MS Works 9 cheap license does not sell licenses to use software. Try installing Open Office on her MS Works 9 cheap license for week and see how it goes List Comparison of early word processors. Home Essentials 98 [23]. Really just for customer's that have old files created in Works. Commercial proprietary software. Thanks Alex. I vaguely remember Works. The Office suite on your machine could be a preinstalled trial which is not a part of the works 9. Subsequent releases were for Windows 95 and up and the final version was Works 9. Alternatively he can download and install Microsoft Office Starter if he is running Vista or 7.