OK, now I see your main point and I do (and did) obviously agree that
spending the money on a 'maybe but probably wouldn't' option was a bad one.
He didn't recommend, he suggested and I declined.
I guess my main point is for the Microsoft to get out a patch to ensure that
2003 product is compatible with Vista, as the published information available
seems to imply. My secondary point is to alert all users of PP2003 of the
workaround, should they be in that boat.
Dan
"MICHAEL" wrote:
> Dan,
>
> I don't know what transpired in the conversation
> However, it should make absolutely no difference
> whether you had Home Premium, Business, or Ultimate-
> that program either installs/works on Vista, or it doesn't.
> For him to suggest that you spend all that extra money on
> upgrading your OS is ridiculous. More than likely, had you
> spent $245 to upgrade, that program would still not have worked,
> and you really might have felt that you wasted your money.
>
> He may have been trying his best to help you, but giving out
> bad information is not helpful.
>
>
> -Michael
>
> * Dan:
> > Michael; I would respectfully disagree with your position, and perhaps I may
> > have misquoted the conversation and I certainly took it out of out of
> > context. Let em try to clarify: In my view, this employee was doing his best
> > to help out a customer, given the paucity of information available to him.
> > I'd give him a raise.
> > Dan
> >
> > "MICHAEL" wrote:
> >
> >> <quote>
> >> he then unofficially indicated it might be wise to upgrade my Vista
> >> Home Premium to Business or Ultimate as they most probably would be more
> >> compatible with a "professional" product.
> >> </quote>
> >>
> >> That Microsoft employee should be fired for suggesting that.
> >>
> >>
> >> -Michael
> >>
> >> * Dan:
> >>> Scott:
> >>> SUCCESS!!!
> >>>
> >>> After much back and forth, and with thanks to "Smart
> >>> Computing" magazine's technical staff (they directed me to MSFT support, as
> >>> their sense was direct incompatability with Vista as being most probable), I
> >>> ended up last night speaking with 4 MSFT reps. The last, reading from the
> >>> "book", officially told me PP2003 is supposed to be compatible with all OS
> >>> after XP. he then unofficially indicated it might be wise to upgrade my Vista
> >>> Home Premium to Business or Ultimate as they most probably would be more
> >>> compatable with a "professional" product. As this would be a $245 upgrade I
> >>> elected not to do that.
> >>>
> >>> My company's IT guy then came up with a solution that WORKS! There's a
> >>> company called VMWare (http://www.vmware.com/download/) that offers a
> >>> product that will simulate an XP OS on your Vista machine. My IT guy gave me
> >>> a disk with a Reader and the desktop simulator (4 GB of material), which I
> >>> have
> >>> successfully installed and am up and running.
> >>>
> >>> BOTTOM LINE? Project Professional 2003 and Visio 2003 does not appear to be
> >>> compatible with Vista Home Premium (at least) at the present time. Positions
> >>> that disagree with this conclusion are cordially invited.
> >>>
> >>> PS: the MSFT guy indicated I should monitor this forum for any subsequent
> >>> patches that may be produced to solve this clear issue.
> >>>
> >>> Hope all this helps someone out there save the hours it took us (at least me
> >>> and Scott) to get here.
> >>>
> >>> Dan
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "Dan" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> You're welcome, Scott. Now, keep in mind, I am not a technical person, I'm a
> >>>> manager type, so whatever I now say should be taken accordingly. I was
> >>>> getting into a similar loop as you and have decided to uninstall PP and
> >>>> Visio. I then ran CC Cleaner (free software) to clean the registry and then
> >>>> Advanced System Optimizer for general principle. I next ran another free app
> >>>> (diskeeper) to defrag the page file and everything else.
> >>>>
> >>>> I am now back to a 'clean' position. I have emailed the folks at Smart
> >>>> Computing to see if they can come up with any solution. If that fails, I will
> >>>> next call Microsoft, as I am still within my 90 day window for free service
> >>>> calls.
> >>>>
> >>>> If all that produces any results, I'll be sure to post it here.
> >>>>
> >>>> Good luck, Buddy. we're in this together <g>!!
> >>>>
> >>>> Dan
> >>>>
> >>>> "SCBlur" wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Thanks Dan. At least we know that this problem can be replicated across
> >>>>> machines, although it seems now that I'm paying the price for
> >>>>> troubleshooting.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I uninstalled Office Small Business 2007 (OEM with the Dell) to see if
> >>>>> loading Visio and/or Project 2003 would load without it resident. When
> >>>>> that didn't work I reloaded Office during which the installer seems to
> >>>>> get stuck in a loop where it says it has to configure Office 2007 every
> >>>>> time I open one of the programs. To make matters worse it does the same
> >>>>> thing for each mail message I receive through Outlook! ARGH!!!!!!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Microsoft can you PLEASE put out a product that isn't buggy? How can
> >>>>> Office 2007 - your latest and greatest - have install problems with
> >>>>> your latest OS?????
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'm at wits end (short of reloading the entire system from scratch
> >>>>> which I'm really loathe to do).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Dan? Anyone?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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