hey Crappers,

I’ve had to do a cleanout of a neighbours laptop cos of all the spyware and other gick her kids invariably got on it.

she had all her software but the disc for Works is wrote off..

she(and i swear to god, you couldnt make this up) is an organiser of church events and childrens playgroups and the scabby council won’t spring for a new un til feb, she has files she needs editing for thurs!!

Long story Short

anyone got any old versions of msworks? or a link or reliable torrent? the last 4 were in polish!!

Thanks, ill be willing to root out anything you may need in return or just leave the computer on upload all weekend so i can drown you in smut next week(was kinda gonna do it anyway

Any takers?

ReN

why not just download star office or one of those free ones that support works documents?

thanks teddy,

if it was for me itd be no probs but she’s a bit set in her ways, and even if i got her to use it the 90 day trial doesn’t leave a lot of wiggle room in case it gets delayed

thanks hun

ReN

i would check rapidshare thats were i got office for my mac..like im paying £500.00

baileyk - 19 November 2007 10:52 PM

i would check rapidshare thats were i got office for my mac..like im paying £500.00

I like you baileyk….

you views intrigue me and i’d like to send you my newsletter… and a nifty armband to wear that reads…

‘google macht frei’

but seriously, works is so hideously outdated and underused….but their whole organisation uses it…

maybe its just not out there, swamped by office and the like

ReN

check your PM lorenzo

works was shite i had it for a while its big, bulky, and pretty crap think i used version 7.

Fuck ‘Works’..Ain’t worth the effort…

Plain and simple..but you knew that…

DB

naughtyteddy - 19 November 2007 10:28 PM

why not just download star office or one of those free ones that support works documents?

Teddy, have you ever tried to use StarOffice? The last company I worked for was bought by Sun Microsystems who tried to force us to use that utter piece of crap. I was told to write a script to force the StarOffice download to every PC in Canada and a month later to write another script to remove MS Office.

I did the first part just as instructed - I wrote a script that pushed the program out to every PC in Canada. They didn’t tell me it had to be installed so I didn’t install it.

Never got around to the second part - they eliminated my position before the month was up so everybody still has MS Office installed and working.

Willi

yeah ive used it. for basic stuff like lorenzo’s friend wants it be fine.

How about OpenOffice?  It’s… similar to StarOffice, and there’s no cost at all, right?

I dunno… been awhile since I dabbled in Windows alternatives…

“Don’t stray off the path…Here be dragons”

thanks teddy i left you a PM

Thanks for the suggestion DTXbrian, i already popped openoffice on her machine, works grand for her but it doesnt support works because as a wise man once said “works was shite its big, bulky, and pretty crap”!!!

I’ve a good mind to break into bill gates house and steal the copies that are propping up his drawing room table

ReN

Star office is an awful bag of shite… try openoffice - its perfect and even more perfect, its FREE!

http://www.openoffice.org

I’ll second that! OpenOffice is fab!

In fact, my Dad wanted MS Office and went to find prices. I showed him OpenOffice and he thought it was MS Office. I swear, i don’t know how they get away with it but you’d have a tough job figuring out which one is which at first glance.

lorenzo, will you pm me your email addy so can send u these links.

its telling me ‘You have surpassed the Private Message sending limit for a 24 hour period’ when i try and send, me bad