That's good news. the original disk is with my stuff in the UK. This is a carry copy which I've just installed on my laptop - vista. No problems.
The only thing I can think of is that 7 is better at picking out copies. One will try again in the morning. I think this might be a dealer copy - like my W-Perfect. I have a feeling though that they wouldn't upgrade it when the company closed, so I'm not sure.