Windows 10: Office 2003 Win 10 what is this?

Hello,

I got this msg when installing Office 2003 in Win 10 - 64 bits, How do I fix it and what does it means? *cry

Thanks
Came





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Update for Office 2003 (KB907417) - Error 0x80096004

Hi Mary,



I realize the inconvenience you are experiencing with Windows 10. I will certainly help you.



This issue might occur if computer is trying to update Office 2003 software.

I would like to inform you that all the application except Windows 10
default apps will be removed when you performed a Reset of the computer.



To assist you better, please provided us the information below:

• Have you checked whether Office application is present on the Control Panel program list or not?

I suggest you to follow the steps below to check if Office program remnant is present in the Program list or not.

1. Right click on Start Menu.

2. Click on Programs and Features.

3. Check if any Office related programs are present or not.



Also I recommend you to temporarily prevent update for Office 2003 through Windows updates.

How to temporarily prevent a Windows or driver update from reinstalling in Windows 10:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3073930



Please get back to us with an update on Windows update for Office 2003 program which is uninstalled after performing reset, we will be happy to help.



Thank you.

 

Office 2003 replacement, free, not OO.

I need a replacement for Office 2003, but preferable not OpenOffice.
It needs to be free, internet-independant, and has to run on slow hardware. (An old PIII Celeron laptop @ 600 MHz with 192 MB of RAM, to be precise)

Any suggestions?

 

Office 2003 in Windows 10


OK, I realize this is old software, and Microsoft no longer supports it, but it mainly still works well. Equally importantly for me, it is more user friendly than current versions and still does the job.

In fact, through forums like this, Office 2003 users and helpful experts and contributors have been able to employ workarounds or fixes which have vastly extended the life of this fine software.

For me, Word 2003, Excel 2003 and Outlook 2003 work fine with Windows 10 without Compatiblity Mode, with a few exceptions. Can anybody help with these?:

1. Under Open, Save or Save As, the folder My Recent Documents is always blank. Maybe this is because Word, etc. is looking for a folder containing recent docs which is no longer active under Win 10. Is there any way to point Word, etc. to this new Win 10 folder or any other fix so Recent Documents will populate? What folder are Recent Docs located in Win 10 and is this different from Win 8 and previous under which this function worked fine for Office 2003.

2. Similarly, is there any way for Word, etc. to be programmed to use the Win 10 File Explorer format for Open, Save and Save As, ie, with the Quick Access etc. icons along the left side? Right now, Word, etc. uses a very old style of File Explorer without Quick Access, etc.

3. The Autocomplete function (for auto-completing email addresses in the TO box of new or replied message) in Outlook 2003 is unusable in Win 10 when you have chosen that you want to use Word 2003 as your email editor. The program stalls or sometimes crashes when trying to use autocomplete. This mysteriously arose in Win 8 and now 10. If you use the native Outlook 2003 email editor, then Autocomplete functions normally, but there are many features of using Word 2003 as email editor not available on the Outlook 2003 email editor. Any suggestions to solve this so we can still use Word 2003 as email editor in Outlook 2003 with Autocomplete working under Win 10?

Any input on 1 2 or 3? REGEDITS are ok or anything else that an intermediate user/techie can accomplish.

Many thanks for your responses.