Works 7 compatibility

[Alderbrook]

Will my Works 7 software transferred to a new Vista PC function properly?

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

You might want to ask in the following newsgroup:
microsoft.public.works.win

 

[Andrew McLaren]

Will my Works 7 software transferred to a new Vista PC function properly?

Hi Alderbrook,

Strangely enough, I have Works 2003 (aka Works 7.0) installed on one of my
Vista machines.

Some things work on Vista, and some things don't. Works' word processor,
spreadsheet and database are fine; likewise the links to Address Book,
Windows Mail etc. The main issue I've encountered is anything which uses
Works' "Project" tool. On Vista, Works Project needs to run "as
Administrator" - otherwise, it cannot save any info you add or change in a
project. There may be a few workarounds, but I haven't found them yet (I
haven't looked that hard; but I doubt they would be easy or convenient).

If you don't run any Works tasks which use Project, you should be fine.
Unfortunately a lot of Works' pre-packaged Tasks do, in fact, run Works
Project in the background; so you could see some problems.

If you like, just install Works Suite 2003 on your Vista machine and try it
out. If you can do everything you need - hey, problem solved! Mainstream
support for Works Suite 2003 ended in September 2005; so you won't be able
to get any tech support from Microsoft for problems you may encounter.

If you find you can't use Works 2003 on Vista the way you want, you might
decide to upgrade to Works 9 - which *is* fully tested and supported on
Windows Vista. I'm not sure if upgrades are still available, but Works 9
should be fairly inexpensive to purchase anyway. Uninstall Works 2003, then
install the new version.

Hope it helps! Good luck,

 

[Alderbrook]

Thanks!
The Vista PCs that I'm considering purchasing come with Works 8. My Works 7
has Word as the word processor rather than the Works word processor of
earlier versions.
I want be able to generate, read and edit Word docs. I wonder whether
perhaps one can in using Works 8 do a "save as" into the Word format. This
would seem to solve my problem. That's something I might need to explore on
another forum.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

No, the Works word processsor is not compatible with World, you have to have
a converter installed or save your files in the .rtf format.