dave.speeking Loc: Brooklyn OH

Got Office 2000 on CD with my second computer (XP).
Installed on my third (Win7) and fourth (Win 10 laptop).
Still use on all three. No problem. Seems better than
$120 per year.

Only thing needed was a free update from MS for the
new "Word" format.

Sorry, don't use Outlook, because everything else is easier.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

When I got my current Win10 laptop I was still using Office 2003 on all my computers. It worked and did what I needed it to do. There were patches that allowed me to work with docx files. I got a copy of Office 2007 and put it onto one of my machines, but my wife (who was barely computer literate and needed the word processor) was unable to upgrade her knowledge of how to use the word processor. There were enough differences that she just couldn't change over. So we stuck with the 2003 version.

When I got the Win10 machine I wasn't able to get the 2003 version onto it. Rather than trying too hard I just went for LibreOffice. My wife had her own machine so she didn't have to use my laptop. I used LibreOffice for a couple years and it was almost compatible with doc or docx formats. Almost. There were enough differences that if I wanted to change a doc file I had to do it on the old machine. LibreOffice just screwed up the placement of images and things like that.

So my wife died a couple years ago and I finally decided to get rid of LibreOffice. Went to MS360. The differences between MS360 and Office 2003 are there, but not really a big problem. More annoyances of trying to find menu items because they've moved. But on the whole, MS360 is working for me so I would recommend it over LibreOffice.

I'm retired, but comfortable. I have enough money for an occasional impulse purchase. The subscription cost for MS360 (and the Adobe Photography Package) is dwarfed by my impulse purchases. I consider the cost of this subscription software reasonable and negligible.

OlinBost Loc: Marietta, Ga.

Yes you can. Go to Programs and Features. Select Office 2007 and you can do a repair. I Think you have the same option if you place the original CD and select install. It has been a while as I usually just delete and reinstall everything. As to using 365 I am a tight wad and do not like having to pay every month. You can find deals on other Office product years ie: 2010, 2012, etc. on line.

Jim Plogger Loc: East Tennessee

You probably got the answer you were looking for already, but, yes, you can reinstall Outlook 2007 from the disc. Try to repair it 1st as advised in previous posts. I used 2007 for 5 years and did have to reinstall a couple of times. I use a later version now and have had no problems. It is an excellent, easy to use program.

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

Outlook is the email program, separate from Office which is the word processor. My version of Office 2007 doesn't include Outlook. I used a free version of Outlook on my old PC running Windows 7 but it didn't come with my new Windows 10 machine. I looked around and didn't find a free newer version of it so I just use the Windows Mail app.

OlinBost Loc: Marietta, Ga.

Sorry can not help you there.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

I've repaired and restored many systems both at work and home. I use REVO Uninstaller for it searches for all of the left over files and directories that the program software and Control Panel do not find. The free version is very good for this search and locate of the orphan files. The for-purchase version has a lot more additional functions however I'd surely use the free version in this case.

Problems arise if you have any of these undeleted files and references when you try to do a re-install of the program. They can be retained as Preferences and cause conflicts with the reinstall. Also, many of the older programs may need to be run in the legacy mode and if they are too dated, they may no longer be usable with a newer operating system. I keep an old PC with a few programs on it simply because they are no longer available or not compatible with current versions of MS Windows.

sawdust_128

I suggest that this should absolutely be your first step. Best way to salvage your data base of emails. SCANPST Will save you a great deal of heartache.

edrobinsonjr Loc: Boise, Idaho

therwol Loc: USA

All support has ended for Office 2007. No more updates. You could still try repairing what you have installed on your computer. As for whether Microsoft will still supply updates to the point where support ended, I don't know.

alx Loc: NJ

One thing to note in terms of the .PST growing past the 20gb limit, many people don't think that SENT and DELETED emails count. They do until you EMPTY the DELETED files and DELETE the sent files. As long as you can see them, they exist on your drive and count towards the limit.

To EMPTY the deleted files, RIGHT CLICK on the folder and select Empty Folder.

To delete the SENT Items, right click on that folder and select Delete All WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE SHIFT KEY. Holding down the shift key while deleting emails bypasses the deleted folder and totally removes them. Very useful to remember if you delete a lot of crap so that it doesn't continue to take space.

Finally, if you email a lot of pictures, pictures tend to be big and that can eat up your space fast. Don't think of Outlook as a filing cabinet. Use your disk for filing.

Tommg

Operating system is MS 10 pro
some time ago tried using the scanpst - didn't work
Only MS Outlook is affected everything else works fine (word, excel, publisher & etc.)
running MS office 10 pro for about 2 years - no problems
my son built this pc a 54 or 5 years ago
I have the original office enterprise 2007 cd with product key
will backup my .pst file
Thanks to all of you for your help, think I will start by doing a new restore point, then put the office enterprise cd in the machine in then do a repair on the outlook program only & see what happens - wish me luck.

Again I really appreciate all your help.

Tommg

10MPlayer Loc: California

That's what I do. You can't beat having the latest and greatest always at your fingertips. And the price is reasonable. For that $9.99 you can install the entire Office suite of apps on up to 4 devices. I have it on my laptop, my wife's and on an iPad. Same deal with Adobe Creative Cloud. Same price and you can install the software on 4 or 5 separate devices. Always up to date.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

You can install it on several devices but I believe you can only actually use one of them at any given time.

therwol Loc: USA

Depending on which version you buy, you can install it on a different number of multiple devices and use it on all of them. If one of your devices is replaced with another, then you can go to your account and deactivate it on the old device, freeing up on license for another device. Note that this doesn't apply to earlier versions of Office that won't let you deactivate online.