NOT KOOL

I installed microsoft office 97(I found the CD) on my vista and each time i
try to insert a picture or some clipart it will say" The clip Gallery
Encountered and Error. Try restarting Windows or reinstalling microsoft
office applications." and then it will stop responding and not save my work

 

"Justin" <Justin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FB81ECF9-DBFE-4020-93CC-007A50EDD21A@microsoft.com...
>I installed microsoft office 97(I found the CD) on my vista and each time i
> try to insert a picture or some clipart it will say" The clip Gallery
> Encountered and Error. Try restarting Windows or reinstalling microsoft
> office applications." and then it will stop responding and not save my
> work
>
> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus
> signature database 4124 (20090602) __________
>
> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
>
> http://www.eset.com
>
>
>


You are installing software which is years old and hasn't been supported for
the longest time. It was written for Windows 95..

Try Open Office.. www.openoffice.org


--

Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/


__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4124 (20090602) __________

The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.

http://www.eset.com

 

Justin wrote:
> I installed microsoft office 97(I found the CD) on my vista and each time i
> try to insert a picture or some clipart it will say" The clip Gallery
> Encountered and Error. Try restarting Windows or reinstalling microsoft
> office applications." and then it will stop responding and not save my work


Office 97 is 12 years old. That's roughly 6 generations, in computer
years. It's not very realistic to expect it to be Vista-compatible.
The earliest version of Office supported on Vista is Office 2003.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

 

Bruce

Actually it is Office 2000 that is the earliest version supported on Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932087/en-us

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message
news:uXChS7%234JHA.1528@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Justin wrote:
>> I installed microsoft office 97(I found the CD) on my vista and each time i try
>> to insert a picture or some clipart it will say" The clip Gallery Encountered and
>> Error. Try restarting Windows or reinstalling microsoft office applications."
>> and then it will stop responding and not save my work
>
>
> Office 97 is 12 years old. That's roughly 6 generations, in computer years. It's
> not very realistic to expect it to be Vista-compatible. The earliest version of
> Office supported on Vista is Office 2003.
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> Help us help you:
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375
>
> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
> deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin
>
> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell
>
> The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a
> great many philosophers.
> ~ Denis Diderot

 

Actually, the "big 3" of Office '97: Access, Excel and Word work just fine
on my Vista machines (32- and 64-bit) and on both of my Window 7RC machines
(32- and 64-bit).

"Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uqJENb$4JHA.4932@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Bruce
>
> Actually it is Office 2000 that is the earliest version supported on Vista
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932087/en-us
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message
> news:uXChS7%234JHA.1528@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Justin wrote:
>>> I installed microsoft office 97(I found the CD) on my vista and each
>>> time i try to insert a picture or some clipart it will say" The clip
>>> Gallery Encountered and Error. Try restarting Windows or reinstalling
>>> microsoft office applications." and then it will stop responding and not
>>> save my work
>>
>>
>> Office 97 is 12 years old. That's roughly 6 generations, in computer
>> years. It's not very realistic to expect it to be Vista-compatible. The
>> earliest version of Office supported on Vista is Office 2003.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Bruce Chambers
>>
>> Help us help you:
>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375
>>
>> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
>> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin
>>
>> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand
>> Russell
>>
>> The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
>> killed a great many philosophers.
>> ~ Denis Diderot
>

 

Bruce Chambers wrote:
> Justin wrote:
>> I installed microsoft office 97(I found the CD) on my vista and each
>> time i try to insert a picture or some clipart it will say" The clip
>> Gallery Encountered and Error. Try restarting Windows or
>> reinstalling microsoft office applications." and then it will stop
>> responding and not save my work
>
>
> Office 97 is 12 years old. That's roughly 6 generations, in
> computer years. It's not very realistic to expect it to be
> Vista-compatible. The earliest version of Office supported on Vista is
> Office 2003.
>
>
I've used Office 2000 Professional with Vista and no issues. Don't use
Outlook though.

 

Well i know not to use outlook cause it does not work but still if it
installed shoudent it work just fine but it will open on it and do everything
else but that and the only other way to add pictures is to coppy them and
past them to the document!!!!!

"James Kosin" wrote:

> Bruce Chambers wrote:
> > Justin wrote:
> >> I installed microsoft office 97(I found the CD) on my vista and each
> >> time i try to insert a picture or some clipart it will say" The clip
> >> Gallery Encountered and Error. Try restarting Windows or
> >> reinstalling microsoft office applications." and then it will stop
> >> responding and not save my work
> >
> >
> > Office 97 is 12 years old. That's roughly 6 generations, in
> > computer years. It's not very realistic to expect it to be
> > Vista-compatible. The earliest version of Office supported on Vista is
> > Office 2003.
> >
> >
> I've used Office 2000 Professional with Vista and no issues. Don't use
> Outlook though.
>

 

On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:58:44 -0600, Bruce Chambers <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t>
wrote:

>Justin wrote:
>> I installed microsoft office 97(I found the CD) on my vista and each time i
>> try to insert a picture or some clipart it will say" The clip Gallery
>> Encountered and Error. Try restarting Windows or reinstalling microsoft
>> office applications." and then it will stop responding and not save my work
>
>
> Office 97 is 12 years old. That's roughly 6 generations, in computer
>years. It's not very realistic to expect it to be Vista-compatible.
>The earliest version of Office supported on Vista is Office 2003.

Actually I think the clip-art gallery has been failing like this since 1999.
e.g. http://forums.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?t=2982

I think the best bet is to try reinstalling Office 97.

I found these support articles which apply to Office 2000 but might give a
hint about why CAG can fail in Office97.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q228593/
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q248872/

 

Peter Foldes wrote:
> Bruce
>
> Actually it is Office 2000 that is the earliest version supported on Vista
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932087/en-us
>


My mistake. Thanks for the correction. But doesn't Outlook 2000 have
problems with remembering passwords on Vista?


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

 

Thor wrote:
> Actually, the "big 3" of Office '97: Access, Excel and Word work just
> fine on my Vista machines (32- and 64-bit) and on both of my Window 7RC
> machines (32- and 64-bit).
>


Then perhaps you should advise the OP on how to fix his problem, as
you've experience with this particular combination.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

 

Since my installations of the Office '97 programs: Access, Excel and Word
have had no problems - just how can I help the OP?

Perhaps uninstalling Office '97 and then installing only those programs one
needs (i.e, Access, Excel, Power Point and Word) will solve the problem.

It would certainly be worth a try if these are the only programs the OP
needs.

Hope this helps!

"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message
news:4A271C06.7040108@cable0ne.n3t...
> Thor wrote:
>> Actually, the "big 3" of Office '97: Access, Excel and Word work just
>> fine on my Vista machines (32- and 64-bit) and on both of my Window 7RC
>> machines (32- and 64-bit).
>>
>
>
> Then perhaps you should advise the OP on how to fix his problem, as you've
> experience with this particular combination.
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> Help us help you:
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375
>
> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin
>
> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand
> Russell
>
> The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
> killed a great many philosophers.
> ~ Denis Diderot