Embroglio: If you have Word installed on your Tablet PC, you can activate the Equation Editor. See the following:
Installing Microsoft Office Equation Editor
The Equation Editor will allow you to paste symbols from a tool bar into a Word document. At least you can see what equations would look like on your screen. This isn’t the same as the Tablet PC Equation Writer. What kind of problem do you have when you try to download the Tablet PC Educational Pak?