The Update Office SR-1 tend to mess up office 2000. After installing Office 2000, do not update it. Keep it as is and your receiving task option will working perfectly. Also if you have any other computer that is also running Office 2000, make sure they don't have Office SR-1 installed. If they do then they won't be able to open task or send task that can be open by other users. I believe that Microsoft kinda gave up on fixing Office 2000 ever since XP and 2003 came out.
I have put xp on my computer and re-installed office 2000. Now, when i receive task requests i get an error "can't open this item. Outlook cannot do this action on this type of attachment". I have other computers with the same configuration in the office and they are working fine. I have uninstalled and reinstalled office, tried upgrading to office xp, still the same problem. Any suggestions please?

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