It is unlikely you would need to re-purchase ALL your software. For specific programs you should go to the company and read their information about Vista compatibility. Many programs such as PAF will run fine, others may have a free patch or update (depending on how old the program is), and others will need to be upgraded to a new version. I would also suggest running the Vista Upgrade Advisor http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradeadvisor.mspx It will give you a report on the compatibility of your current software (even though you are not planning on installing vista on the current laptop). Finally, if you do have particular programs that would be expensive to update and will not run on Vista, consider getting a new computer that still has XP (Dell is selling them), or dual boot XP and Vista. You have an XP license with your current laptop, and IF you have a real XP installation disk (not a restore disk) it is perfectly legal to take XP off your current computer and install it on the new. We need to stop letting Microsoft create these ripple effects of forced upgrades to otherwise perfectly good software that we have purchased. If more people just say no to Vista, it will be a short term OS like Windows ME. Gary Templeman ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 7:21 AM Subject: [PAF-5] vista?? ops >I use a laptop with an XP ops and need to buy a new one. After talking to > the sales people at the computer store is seems I have to repurchase all > of > the programs I use again to run in the vista ops. Does this hold true > for PAF > 5.2? or will it run OK with the Vista ops? > > Bob > > > > **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. > (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ > 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message