I'm kinda wondering the same thing Paul. Why would you prefer 2K over XP? And, why even have Outlook on your machine if you prefer to use The Bat! ?? What was the reason this person told you to downgrade? Personally, I think Outlook 2002 was a great improvement over 2000 However...as to your original question about Microsoft's policy on this...I read the link you posted and I can't make any sense out of it...is Microsoft saying that if I own two versions of the same program, I have to contact them to be allowed to run the earlier version? Are they saying that running two versions of the same program or an earlier version of any program is something I must now get their permission for? Does anyone understand what this gobbledy gook means? http://www.microsoft.com/PERMISSION/copyrgt/cop-soft.htm#Down Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jane McQuilkin Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 3:42 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Downgrading to Outlook 2000? Not that I can help, but out of interest why would you want to downgrade? Are there serious problems with Outlook 2002? Jane ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************