BJ wrote:
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> I have struggled the entire week to get our software (both business and
> personal) loaded on a new computer. I've used an external drive to transfer
> data files, but have used installation disks to get the programs loaded
> first.
>
> Several times now, I've done this, checked the program, opened it up, made
> sure it could find the appropriate files - and later, it disappears!!! In
> fact, when I have re-installed everything a second time, the program will not
> work at all.
>
> What's happening here? I've never worked so hard to get up and running
> after a new computer....this has been the most difficult transition of all.
> A couple of programs simply won't work, and I will have to purchase others
> for those very specific business functions (tracking fuel taxes, for
> example)...which means another outlay of big bucks. (They are not going to
> write new code for Vista.)
>
> I also got a computer shut down when I was on a website looking at
> screenshots - geez...how unstable can an OS be? If this continues, I may
> still pack it up and return it. I have an 8 year old Gateway which has shut
> down on me exactly twice. The new computer running Vista beat that in just a
> few days.
>
> BJ
Most of your problems will probably come down to incompatibility between
your software and Vista, and you may find that "Fixed" versions of it
are only partially fixed. If you need to keep using this software, and
it sounds like you do, see if the machine vendor will supply a copy of
XP and start over.
You may find some will run in one of the "Compatibility" modes, but for
business use you don't want the risk that at some time in the future
some little used function will trash your system when "Compatibility"
mode can't handle the differences.