Win 11 - trying to install copy of Office 2003 and getting issues


cereberus said:
In the end, even if you get it working, you cannot fix the security risks it poses.

Ask youself if it is a good plan to keep using a 20+ year old version no longer supported?
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This is a common problem with non-techie people. My wife [for example] refuses to apply updates to her PC because she doesn’t like (or want) to deal with the changes that often brings. No amount of explaining about lack of support or security issues will change that. She’s used to things being a certain way - email (still runs Outlook 2013), browser (IE or Edge) and other software. Getting her to Photoshop’s Creative Cloud version - she was still running 2016 and paying Adobe’s subscription - took a major effort on my part. She’s not alone in that regard. I’ve run across plenty of others who don’t like/want the changes updates bring.

I KNOW that’s not us on here, but we need to be aware that those types DO EXIST.
 

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S0C9 said:
This is a common problem with non-techie people. My wife [for example] refuses to apply updates to her PC because she doesn’t like (or want) to deal with the changes that often brings. No amount of explaining about lack of support or security issues will change that. She’s used to things being a certain way - email (still runs Outlook 2013), browser (IE or Edge) and other software. Getting her to Photoshop’s Creative Cloud version - she was still running 2016 and paying Adobe’s subscription - took a major effort on my part. She’s not alone in that regard. I’ve run across plenty of others who don’t like/want the changes updates bring.

I KNOW that’s not us on here, but we need to be aware that those types DO EXIST.
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Of course I am blinking aware.

So what anyway?

I can't force people to get real and move with the times but no way will I smile sweetly ignoring the real issue.

I just do not hold with nonsense that "I am not going to change how I have always done things". One is never too old to learn - actually my experience is it is often middle aged people who are like that!
 

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cereberus said:
Of course I am blinking aware.

So what anyway?

I can't force people to get real and move with the times but no way will I smile sweetly ignoring the real issue.

I just do not hold with nonsense that "I am not going to change how I have always done things". One is never too old to learn - actually my experience is it is often middle aged people who are like that!
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It goes back to the old “you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make them drink”… analogy.
 

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Chiming in . . .
Just bought new Dell computer.
I still Excel 2003.
Security risk: Yes, of course.
But I only use it for some very complicated old spreadsheets that I created with lots of macros.
I use LibreOffice for all new stuff and for opening anything created by anyone other than me.

So I installed my old Office 2003 on the new computer.
And this very problem happened.

After reading through the replies and considering the fact that I do not use and hate Microsoft OneDrive, I uninstalled OneDrive.
The problem instantly went away.
 

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Office 2019 is the oldest supported version to run on Windows 11.
 

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I was talking about the version that ran on Windows 11. Office 2021 LTSC is still quite capable.
 

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saratojo said:
So I installed my old Office 2003 on the new computer.
And this very problem happened.

After reading through the replies and considering the fact that I do not use and hate Microsoft OneDrive, I uninstalled OneDrive.
The problem instantly went away.
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Welcome to Eleven Forum.

NormanF said:
Office 2019 is the oldest supported version to run on Windows 11.
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Apparently my Office 2003 didn't get the memo. Works with everything, including opening and saving files on OneDrive.

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Supported != Works
 

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