make sure you have all Updates for as well the OS plus Office 2007 SP1 and
SQL server updates and SPs.

BCM in Outlook is in fact only a front-end to an under-the-hood working SQL
database.

when Outlook 07 originally came out ther were lots of issues on Vista
systems but MS has released a few important updates and after all it should
work as expected.

Best you use Microsoft Update ( every MS product )and not Windows Update (
OS alone )( see settings in controlpanel -> Windows Updates ), this way all
needed stuff should come right to your Desktop



"Ed43" <Ed43@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Has anyone seen this error message when trying to 0pen Outlook 2007
> "Business Contact Manager failed to initialize common language run time
> error 0X80131700"
>
> I have tried to uninstall and reinstall Office 2007 and Business Contact
> Manager at the direction of a Dell Technician all to no avail.
>
> Am running Vista Business operating system on a Dell Vostro 1500 and
> Microsoft 2007 Small Business applications package