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Old January 16th 07, 12:30 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.software
Mike M
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Kellymutt wrote:

I got in touch with my computer whiz last night, so he is going to
bring me his copy of Works 2006. Will it work with ME? Will my
files convert from 2000 to 2006?


Kristi

I don't use Works so cannot comment other than from what I see on the web
site. All I know is that there are two versions, Works and Works Suite.
Works Suite 2006 comes with Microsoft Word 2002 (aka Word XP) whereas the
vanilla Works 8 comes with its own cut down version of a word processor.
Both should be able to read your Works 2000 documents as should any recent
version of Word. Both Works 8 and Works Suite 2006 can be installed on
Win Me although Encarta 2006 which forms part of Works Suite 2006 is only
supported on W2K SP4 or XP.
--
Mike Maltby



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Old January 16th 07, 01:06 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.software
Kellymutt
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"Mike M" wrote:

Kellymutt wrote:

I got in touch with my computer whiz last night, so he is going to
bring me his copy of Works 2006. Will it work with ME? Will my
files convert from 2000 to 2006?


Kristi

I don't use Works so cannot comment other than from what I see on the web
site. All I know is that there are two versions, Works and Works Suite.
Works Suite 2006 comes with Microsoft Word 2002 (aka Word XP) whereas the
vanilla Works 8 comes with its own cut down version of a word processor.
Both should be able to read your Works 2000 documents as should any recent
version of Word. Both Works 8 and Works Suite 2006 can be installed on
Win Me although Encarta 2006 which forms part of Works Suite 2006 is only
supported on W2K SP4 or XP.
--
Mike Maltby

Thanks Mike,

I don't care about the Encarta, as I have my own Encyclopedia. I should be
getting it this weekend. It's one he bought for his own, and ended up not
needing it, as he ended up getting a new computer that had everything already
installed. But he read the box and it said ME compatible.
Thanks again,
Kristi


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Old March 17th 07, 08:32 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.software
leew [MVP]
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I know this is a bit late in posting, but I wanted to point out that
Works files have a nasty habit of being only openable in Works - Word
and other Word processors rarely have the ability to open them.

That said, I would recommend switching - but you can save some money and
use OpenOffice.org - www.openoffice.org - it's free and can open and
save Documents in word format as well as Excel format in the spreadsheet
program.

Heather wrote:
I have absolutely no idea. And when you say *reboot*, do you mean
*reinstall*?? Two entirely different actions.

Why not buy a way better word processing program than Works. If you
know someone who is either a student, nurse, teacher or over 65, you can
get them to buy you the *academic version* of WordPerfect or MS Word.
Peanuts compared to the usual price.

I never used Works......ever. I am one of those oddball Wordperfect
users who doesn't like MS Word either. But.....as I said before, it is
not on your install CD....I have it on a separate one for MS Works.
When I bought my WinME, it included about 10 different CD's for
programs. You got ripped off.

Good luck.....Heather

"Kellymutt" wrote in message
...
Thanks for all of the help.
Heather, when I bought my e-machine, it came only with the restore CD.
I talked to a friend last night and he's coming down from Atlanta (he
is a
computer whiz), I live south of there, next weekend, and is bringing
me his
copy of Works 2006. Will it be compatible with ME? And will it
convert my
Works 2000 docs to it? I've got a lot of background materials for
different
things in Works 2000 and there is no way I could ever recreate them.
I checked the REBOOT CD last night, and there is no way to simply
reinstall
just the Works off it. I'd have to do a complete REBOOT, using the CD
(which
I've had to do twice--when it hung up for some reason). And I hate to
do
that simply for one little problem.
Do you think the Works 2006 will work?
Kristi
"Heather" wrote:

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
...

"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.





 




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