Which versions of Microsoft Works will work on new winxp??

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The topic says it all. A friend has many years of work on older computer
all in MS Works.
That version of works (99) will not install on her new xp machine. The data
was saved but
how to get it back.

Thanks
 
dancer said:
The topic says it all. A friend has many years of work on older computer
all in MS Works.
That version of works (99) will not install on her new xp machine. The
data
was saved but
how to get it back.

Thanks
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Maybe I was just lucky but my Works 4 from 1997 loads and runs fine on both
a Home and Pro version of XP.
They were installed pre SP1 and have lived through both updates to SP2.
 
Purchase and install the latest version of Microsoft Works.

Microsoft Works Suite 2005 (also includes Microsoft Word)
http://www.microsoft.com/products/i...88ef866c-23d8-4105-b196-a3d05a8f7234&type=ovr

($99.95 - $20.00 rebate = $79.95) (excellent value)

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| The topic says it all. A friend has many years of work on older computer
| all in MS Works.
| That version of works (99) will not install on her new xp machine. The data
| was saved but
| how to get it back.
|
| Thanks
 
dancer said:
The topic says it all. A friend has many years of work on older computer
all in MS Works.
That version of works (99) will not install on her new xp machine. The
data
was saved but
how to get it back.

Thanks
Click to expand...

Works 99 should install on WinXP. What happens when she tries?

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dancer said:
The topic says it all. A friend has many years of work on older computer
all in MS Works.
That version of works (99) will not install on her new xp machine. The data
was saved but
how to get it back.

Thanks
Click to expand...

I have installed Microsoft Works many times on Windows XP systems
without problems, and some of the versions were much older than 1999.
One recent customer wanted her Microsoft Works version 2 (for Windows
3.1) installed on her new XP machine and that worked.

So there is something else amiss here. What exactly happens when your
friend tries to install Works 99 on her computer? What error messages
etc. are produced?

Good luck


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