Opening my vista files on windows XP

Hi,
This may be a really sill question but i am going to ask anyway!
I am a teacher and i recently brought a new laptop. I cant seem to open any
of the work i do at home on my pc at school which runs xp. How do i make my
files compatible? Hopefully someone can help me :P

"Lorza NZ" <Lorza > wrote in message
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> Hi,
> This may be a really sill question but i am going to ask anyway!
> I am a teacher and i recently brought a new laptop. I cant seem to open
> any
> of the work i do at home on my pc at school which runs xp. How do i make
> my
> files compatible? Hopefully someone can help me :P

What kind of files? Word-processing documents?
Will the file not open at all? Or does it open into gibberish?

"Lorza NZ" <Lorza > wrote in message
news:EDD2174A-882A-400F-84A1-...
> Hi,
> This may be a really sill question but i am going to ask anyway!
> I am a teacher and i recently brought a new laptop. I cant seem to open
> any
> of the work i do at home on my pc at school which runs xp. How do i make
> my
> files compatible? Hopefully someone can help me :P


It will depend more on the particular program(s) that you're using to do
your work on each machine, than on the operating systems.

Those particular programs would need to be installed on each computer, and
preferably also the same versions.

--
Jon

Lorza NZ wrote:
> Hi,
> This may be a really sill question but i am going to ask anyway!
> I am a teacher and i recently brought a new laptop. I cant seem to open any
> of the work i do at home on my pc at school which runs xp. How do i make my
> files compatible? Hopefully someone can help me :P

It doesn't matter if your school machine runs XP and your home machine
runs Vista. What matters is in what program you created the files. You
need to have the same - or a compatible - program on both machines. IOW,
if you are creating documents in MS Word 2003 at school, you need to
have MS Word 2003 or 2007 or a program that can read MS Word 2003 files
installed on the machine at home.

If you need more help, post back with more information such as in what
program(s) you are creating the work at school.



Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:14:02 -0700, Lorza NZ <Lorza
> wrote:

> This may be a really sill question but i am going to ask anyway!
> I am a teacher and i recently brought a new laptop. I cant seem to open any
> of the work i do at home on my pc at school which runs xp. How do i make my
> files compatible? Hopefully someone can help me :P



The issue here has nothing to do with Vista vs. XP, but with what
application program the files are created in and what application
programs are installed on the school computer. You need to have the
same (or compatible) program to open them as the one they were created
with.

So, to start, tell us what program or programs (including *version*
numbers--please don't just say "Word" but say "Word 2007," or "Word
2003," or whatever) you are using to create the files you want to open
at school. Then tell us exactly what happens when you try to open them
at school, including the exact verbatim text of any messages you may
get.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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