Vista Tutorial - Current software on xp to vista

I have invested a lot of money in my current software (adobe cs, video and
photo editing programs, web editing programs, and etc etc etc). Will my
programs work with the new Vista system coming out in January? Or do we, the
consumer, have to pay and pay and pay to purchase programs we already have?
Vista upgrade will cost plenty throw in software and that's a lot of money
every 4 years!

"Sue" <Sue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have invested a lot of money in my current software (adobe cs, video and
> photo editing programs, web editing programs, and etc etc etc). Will my
> programs work with the new Vista system coming out in January? Or do we,
> the
> consumer, have to pay and pay and pay to purchase programs we already
> have?
> Vista upgrade will cost plenty throw in software and that's a lot of money
> every 4 years!

Most programs will work. I've not personally encountered any that don't
work. There may be minor issues that crop up (Photoshop CS 2's updater
reported it failed when it actually hadn't yesterday on me) but things like
that will most likely be patched by Adobe going forward.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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Hi Sue,

One thing to realize is that Microsoft is putting out a new operating
system. It is not telling Users to upgrade. The choice is theirs and theirs
alone. You don't have to upgrade!!!!!!!!


--
thecreator


"Sue" <Sue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:62F48286-FC16-4308-8C47-3BFCC72E867A@microsoft.com...
>I have invested a lot of money in my current software (adobe cs, video and
> photo editing programs, web editing programs, and etc etc etc). Will my
> programs work with the new Vista system coming out in January? Or do we,
> the
> consumer, have to pay and pay and pay to purchase programs we already
> have?
> Vista upgrade will cost plenty throw in software and that's a lot of money
> every 4 years!
>

"Sue" wrote:

> I have invested a lot of money in my current software (adobe cs, video and
> photo editing programs, web editing programs, and etc etc etc). Will my
> programs work with the new Vista system coming out in January? Or do we, the
> consumer, have to pay and pay and pay to purchase programs we already have?
> Vista upgrade will cost plenty throw in software and that's a lot of money
> every 4 years!
>

"thecreator" wrote:

> Hi Sue,
>
> One thing to realize is that Microsoft is putting out a new operating
> system. It is not telling Users to upgrade. The choice is theirs and theirs
> alone. You don't have to upgrade!!!!!!!!
>
>
> --
> thecreator
>
>
> "Sue" <Sue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:62F48286-FC16-4308-8C47-3BFCC72E867A@microsoft.com...
> >I have invested a lot of money in my current software (adobe cs, video and
> > photo editing programs, web editing programs, and etc etc etc). Will my
> > programs work with the new Vista system coming out in January? Or do we,
> > the
> > consumer, have to pay and pay and pay to purchase programs we already
> > have?
> > Vista upgrade will cost plenty throw in software and that's a lot of money
> > every 4 years!
> >
>
>
>


This is just a beta. Once the final release is out company's will offer
updates or what not to make their programs compatible.

>
>
> "Sue" <Sue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:62F48286-FC16-4308-8C47-3BFCC72E867A@microsoft.com...
>>I have invested a lot of money in my current software (adobe cs, video and
>> photo editing programs, web editing programs, and etc etc etc). Will my
>> programs work with the new Vista system coming out in January? Or do we,
>> the
>> consumer, have to pay and pay and pay to purchase programs we already
>> have?
>> Vista upgrade will cost plenty throw in software and that's a lot of
>> money
>> every 4 years!
>>

"thecreator" <thecreator@home.com> wrote in message
news:%23aFYuVV6GHA.5100@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hi Sue,
>
> One thing to realize is that Microsoft is putting out a new operating
> system. It is not telling Users to upgrade. The choice is theirs and
> theirs alone. You don't have to upgrade!!!!!!!!
>
>
> --
> thecreator

True.
Plus it wasn't MS that wrote the programs that people use (unless its office
etc...) so... if they want to change how their operating system works you
cant really blame them for other peoples programmes not working. If the
makers choose to make new programs and not patch the old ones, shout at the
makers of THOSE.