Will microsoft works 7 operate on windows vista? -

I need to put an office suite onto a new computer with windows vista, will works 7 be any good? I dont want to have to buy microsoft office 2007, it is too expensive.

According to Microsoft..... no. http://oem.microsoft.com/downloads/produ... However, Vista has a compatibility mode that (sometimes) lets older programs run successfully. After you install MS Works 7.0, and if it doesn t work properly, click start gt; all programs gt; find Works 7.0 in the menu. Right click the icon gt; click properties. A properties dialog box appears. Click the compatibility tab and select the operating system Works 7.0 was designed to run in. Click OK and Vista is supposed to run Works 7.0 in compatibility mode each time you start it. However, Vista has a lot of problems running older programs (even older Microsoft programs) so don t be surprised if this doesn t help. Seems like MS wants to force people to spend even more money to upgrade all software. As an alternative, you could try using OpenOffice. It s a free office suite and about 95% compatible with Microsoft Office. Some people have said it works great when run in the XP compatibility mode. Just a thought but no guarantees. http://www.openoffice.org/ plrr

Microsoft Works basically suxx i suggest you download open office goto www.openoffice.org or do a search in yahoo. Install it... its free and its better than MS Office.