"BJ" <BJ@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:36F243BF-624C-42F5-ABC0-077FA5A5171D@xxxxxx
Quote:
>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.
You might want to run upgrade advisor on your old PC to get a list of
programs that are probably incompatible with Vista. That should help you
decide whether you should take the risk of moving to Vista or searching for
a computer with WXP preinstalled. You might want to find forums for your
problematic software and see what others have done to get around the
problems. Perhaps running them in a virtual PC under Vista would work.
Perhaps dual booting between Vista and WXP would work for you. If you can
return the new PC for a full refund, you have lots of options.
-Paul Randall