Works on vista URGENT

I just bought a new HP with VISTA Home Premium and Works 8.5 pre-loaded.
Works doesn't! Trying to work with either the spreadsheet or the database
causes Works to crash. HP says there is a compatibilty problem and Microsoft
will be doing a patch sometime. No ETA however.

"JIMBOB" wrote:

> Will microsoft works 8 work on windows vista home premium?
> please can you let me know as i am ordering vista soon on a premium upgrade

Microsoft Works 8.5.815 is said to be compatible. See if this is what came
with your computer.

Certified and tested with Vista http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933305

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!



"Dr.D" <DrD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:68402B5E-D788-491E-B18C-DA42585D3490@microsoft.com...
>I just bought a new HP with VISTA Home Premium and Works 8.5 pre-loaded.
> Works doesn't! Trying to work with either the spreadsheet or the database
> causes Works to crash. HP says there is a compatibilty problem and
> Microsoft
> will be doing a patch sometime. No ETA however.
>
> "JIMBOB" wrote:
>
>> Will microsoft works 8 work on windows vista home premium?
>> please can you let me know as i am ordering vista soon on a premium
>> upgrade

Nope. According to the "Aboyt Works" drop-down it is 8.5 When I go to the
Microsoft update site it tells me I have the most up-to-date version of
Works. I saw the reference to 8.0.815 in the list of programs that are said
to "work with Vista" but haven't found anywhere to get mine version upgraded.
Anyone know?

"Richard Urban" wrote:

> Microsoft Works 8.5.815 is said to be compatible. See if this is what came
> with your computer.
>
> Certified and tested with Vista http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933305
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
>
>
> "Dr.D" <DrD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:68402B5E-D788-491E-B18C-DA42585D3490@microsoft.com...
> >I just bought a new HP with VISTA Home Premium and Works 8.5 pre-loaded.
> > Works doesn't! Trying to work with either the spreadsheet or the database
> > causes Works to crash. HP says there is a compatibilty problem and
> > Microsoft
> > will be doing a patch sometime. No ETA however.
> >
> > "JIMBOB" wrote:
> >
> >> Will microsoft works 8 work on windows vista home premium?
> >> please can you let me know as i am ordering vista soon on a premium
> >> upgrade
>
>

Will microsoft works 8 work on windows vista home premium?
please can you let me know as i am ordering vista soon on a premium upgrade

If you can't get a definitive answer from Microsoft on their Works website,
my suggestion is to download the Vista trial when it comes out, install
Works, and see how it does. You can, if it works out ok, change the license
key to your full Ultimate version without having to re-install Vista.

Dale

"JIMBOB" <JIMBOB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:38B5970A-D607-4021-8059-E48643223C06@microsoft.com...
> Will microsoft works 8 work on windows vista home premium?
> please can you let me know as i am ordering vista soon on a premium
> upgrade

ta dale but i cant do what you sugested and i cant get an answer from microsoft

"JIMBOB" wrote:

> Will microsoft works 8 work on windows vista home premium?
> please can you let me know as i am ordering vista soon on a premium upgrade

I am running Works 4.5, no problems.
"JIMBOB" <JIMBOB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:38B5970A-D607-4021-8059-E48643223C06@microsoft.com...
> Will microsoft works 8 work on windows vista home premium?
> please can you let me know as i am ordering vista soon on a premium
> upgrade

so you are saying works 8.5 will most probarbaly work? on home premium

"BobC" wrote:

> I am running Works 4.5, no problems.
> "JIMBOB" <JIMBOB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:38B5970A-D607-4021-8059-E48643223C06@microsoft.com...
> > Will microsoft works 8 work on windows vista home premium?
> > please can you let me know as i am ordering vista soon on a premium
> > upgrade
>
>

I had some problems getting Works 8 to install. Don't remember what they
were and if they were related to being the 64-bit version or not. Seems I
got most of it working before I switched to the Office Beta. Have you tried
searching the newsgroup.


"JIMBOB" <JIMBOB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F78663CB-E691-4F85-8C8E-4C9ED851AC48@microsoft.com...
> so you are saying works 8.5 will most probarbaly work? on home premium
>
> "BobC" wrote:
>
>> I am running Works 4.5, no problems.
>> "JIMBOB" <JIMBOB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:38B5970A-D607-4021-8059-E48643223C06@microsoft.com...
>> > Will microsoft works 8 work on windows vista home premium?
>> > please can you let me know as i am ordering vista soon on a premium
>> > upgrade
>>
>>

"Dr.D" wrote:

> Nope. According to the "Aboyt Works" drop-down it is 8.5 When I go to the
> Microsoft update site it tells me I have the most up-to-date version of
> Works. I saw the reference to 8.0.815 in the list of programs that are said
> to "work with Vista" but haven't found anywhere to get mine version upgraded.
> Anyone know?
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>
> > Microsoft Works 8.5.815 is said to be compatible. See if this is what came
> > with your computer.
> >
> > Certified and tested with Vista http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933305
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Richard Urban
> > Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> > (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
> >
> > Quote from George Ankner:
> > If you knew as much as you think you know,
> > You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
> >
> >
> >
> > "Dr.D" <DrD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:68402B5E-D788-491E-B18C-DA42585D3490@microsoft.com...
> > >I just bought a new HP with VISTA Home Premium and Works 8.5 pre-loaded.
> > > Works doesn't! Trying to work with either the spreadsheet or the database
> > > causes Works to crash. HP says there is a compatibilty problem and
> > > Microsoft
> > > will be doing a patch sometime. No ETA however.
> > >
> > > "JIMBOB" wrote:
> > >
> > >> Will microsoft works 8 work on windows vista home premium?
> > >> please can you let me know as i am ordering vista soon on a premium
> > >> upgrade
> >
> >