Well, http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compatibility/CompatCenter/ProductDetailsViewer?Name=Microsoft%20Office%202000%20Professional&vendor=Microsoft&ModelOrVersion=9&Type=Software&tempOsid=Windows+8.1 says
a) Office 2000 is not compatible with Windows 8.1
b) Goto www.microsoft.com for more details.
I'd try Thunderbird. It's free, and the learning curve for users of Outlook Express is quite small. One big advantage (if you have many old mails) compared with OE: it has search built in.
It is able to import your OE mail, if you copy the OE folder to a folder on a USB-stick or so.
Kees
that I haven't taken out of the box yet to set up. I understand that there is probably a trial version of Office installed. However.....
I want to know if it's possible to uninstall the trial and install Office 2000 (I have a full legal version) so that I can have Outlook available. I use Outlook Express almost exclusively for my private emails and hate the idea of having to go webmail, and I would be able to import my old OE mails directly to Outlook which is very familiar to me.
I am not interested in paying for the new Office suite just to have the convenience of a mail program I'm happy with if I can instead use my older, already paid for version of Office.

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