Problem

Yesterday, I went to type a letter and discovered that Works 2000 is no
longer in existance on my computer. No way to download (believe me, I've
tried it). And rebooting my computer means I loose everything else (been
there, done that). Everything says to use disk to reinstall, but Works
2000 (along with Windoww ME) was preinstalled. I can't even look at all
documents. Short of buying an upgrade, and I'm on a very fixed income, any
suggestions?

If Works came preinstalled on the system you should be able to find it on
the CD's that you received with the computer and reinstall it from those.
Joan

Kellymutt wrote:
Yesterday, I went to type a letter and discovered that Works 2000 is
no longer in existance on my computer. No way to download (believe
me, I've tried it). And rebooting my computer means I loose
everything else (been there, done that). Everything says to use
disk to reinstall, but Works 2000 (along with Windoww ME) was
preinstalled. I can't even look at all documents. Short of buying
an upgrade, and I'm on a very fixed income, any suggestions?

Joan,
I tried that. But it isn't on them. I have an E-Machine that I purchased
in April of 2000.
kellymutt

"Joan Archer" wrote:


If Works came preinstalled on the system you should be able to find it on
the CD's that you received with the computer and reinstall it from those.
Joan

Kellymutt wrote:
Yesterday, I went to type a letter and discovered that Works 2000 is
no longer in existance on my computer. No way to download (believe
me, I've tried it). And rebooting my computer means I loose
everything else (been there, done that). Everything says to use
disk to reinstall, but Works 2000 (along with Windoww ME) was
preinstalled. I can't even look at all documents. Short of buying
an upgrade, and I'm on a very fixed income, any suggestions?

Rebooting your PC will lost nothing except for any unsaved data. I suspect
you mean reinstalling.

If your PC came with Works pre-installed (it is not part of Win Me) then
you should also have received a copy on disk, alternatively Works is
included on the recovery media supplied with the PC.

Whilst it might not help you find Works you might also want to ask
yourself how it is that you have lost Works? It won't have spontaneously
uninstalled itself. Did you perhaps mistakenly uninstall it using
Add/Remove Programs?

I have an E-Machine that I purchased in April of 2000.

Which means that your PC did not come with Win Me pre-installed as Win Me
did not go RTM until 19 June 2000 (the files are however dated 6 June
2000) and was not available on new PCs until at least August 2000.
--
Mike Maltby



Kellymutt wrote:

Joan,
I tried that. But it isn't on them. I have an E-Machine that I
purchased in April of 2000.

"Mike M" wrote:

Rebooting your PC will lost nothing except for any unsaved data. I suspect
you mean reinstalling.

If your PC came with Works pre-installed (it is not part of Win Me) then
you should also have received a copy on disk, alternatively Works is
included on the recovery media supplied with the PC.

Whilst it might not help you find Works you might also want to ask
yourself how it is that you have lost Works? It won't have spontaneously
uninstalled itself. Did you perhaps mistakenly uninstall it using
Add/Remove Programs?
I might have, as I've had to reboot recently and was clearing out some programs I didn't need (like Eudora and Microsoft Money). I checked the Restore CD and couldn't find works on it anywhere.
I have an E-Machine that I purchased in April of 2000.

Which means that your PC did not come with Win Me pre-installed as Win Me
did not go RTM until 19 June 2000 (the files are however dated 6 June
2000) and was not available on new PCs until at least August 2000.
-- I stand corrected, I purchased the E-Machine in April of 2001, when I moved into my new home. Do you know of anywhere I can download Works? I have several documents saved in Works that I cannot access. And I'm now on fixed income.
Mike Maltby



Kellymutt wrote:

Joan,
I tried that. But it isn't on them. I have an E-Machine that I
purchased in April of 2000.

When I bought my WinME machine, Works was on a totally separate CD,
along with a number of programs by Microsoft, IIRC. Did you not get
anything besides a restore CD??

If not, then I suppose you could try eBay or some smaller computer store
that might have an old copy of it. Or ask around and see if anyone
happens to have it. Do you even know what version it was??

Heather

"Kellymutt" wrote in message
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"Mike M" wrote:

Rebooting your PC will lost nothing except for any unsaved data. I
suspect
you mean reinstalling.

If your PC came with Works pre-installed (it is not part of Win Me)
then
you should also have received a copy on disk, alternatively Works is
included on the recovery media supplied with the PC.

Whilst it might not help you find Works you might also want to ask
yourself how it is that you have lost Works? It won't have
spontaneously
uninstalled itself. Did you perhaps mistakenly uninstall it using
Add/Remove Programs?
I might have, as I've had to reboot recently and was clearing out
some programs I didn't need (like Eudora and Microsoft Money). I
checked the Restore CD and couldn't find works on it anywhere.
I have an E-Machine that I purchased in April of 2000.

Which means that your PC did not come with Win Me pre-installed as
Win Me
did not go RTM until 19 June 2000 (the files are however dated 6 June
2000) and was not available on new PCs until at least August 2000.
-- I stand corrected, I purchased the E-Machine in April of 2001,
when I moved into my new home. Do you know of anywhere I can
download Works? I have several documents saved in Works that I
cannot access. And I'm now on fixed income.
Mike Maltby



Kellymutt wrote:

Joan,
I tried that. But it isn't on them. I have an E-Machine that I
purchased in April of 2000.

Works was never a free program and cannot legally be downloaded. As
Heather has already suggested, if you can't find your Works CD amongst the
recovery media supplied with your PC, try somewhere like eBay.
--
Mike Maltby



Kellymutt wrote:

uninstalled itself. Did you perhaps mistakenly uninstall it using
Add/Remove Programs?

I might have, as I've had to reboot recently and was clearing out
some programs I didn't need (like Eudora and Microsoft Money). I
checked the Restore CD and couldn't find works on it anywhere.

Which means that your PC did not come with Win Me pre-installed as
Win Me
did not go RTM until 19 June 2000 (the files are however dated 6 June
2000) and was not available on new PCs until at least August 2000.

-- I stand corrected, I purchased the E-Machine in April of 2001,
when I moved into my new home. Do you know of anywhere I can
download Works? I have several documents saved in Works that I
cannot access. And I'm now on fixed income.