Windows Vista?

[inzbrkqt]

I have a brandnew HP laptop with Vista. I don't know Vista. It is similar to windows, yet different.

When I tried to load Microsoft Office 97 onto the system, it loaded everything, but could not run "Outlook". I need Microsoft Outlook. What should I do? Is it incompatible? Now that the running system is Windows Vista?

[farzad k]

get outlook express. it is free but doesn't have some of the features.

you can also try to work with thunderbird. it is a very nice and simple to work with program.

[music lad]

Windows Vista is very visually similar indeed to XP and other MS operating systems. However, what you are describing does sound like a compatibilty issue.

There is a new version of Office designed with Vista in mind, Office 2007. Alternatively, if that is just a bit too expensive, Office XP (and any releases after that) will likely work fine. Office 97 is just a bit out of date now.

In the meantime, you can use Vista's "Windows Mail" (which comes with Vista) to access e-mail (think of it as Vista's version of Outlook Express).