"Alias" wrote:

> Bill wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Service Pack 3 flummoxed me completely, and I was unable to recover XP
> > thereafter. Accordingly, I reformatted the disk, :-( , and re-installed XP
> > Pro.
> >
> > I purchased this machine from a former employer. It had a fully licensed
> > copy of Office 2003 Professional (and a lot of other useful software!). Any
> > idea how I can go about recovering or legally re-installing at least the MS
> > Office Suite?
> >
> > This is on a Dell C-840 laptop.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Bill
>
> If you don't have the Office CD and Product Code and your former
> employer won't give it to you, you're SOL and will need to buy a used
> copy of 03 or a new copy of 07. Or, you can download Open Office from
> www.openoffice.org and use that. It's free but doesn't come with an
> email/calendar/task program like Outlook.
>
> Alias
>
Thanks, Alias, I was afraid of that. You correctly note that it's Outlook
and it's relatively robust address and calendaring functions that I'm
interested in.

The Open Office programs are magnificent, but Outlook Express is weak, weak,
weak.

Can anyone suggest a solution to missing the full Outlook program, other
than another purchase? Apple, perhaps?

Thanks,

Bill