DB-445F-9718-544C124455D6@microsoft.com...
> >I had Office 2003 installed on my machine. Excfel would not open so I
> > installed XP. Once that was done, I could not open my outlook.
> > I then removed the Office 2003 and tried again.
> > No luck.
> >
> > I feel really stupid about this, and I dont know what to do, I cant open
> > my
> > emails or even get into the program.
> >
> > Please help!!!
>
>
>
 
Well if you dont have the disks, or a hidden partition on the PC with which
to recover to factory specs, your basically stuffed - you would need to buy
Office 2003, unless you know some kind sole who has either Outlook 2003 or
2007 who could convert your outlook data file to an earlier format that
OfficeXP can read
PS I hope you have all data backed up, your probably going to need to

"Tanya" <Tanya> wrote in message
news:DEAB4912-4B84-4972-87CD-AB63126B43D4@microsoft.com...
> DL
>
> Thank you for your speedy reply.
> Much appreciated.
> Please excuse my spelling, I have been trying to drown my IT sorrows at
> dinner....
>
> I run a small business from home and all my enrolment forms (Im a teacher)
> and my life is on my machine.
> If my father was sitting here right now, he would give me a swift one for
> what im about to tell you.
>
> I got this computer about 6 years ago with office already installed. If I
> did recieve the disks, I have long lost them.
>
> I started experiencing problems about 4 days ago when I could not get into
> excel, It kept asking me for my original disks saying it couldnt find some
> file, my entire database is on there and I paniced.
>
> I could not find my original disks and someone told me to rather install a
> different version of office. I found a pack of office XP at home (amongst
> all
> the other clutter I have in my office) and installed it.
> Excel worked! Imagine my delight!
> I opened outlook...it told me that it could not open my default program.
> Myheart sank...
> I went into my settings and saw that it was defaulting to outlook express,
> no matter how many time I tried to change the default, nothing worked.
>
> In frustration, I went into add/remove programs and deleted Office 2003.
> I re-started my machine, tried outlook again....once again i got the same
> error message.
>
> I then decied to to do a disk clean up and defrag (thinking that might
> help)
> that only showed me how pitifull my hard drive space is (9% available)
> Once again, outlook would not work.
>
> At this point, I was ready to throw my computer out the window.
> In my change defaults page, it kept on defaulting to outlook
> express.....grrrrrrr
> So....and this is the part when dad slaps me and calls me a fool.
> I deleted outlook express.
>
> I restarted again, and STILL it wont work.
>
> Bugger, im thinking....what the hell do I do? Now I cant even get access
> to
> outlook express.
>
> Im thinking A.) I need a bigger hard drive and a hell of lot more ram, but
> do I have to now go and buy a new version of office?
> holy cow....I cant afford this....
>
> Im sorry for the soppy story, you asked for detail (I somehow doubt this
> is
> the detail you requested)
>
> Any help would greatly appreciated. (I would even take a cyber slap if
> that
> would help)
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Tanya
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
>> Earlier versions of Outlook cannot read the outlook data files created by
>> 2003, or 2007
>>
>> You might have posted the question whilst you had a missbehaving Office
>> 2003
>> installation, perhaps some one could have offered some help then
>>
>> Uninstall all versions of Office listed in add/remove dialogue, reboot
>> your
>> PC, clear your temp files. Then reinstall Office 2003, use MS Update to
>> install critical updates.
>> If still a problem come back with a detailed explanation of the problem
>>
>> "Tanya" <Tanya> wrote in message
>> news:0E3D6E46-86DB-445F-9718-544C124455D6@microsoft.com...
>> >I had Office 2003 installed on my machine. Excfel would not open so I
>> > installed XP. Once that was done, I could not open my outlook.
>> > I then removed the Office 2003 and tried again.
>> > No luck.
>> >
>> > I feel really stupid about this, and I dont know what to do, I cant
>> > open
>> > my
>> > emails or even get into the program.
>> >
>> > Please help!!!
>>
>>
>>

 
Status
Not open for further replies.
< Email Autolink Works Sporadically | Outlook '07 w/ BCM >
Similar threads
Thread starter Title Forum Replies Date
D Wishlist How to use 'app password' in Outlook 2003 after Google pulled plug on "less secure apps" Using Outlook 2
J Outlook 2003 .pst Will Not Restore Completely to Outlook 2019 Using Outlook 5
D Outlook 2003 Mail Fails Using Outlook 1
D Wrong email address in Outlook 2003 "From" tab in new outgoing emails Using Outlook 4
V Outlook 2003 and Windows 11 Using Outlook 4
glnz Moving from Outlook 2003 to MS365 Outlook - need basics Using Outlook 4
I Outlook 2003 shows html code when To: field is empty Using Outlook 7
B Outlook 2003 email sending & receiving suddenly stopped working Using Outlook 3
H Outlook 2003 find by "has attachment" Using Outlook 1
glnz How set up new IMAP on Outlook-Office 365 and merge in pst from Outlook 2003 for same two email accounts? Using Outlook 5
P Import Categories from Outlook 2003 Using Outlook 8
V Outlook 2003 problem with Windows 10 Creators Update 1709 Using Outlook 0
M Outlook 2003 pictures - some visible, some not Using Outlook 0
S Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2013 pst file Using Outlook 5
O Memory Leak in Outlook 2003 Using Outlook 3
W Changing looks of emails in Outlook 2003 Using Outlook 0
O Outlook 2003 can't send, but settings seem OK Using Outlook 1
P URL Hyperlink not working correctly in Outlook 2003 Using Outlook 10
O Outlook 2003 can't open contacts. Using Outlook 2
O Promoting Outlook 2003 User Templates Using Outlook 1
O W-a-a-y too many PSTs (Outlook 2003) Using Outlook 0
J Outlook 2003-2010 PST Field Editor Using Outlook 1
P Outlook 2003 - Do I need a new profile? Using Outlook 2
E Want to Import Outlook 2003 pst files to later version Using Outlook 6
A error message outlook 2003 Using Outlook 1
B Seeking advice now Outlook 2003 is unsupported by Exchange Using Outlook 4
O Change Debit to Credit in Outlook 2003? Using Outlook 1
J problems downloading POP3 emails to Outlook 2003 Using Outlook 1
G Outlook 2003 VBA Won't Run In Outlook 2010 Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 4
P Outlook 2003 - possible to recreate corrupt account? Using Outlook 3
Calvyn Outlook 2003 cannot import .vcs subject Using Outlook 1
T Query about one aspect of migrating .pst files from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2013 Using Outlook 5
C Outlook 2003 contacts Using Outlook 1
G Configuring Outlook 2003 for Gmail with both pop3 & imap4 accounts Using Outlook 1
M HELP--Extract Data from 2003 outlook transfer to excel spreadsheet Using Outlook 1
V Outlook 2003 editing problem Using Outlook 4
X Outlook 2003 not sending all of the new email message Using Outlook 1
2 How to use outlook 2003 calendar in always offline mode Using Outlook 0
G Outlook 2003 I need to move email to folder based on subject, using wild card Using Outlook 0
G outlook 2013 - Open In Outlook 2003 Using Outlook 1
A Exchange 2003 Outlook 2010 64 Bit- AutoDiscover Connection Err - Certificate Exchange Server Administration 9
T Use Outlook 2003 with Office 2013 Using Outlook 1
D Outlook 2003 contact folder opend in scrolled down position Using Outlook 2
O Need advice ASAP! Outlook 2003. Using Outlook 1
H Custom Contact form not working in Outlook 2003 Using Outlook 3
O Outlook 2003 forms problem Using Outlook 3
O Duplicate folders in Outlook 2003 Using Outlook 3
O Moving OUtlook 2003 from bad XP to Win 7 Pro 64 -- URGENT! Using Outlook 8
A File - Save Attachments does nothing in Outlook 2003 with Exchange 2010 ... Using Outlook 3
R Menus in a new\old email not there in Outlook 2003 Using Outlook 2

Similar threads

Back
Top