Skype seems to be very problematic under Vista. Check out the long thread of comments on this ETel post about Skype problems with Vista.

Microsoft Office 1997 Service Pack 2 will not install. It is trying to install a font which isn't allowed by Vista, so the install breaks and backs out.

No... he's right ass.... hardly ANY of my older software, or fun games etc... from the library or my own collection WORK WITH VISTA.

Vista can suck a toe!

Vista Home Premium sucks like ---.
My new Trackmania united game doesnt run on it.
And SIMS 2 too. Blaze media pro breaks. And
most of the applications dont run on it.

Always memory exeption errors from x location to x.
Beat you vista.....

You a computer person much? I'm assuming so, I see the confidence. So E-mail me (Failed_Creation@hotmail.com) and tell me what I'm not doing right here.

I installed a program, game program (Lineage II), and it won't work. Yes, it just won't work. I double click on the application, nothing happens. It just sits there and looks at me. I double-click a lot, and nothing.

Ctrl Alt Delete, and I see all the programs I opened sitting there. No RAM, no reasons to why they're not working. Just sitting there.

Again, something I'm missing? Maybe a Vista setting (Enable programs to work) type thing? Hmm...

-PC (Ironic to have those initials right now.)

The comments about Skype, Office 1997, and games not working makes sense from a compatibility point of view. Games are are always a special case. I gave up playing games on all versions of Windows years ago and switched to consoles and handhelds for gameplay. Compatibility issues with video drivers and the like are maddening. Vista is actually worse in that respect since its video driver issues combined with increased security breaks games and security software alike. Comments like most of my applications don't run still doesn't help other Vista users learn what to avoid though. If you can name apps, that helps us all out.

hey. it sounds like you are a Microsoft apologist, here are some of the programs that wont work for me. Adobe Photoshop CS, Hal0 2, Guitar Pro 5, The Shield Antivirus 2006 and 2007, Age of Empires, Yuries Revenge. Thats all i have to complain about now. It irritates me that my guitar tablature program wont work, i keep on getting the error 202 crap, I dont much care for Vista. Microsoft is trying to make their OS for the majority of the population. Sort of like Apple. User friendly dont have to think well do it all for you but if you think you know what your doing you dont anymore. The whole UAC thing is frustrating.

My new Toshiba laptop is going back to Wal Mart for return, Vista has convinced me to stay with Mac OSX and order a Mac Book pro. Only need Windows for Autocad anyway.

Why does my Photoshop CS3 can NOT! install on my windows vista? - jhcalimag@yahoo.com

I just got a new PC, nice little HP BUT it has Vista. Installed my Kodak digital camera software and Vista HATES it, blue screen/shut down anytime I try to access it. Also it does not like the phonics software I bought for my son. I should have stuck with pumping more memory in my old dog, at least I could use my pc. "Pretty" doesn't justify spending that kind of money on a new pc with Vista.

AVG works fine on my Vista Home 32bit.
Only problem im having is running games on it. they start, will play fine. but about 5 mins or more. (random) it just stops completey. back to desktop as if the game wasnt even open. i checked in task manager and the programme is not running what so ever.. it is annoying. but just have to wait until microsoft has brung out some patches for everyones problem. give them about 6 months and it be sorted.
If anyone already knows problem to this could you please email me on jskitz2006@hotmail.co.uk.

I know for a fact that Vista has trouble running most software programs distriguted in stores and if you are anyone who has a particular knowledge of the Vista program it would be most appriated if you could provide some type of a fix for the issues surrounding the program otherwise you most certainly will lose curtain customer as well as any other customers that may heve been refered had the program not had so many indiscrepancies

I've been able to bypass the error 202 by right clicking on the excecutable file and choosing "run as administrator" and then just clicking on "allow" (figuring you have that annoying UAC enabled").

I hope this helps :p

I have Vista Ultimate, and I gotta say I dont really have that many problems with it. A restart once in a while but nothing major. All my games run, PhotoShop CS2 has no problems. Pretty much everything works. I have only had a problem with Unreal Tournament 2004. I installed it and it worked for a while but then I would click on it and nothing would happen. But thats really my only complaint. And I got a HP with Windows XP if I need to run anything that wont work :P

My games are useless to me and so is my printer!!! Vista is a waste of money!

i cant run world of warcraft /diablo 2 diablo 2 expantion nithor can i run my photo shop

Vista ultimate, right out of the box both the mouse and keypad needed new drivers, Epson printer will not run either right on the unit or by network(if it is on the network it crashes the rest). Photoshop crashes. Only game - brand new rainbow six would not work asked for new driver over internet runs now but with issues, also new controller will not work at all, bought for same reason. Purchased state of the art computer $4500 for digital editing this is stupid. my win 98 puter still does all of the printing

nothing and i mean nothing worksfor my vista pc this sucks!!!! quickbooks was my first problem and i cant even loadmy new "vistaready" canon printer .. VISTA SUCKS

Literally none of my favorite games will run on Vista, including:

Fable
Neverwinter Nights 2
Gothic 3
Flyff

And several other I've tried. I found out that I cannot switch back to XP, making me HATE this new program!

i had to buy 4 different printers till i found one that would work on vista. and they were all vista ready. this vista is horrible. i really wasted my money. then i had to pay $148.00 to find out somethings. and guess what they do not know either. i spend the money and way over 30 hrs on the phone...

I bought a new pc. I want to install my ms office xp professional on it and it won't let me because it's licensed on my old lap top. How do I get it on my new pc. When I put the cd in it downloaded a trial version of itself. I need the real things. My business depends on it.

I cannot download my msoffice xp professional on my new pc. Its licensed pm my old lap top and a window comes up to say this so I can't register it on my new one. Help - I need this for my business. Thanks, Jan

Becky - I had to download a driver to get my printer to work with my new vista pc. It works great now.

Jan: Re: Your Microsoft Office XP license. A bundled OEM version of Office is specifically licensed to the purchased PC. So, you will not be able to move it to a different PC. Note that this is different from a copy of Office bought as an add-on product with a standalone license. Moreover, if using Office is indeed important to your business, you should probably not use a product that left Microsoft' standard support cycle over a year ago on July 11, 2006. You probably want to consider using a supported product.

Hi Todd,

I have various applications loaded on my notebook (an HP Pavilion) running vista home premium which all ran on a similar notebook under XP. I won't list them all but they include Office ultimate 2007, internet explorer 7, Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla SeaMonkey, System Mechanic 7, Process Explorer, Utilities for a Palm PDA, utilities for an HP pda and an accounting suite.

The accounting suite does not work but the reason for this is obvious and related to the way security works under vista so whilst this is annoying I won't get too upset about this because I'm sure the authors will in time come up with a fix.

On the other hand several other programs only seem to run intermittently - this includes internet explorer 7 and outlook 2007 (I have not tested the rest of the office suite yet). The process can be seen to start in process explorer or in task manager but it then seem to die before displaying anything on screen. This intermittently happens for several programs and utilities.

I can therefore imagine a scenario where a set of general applications will not run under vista.

regards,

Glen

I'm surprised by some of the problems people are having. Some must have just had the crappiest luck to have just ended up with every application that doesn't work in Vista while others like me just happen to have gotten all the working apps. I've been running Vista since Release Candidate 1. I run a fair number of apps and games, and other than AVG antivirus, a game or two, and Adobe Photoshop Elements, everything else has worked fine. I was able to replace AVG with Avast, which had a working version before official release day. Adobe released a patch for Photoshop Elements very soon after release day that got it working. So far no issues with that. I haven't tried the games that weren't working. Frankly, I was bored with Dark Messiah of Might & Magic already anyway.

Interestingly, as of June, one of the posters here has said that he was unable to get World of Warcraft's expansion pack (Burning Crusade) working. WoW and Burning Crusade have been nearly flawless on three installations of Vista in my home, on very different hardware for each (both ATI and nVidia video, too). I haven't had any installation problems with the main app or the expansion, framerates have been on par with XP, and the game has been a smooth experience. The "nearly flawless" qualification is from the earlier builds of WoW, which didn't understand the new security model. I'm NOT running as an admin on any machine. I've set up a limited account, which actually works in Vista but didn't under XP. WoW worked fine from day one, but any time a WoW patch was released, I would have to run WoW by right-clicking and doing "Run as Administrator" before it would work. Somewhere along the way, Blizzard fixed this. I run it as a limited user, and it asks for the admin password if a patch is needed (and ONLY if it is needed).

I've only run a few games so far, but with no apparent frame rate problems. I have read reports of various frame rate shortfalls vs. XP with a variety of games, but either none of the games I'm running are among those, or the differences are subtle enough to have escaped my notice.

One odd incompatibility did just come to mind. I ended up abandoning my old Compaq Ipaq PocketPC (2002) device because it wasn't compatible with the new Mobile Device Center, and the ActiveSync that works with it won't install in Vista. I wasn't thrilled with another perfectly functional product running a Microsoft OS being unsupported in another Microsoft OS. My solution was to buy a Motorola Q with my next telephone upgrade, which has Windows Mobile 5. This wasn't a perfect solution. That telephone doesn't have a touchscreen, and most of my old PocketPC apps won't install on a device without a touchscreen. That is still a problem. The software selection for the Smartphone edition of Windows Mobile is still very limited.

Chris: Vista's Windows Mobile Device Center (WMDC) is documented as only supporting devices running Windows Mobile 2003 or newer. So, that incompatibility is not a surprise (although unfortunate for you, of course). There are actually quite a few applications for the Windows Mobile Standard Edition (non-touchscreen, formerly referred to as Smartphone) devices which have been around since 2002. You might want to check out my other blog summary here that I title Windows Mobile Weekly Roundup. I post it every Monday morning. It is a summary of individual blog items from my personal mobile technology blog that primarily focuses on Windows Mobile. I'm also in the midst of writing a bunch of articles for Microsoft.com. One of them focuses on Windows Mobile applications. Look for it in the near future.

Took delivery 4 weeks ago of Dell Inspiron 531 w/ Vista Home Premium. Virtually none of the old software I have been using on my Windows WP Prof. computer work the way they used to. Some I can't use at all. I have tried downloads to cure the problem from the software provider. I can't complete the download - Corel WPX3; OmniPage, etc. I have an Acer laptop with Vista HP, and WPX3 works ok - but on the PC, I cannot save files or get the same windows I get on the laptop. I have spent 30+ hours in the last 4 weeks and no cure. Why does Microsoft put out an operating system that screws up the working of software that worked fine on XP? How do I remove Vista and install Windows WP on my new computer. I'm not sure I want to have any more to do with MS operating systems. I went on Mircosofts website and they want me to pay 60 bucks just to speak to some one about the problems - this with new software!

I have a Gateway computer and a Kodak 5500 Printer. I cannot get the drivers install so that my printer will work with my Gateway laptop computer.

Right click and run as Administrator

I have fairly recently bought a brand new computer, and naturally it has Widows Vista on it. With that said, I tried to set up a new printer with it. Nonetheless, I had trouble doing so. I bought an HP Photosmart C6180 and connect all appropriate cables, when I got to the point of installing the software, the computer stopped me saying that the software could not recognize anything other than Windows 98, Windows 2000, or Windows XP. Is there anyway Vista can recognize this software? Are there any 'loop-holes'? In addition, I was trying to connect my printer with a wireless network rather than hard-wired.

I have fairly recently bought a brand new computer, and naturally it has Widows Vista on it. With that said, I tried to set up a new printer with it. Nonetheless, I had trouble doing so. I bought an HP Photosmart C6180 and connect all appropriate cables, when I got to the point of installing the software, the computer stopped me saying that the software could not recognize anything other than Windows 98, Windows 2000, or Windows XP. Is there anyway Vista can recognize this software? Are there any 'loop-holes'? In addition, I was trying to connect my printer with a wireless network rather than hard-wired.

becky, what type of driver did you used to install your printer with vista?

Just tried unsuccessfully to install Nero 6 and Trend Micro Internet security on my new Vista laptop. Nero wants me to spend another $50 on an upgrade. I don't particularly like Nero anyway, and will be damned if I'll spend another $50 on their product. I didn't check to see what Trend Micro wants me to pay to play. May reformat the hard drive and re-install my Win XP. Neighbor of mine did just that after complete and utter frustration with Vista. I've already spent hours trying to figure out the simplest things (like connecting to my home network). Also figured out how to disable User account control (I highly recommend this). Got this stuff working and now can't install software! I wish somebody could give Microsoft a little competition someday.

I have just spent a fortune on a laptop that is absolutley useless, my old machine crashed and I had to buy a new one, I depend on my notebook for design work, I have Solid works and it does not work, my business depends on this software, and it is useless, all I want to do is go back to XP, but it seems this is impossible, I cant even buy it, microsoft is forcing vista into the market and I think it is disgusting. I will take my new useless computer back to the store and hopefully find a second hand machine still running on XP so that I can actually do my work, I really don’t know what else to do! Most of my apps don’t work, but solid works is the most important.

Window Vista won't load my Lexmark printer drivers. Works fine on Windows XP. What's up with that? I even downloaded the Lexmark drivers for Vista and still no go.

my rollercoaster tycoon 2 and age of empire 1 and 2 wont work,
on my new laptop whit vista.
why?
when i doubble-click on the aoe icon a message shows:
"Could not initialize graphics system. make sure
that your video card and driver are compatible with DirectCraw."

what does that mean?!

photo explosion deluxe 3.0 will not install on vista home premium. installshield wizard is interrupted before install completed. is something not set correctly, same when run as administrator

I have just brought a nice PC, loaded with Vista. My printer will not load, although recohnised says cannot find priner drivers etc. I have tried loads of websites to no avaail. The printer is the phillips crystal 650? Please help

Here is what i am facing with vista and skype.
the moment the skype is active, all windows vista items dont work, for eg on clicking on shutdown button doesn't cause any action, so is the case when I try to run calculator, or even Internet Explorer.
When I quit from the skype it all start working as expected.

Why should I have to re-buy half my software to use Vista? I am a graphic artist, have been for 9 years; that means I make very little money--it was hard enough for me to buy a new computer (I need it for work obviously)let alone have to spend hundreds of more dollars to use it!!! (And no, most employers don't provide these programs, they almost always forget how little they pay you and think you have the same money they do)... This really sucks, I literally have a computer I can't use!!!!!! This is the first time ever my software didn't work in the latest release of windows- and I have been working with windows since windows 95!!!!

When I went from Windows 98 to windows ME, much of my software and my printer and scanner, as well as all my security software and many other types of software wouldn't work. The same thing happened when I went from ME to XP, so this problem is nothing new. What is new is that Microsoft took so long coming out with Vista, that XP was around for so long that people got to buy much more hardware and software for it (XP) then they did for any other generation of Windows. Maybe Microsoft should have settled for more of an evolutionary, rather then such a revolutionary leap of technology.

Supposedly Microsoft will add a comparability layer that will address many comparability problems that exist now. Oddly enough, if you still use 16 bit software that you bought for Windows 3.1, Vista will support it (including the help files that used winhlp16.exe). Microsoft has released a patch that allows you to use help files that depended on winhlp32.exe (although many of the help macros still won't run).

Microsoft was in such a hurry to finally get Vista out the door, it didn't have time to address many problems, and to fine tune the software. I'm sure that future service packs will correct many of these problems.

To Cathy:

Perhaps this is why most Graphic Artists use Apple computers, rather then Windows computers?

Gee, if I were a software developer, I just might welcome a version of Windows that forced the public to buy a new version of my software at full or at least upgrade price. Could it be that this was no accident, and that Microsoft did this on purpose (you even have to buy new versions of Microsoft software!). I imagine that after Vista was released, so were many former Microsoft developers. This gave them many new jobs to go to after they were let go by Microsoft. By the way, have you noticed that no software companies have released patches that allowed old favorites to continue to work with Vista?

it dosent run any og my programs either

To Steven Sherez,
Thank you for the advise - I can't afford an Apple, otherwise I would have one. I do know they are much better for graphics and have a lot less problems than PC's. Believe me, where I live, the only people who use Apples are the ones who work at a newspaper, and that is only at work.. Graphic artists don't get paid much here, even Network administrators only make about $15.00 an hour--I've been playing the lottery so I can Move and buy an Apple...Ha, but then I wouldn't have to work--that would be cool..

P.S. If you skipped ME and went from 98 to 2000---you wouldn't have had those problems--ME was horrid and XP followed right behind!

P.S.S. These aren't just Microsoft programs that aren't working

Windows vista is horrible ive tried every thing to get my Diablo 2 program i just bought brand new to work and nothing.

i dont likw vista

I can't burn any cd's and DVD's as the Nero software that i used on Win XP, but what now?? with Vista its not working?

I hate Vista would it be possible to simply downgrade back to XP so I could use my older programs, also if Vista is all that it's cracked up to be why are there so little programs or will Microsoft come up with a way to make older programs function on Vista computers.

I went looking for a new computer and talked to a dude at Best Buy about program compatibility. He actually talked me out of buying a Vista machine. Thank the lord for him. I'm going to get a ibuypower system with XP so I can run all of my CS and Avid programs. Remember to ask questions before you go out and buy a new system.

I've seen a lot of problems, but does anyone have any solutions or work-arounds for apps that simply won't launch?

Mobile Device Center suddenly quit launching -- no error, just a brief hourglass icon and then nothing. Others have mentioned the same problem with various apps, but no one seems to have posted a work-around or solution. Ideas?

I just bought a new computer which has Vista Premium as the OS. I have two external hard drives (one brand new!) which plug into USB ports. Neither is recognized!

I bought all the new software when I and all the bells and whistles factory installed on my new HP with Vista hoping to avoid these kind of issues. What a joke. Save your money and don't be a fool like me stick with what works. My new machine tries to boot from the Floppy Drive only it didn't come with an internal floppy drive. Yes I know change the boot sequence. It will randomly change it back on it's own... haven't a clue how it does that. It's constantly crashing, won't open anything... ANYTHING, and even though it seems like a Hard Drive issue, the hard drive checks out fine according to the phone techs. By the way it took my sister in law to find the boot sequence issue. The overseas idiots at tech support didn't have a clue. Use my 3 year in home warranty that I paid an extra $350ish for they have no record of it despite my sending copies of bank statements and the receipt that they sent me for it! I will NEVER buy another HP product again and I would NEVER recommend one again. So yeah avoid vista and hp.

Vista is rubbish nothing works including my digital Canon SLR software which was the reason i bought the laptop in the first place. I am not a computer wizard so can someone please explain to a computer idiot what the hell i can do to fix it?

Vista won't run our companies version of Autocad Lite. Just ..won't... do it. So, we have to upgrade a multi-seat license. Vista also will not run my version of Poser 5 or 6. I've no idea of the solution. What I've done is gone and cloned every freakin' system we have at work running XP Pro. We aren't trying to watch TV on our systems, we need to get the job done. Vista can wait until they get the kinks out, for now I am fortifying every system running XP, 2000, and yes even a couple running 98. Those were the good old days hah!

Steve

I have an HP scanner that has a photo loader, the software WILL NOT WORK with Vista, period! This was a very expensive scanner I bought about 3 years ago, and there isn't another one like it out there.
I will be returning my new laptop BECAUSE it has Vista. I don't like the physical changes in Vista, like Explore, they aren't improvments, just changes. There wasn't anything wrong with my XP, so why do I need Vista anyway? I don't like the stranglehold Gates has on PC owners.

i have a new Toshiba laptop with Vista Home Premium.
My Hp printer would not install
so they told me to install the vista driver of the HP site.
But the drivers wont install properly.
Could you email me and tell me what i'm doing wrong please.
ellaxbellax@hotmail.co.uk
cheers

Simply Accounting Pro 2003 that runs my business will not install on the 1400 dollar business laptop I just purchased that has vista.

Plain and sinmple, Vista SUCKS! Many of us who have a few thousand dollars invested in high grade software cannot use it on Vista. It's just Microsofts way of screwing the public again, and lining the big rich company's pockets. How can you upgrade if Vista doesn't accept the software in the first place? Thanks MS for screwing all of us again!

motorola device driver not working under windows vista

I have had nothing but a bad experience with my Vista and I wish they had it back. I use a 2000 at work and excell at work isn't compatible with Vista. I can't install any of my Ham Radio programs on Vista. The computer sits on my desk and is never used. Thanks Microsoft for absolutely nothing. You should be ashamed to sell such a lousy mess.

Vista can not install Photo Explosion 3.0 - fails right after copying files to disk. Can not run RCA Opal MP3 programs. Can not run Canon Rebel Digital Software. I love the look of Vista, but it does have some problems. Will try to install DUAL operating system. Vista claims it will do that. We'll see.

Yall are stupid Vista is hands-down the best OS out there.

i have vista home basic as my operating system. it does not run any of my games. please give me a solution.

I am experiencing my first problem with Vista as well. It seems like Vista doesn't like 3rd party software. I attempted to install Kepler7 astrology software on my Vista machine, it comes up with errors like autorun doesn't start, I tried setup.exe directly got error like can't read setup.exe. So I thought let's check it on my daughters XP machine, wow the software installed without any problems. The disk is fine. I contacted the manufacturer of the software and see what they say.
To be honest I think Vista was released to early. To much trouble. Also companies knew Vista would be coming out and still almost a year after lots of them did not upgrade their software/drivers/firmware/hardware so it is compatible.

I am an Accountant and none of the versions of QuickBooks pre 2007 run on vista. I have many clients on earlier versions and I sure the hell am not going to tell them all to upgrade when it is just not necessary. I'll stick with XP till the cows come home!~

For those of you who are able to install software, but then that software does not function after initial install: I have found that I am able to install and run software as long as I do it pretty quickly. The moment I give the computer about an hour to sit and... do whatever Vista is doing, the program's executable changes. Literally, changes.

For example: I have ePSXe sitting on my desktop right now, I am able to run it and play my PSX games for hours. When I close it and leave the computer for even as early as 30mins and try to run the program again, nothing happens. When I open the ZIP file with the original EXE in it and replace the (now inoperable) original with it, Vista pops up the deletion confirmation dialog and indicates that the executables are about 300KB different in size (regardless of the fact they are (were) the SAME file).

The same behavior also occurs in: Age of Empires/Mythology, MANY Java-based Apps (Torrent-Related Software, earlier versions of the Eclipse IDE). And obviously, many of the software listed above this post.

Perhaps someone is brave enough (and has the time) to submit an article attached to the Vista Wikipedia article listing compatibility issues with all of the aforementioned software.

my problem is i have ago of empires 2 and it wont even read the cd... it dosen't even read that there is a dick in the drive, this cd works on every other comp. but this new laptop i got,(which has vista just to point out the obious)

I bought my HP pavilion (dv 9000 family) laptop in august of '07 and so far the only program that won't run for me is the game Fable: The Lost Chapters. the ads in the beginning work and I can play the very first part of the game but after that it won't load and the screen goes blank (I think it's a graphics card problem). So far I haven't tried to put a whole lot on my computer, however freebie internet downloads like skype, itunes, divx, goldwave, and adobe (little things like that) work just fine for me. I think we're really all just going to have to suffer through this season of waiting for new software to be compatible with vista.

hello i am just going to uninstal vista mm in monday and download xp well my question will all the games work on xp and the programs that worked on vista plz reply

almost everything i run from my dvd drive causes windows vista home basic to "not respond" and when i close the explore window it asks " should i 'close program' 'Restart program' or 'wait to respond' i select the last option and eject the disk and windows returns. "halo 1, crazy taxi, all my games, audio cd are recognized but causes fail if you try to play them. HELP!!!
talked to several support lines with no help

I wonder if this is why my Polk Audio Speakers won't work. I updated the drivers and did ALL of the checks but NO sound. The system keeps saying speakers are working fine. UGH!! My My HP 512 crashed and burned one too many times so I get a nice new computer...ERRRRRR

To make it clear, I have no problems with vista for the most part. My only issue is that when I am trying to install an older program on this computer (Warcraft II), a notice is brought up stating that the program cannot run in a full screen mode because the system wont allow it. I am only curious as to what this means and if there is any way to fix this. I will appreaciate your reply. Thank you, Brennan Ogburn

Every game i'v tried to play on this new vista laptop, has not worked im so glad i paid 2 grand for something that wont work at all, i dont understand how xp is so good and will run everything but the next step up is such a piece of shit!

google windows splitscreen read it and learn it its not easy put XP back on DUMP VISTA IT BILL GATES MONEY SEWER PROGRAMS WONT WORK EVEN YOUR OLD PRINTER WONT WORK UNLESS YOUR LUCKY TO GET UPDATED DRIVERS

I recently bought a Toshiba laptop with vista home premium I asked the man if it would play any game and he said yes, he said you can put all of the sims 2 expansions on it two times and still be able to play lots games on it, but ofcourse none of the games I have work on it. So when I found they didn't work I rang him back and he said that laptops aren't meant for games. So I paid $3000 for a computer that I basically can only look at.The salesman and vista SUCK!!!! he said I can't exchange or refund the laptop. i'm not going to get anything from the store again
and next time I buy a comp i'll make sure it's an Apple not a lemon. What else can I say!!! I'm really UNHAPPY and ANNOYED.

According to Autodesk, the company that makes AutoCad, AutoCad 2000 won't work with Vista. The only part of it that doesn't work are the help files. AutoCad 2000 help files use Winhlp32.exe, which is not supported by Vista. Microsoft makes an upgrade which allows you to use Winhlp32.exe type of help (although some help macros still don't work).

Autodesk would love nothing more then for you to spend another $6,000 on the newest version of AutoCad, so they won't tell you about the Winhlp32.exe upgrade.

If you can't get MS Office to work on your computer, for what ever reason, if you find that Office 2007 is too different, and you can't be bothered learning to use very different software or you simply don't feel like paying Microsoft anywhere from $200 to $600, then you should try OpenOffice (www.openoffice.org). It is completely free, has 99% of all the features of MS Office (although Base, their database program, is a lame version of Access), and it is compatible with MS Office.

I find that OpenOffice Writer does everything MS Word does (except it doesn't check your grammar, doesn't have an envelope wizard and doesn't have the Review Tools of MS Word). If you don't need these things, and I don't think most people do, then do yourself a favor and check out OppenOffice.

I have vista and I realize it has good points. But I can understand their frustration. I just wish I could get the system to run photoshop elements 6.o I want to begin a fledgling photo restore business and this incampatability is holding me back. Oh, please don't preface your answer with "maybe." It sounds like you don't know, and whats worse, it sounds like you don't care.
sincerely eric smith

cant download on vista, wont even let me set up printer keeps saying not enabled or disabled.Please help!

How can I download pc games for windows xp onto my upgrades windows vista

I con not load my sims complete addition game to vista I paid 40 dollars for it and now I can not use it

my goodmans gsc 12 scanner disc is for windows xp but i have since then brought a new pc which is vista i have tryed to install the disc but wont let me so i tryed connecting the scanner to the hard drive and it is loaded from there but i can't seem to find it to put on my decktop any suggestion plz

I am running Vista Home Premium with Outlook 2003. There is no "Send" button on the email page. I can receive emails. Calendar and Contacts appear to function correctly; but Mail has no "Send" button available.

Also, I have Nero 6 Ultra Edition. I cannot burn DVD videos, only data.

With Vista, I appear to have lost some functionality. Is that to be expected?

Thanks for any help you can offer,
Julie

I have Vista, and all the software I own, works on it without problem. Games back to 1997, Printers, Scanner, etc.

I had a problem with HELP files, but I downloaded the update from microsoft that fixed that.

I Turned off the UAC function.
I Turned off the Security Center Warning functions.

I had an older Office 97, that I installed..and it worked ok.. but the updates wouldn't install, so I just right click on the update, and click on the COMPATIBILITY tab and said, RUN THIS PROGRAM in COMPATIBILTY MODE, and selected XPsp2 and it worked fine.

My AVG works ok.. I just downloaded the newest version from free.grisoft.com

I have nero and roxio, but Haven't installed them, cause the DVD burner software built in to vista works fine.. Movie Maker, and DVD Maker... I burn music with the Windows Media Player and that works just fine.. so no burning problems here..

My Dell Axim PC-2002 Works ok.. even with the new version 6 Center.

Most all the hardware I have, I didn't use the provided software, I just plugged it in, and Vista found the drivers for it.

The CREATIVE Labs WebCam couldn't find it's drive, but I went to the creative labs website and downloaded the new version of their software, and it worked ok after that.

My PhotoShop 5.5 works ok.. but I did by the update to CS2, just cause I wanted some new stuff... and the CS2 works fine too..

My Creative Labs AudigyZs, needed new drivers, I downloaded from their website, it works ok.

Mostly, my software seems ok.. and my hardware seems happy, as long as I don't load the old software that came on the CD's..

Overall.. Vista seems great..

I love the new design and look.
I love the SIDEBAR, I have like 20 gadgets running... on my desktop.
I use the Windows Mail and Windows Calendar more than the office Outlook... they work fine.

I'm sorry to hear so many people having problems with it..

I hoped I helped.

-sapphire

I have been trying to install my J5780 All-In-One printer from HP on my new Gateway M-series laptop and have had absolutely no success. I can get so far as getting the software loaded and the computer recognizing the printer but then when asked to print the computer signals an error. Its not Vista though because I have it loaded on my other laptop which is a compaq.
Thanks for any help.

Alot of games I would like to play do not run on Vista.I was told that its because Vista has a hard time reading DOS based programs. Is this true?

Want say I like the way your website is set up, being able to select the year and month is well thought out.
I been with windows from the very start, when you had to put in the the drivers with numbers and letters. Now we both now have Windows Vista, my husband has a toshiba sat/laptop that is about 3 months newer than mine, hp pav/notebook, which does not remember to update or updates conexant hd audio about 40 times.
its like it was put in the computer with out thought if it was compatible to its own programs or microsoft updates does not recognizes its own programs.
Also remind some buying Win Vista its a space eater, even if you do not use half the programs.

I had a hard time to print with Vista until I talked with my son.
He had me down load the printer driver that I am using on XP then
after that down the driver with vista driver next then Whalla it
did WORK .

i just bought a packard bell 32 bit with vista home basic...and it will not read my world of warcraft games at all...it doesn't even show up in the disc drive..what can i do to fix this...vista says it supports wow...

I've noticed that someone else hasn't been able to get Active Desktop Calendar (the current version) to work on Vista... I have become very reliant on this program, and I'm quite frustrated that it works very sporadically in Vista Business... does anyone have any answers?

I cant get my printer to work. I have a LexMark 1185, can you tell me what to do to get it up and running.

Vista hasn't had TOO many problems with me, but one of my games that I recieved on holidays does not work. It is The Sims: Complete Collection. I DID get this game to work at one point, but it no longer works after reinstalling it. When I install, it stays at 0% for a while then proceeds to start installing, and at around 8% it jumps to 95% and gives an error. I have installed this before with the only trouble being that I had to go into the disc programs and run admin the install setup, and the cycling update for the neighborhood, which I fixed by running as administrator every time I played. Any help would be greatly appreciated, for I really want to play the Sims again. Thanks in advance.

I just got a new Gateway with Vista and it runs great beacause of the 3 GB of ran and the 320 GB of HD space. Nero Burning software 6 does not work and it does disappoint me that I am redirected to purchase a newer version of Nero as part of the solution and that's fraud in my opinion.

I don't want to upgrade Nero because it worked perfectly well on Win XP, so why in the world would I want to purchase something that I already have and to get another version of Nero with most likely extras that are good for some one else but not for me because I dont NEED that or the upgrade.

This is why I Love APPLE and I miss my MAC because everything flat out works out of the box, in the box and around the box. Windows time and time again flashes the signs of a great product and then the Loser sign always looms around their latest gadgets. If your going to make a product make it so that the consumer gets the best out of it and not the visionaries pockets with ideas of acessories to cream out your pockets.

Alot of program are not compatible with Vista and unless you are working for Windows or are ignorant enough not to notice that it is problematic with previous software titles such as games or productivity for development or whatever than shame on you,...the product MUST work or the consumer has all the right to complain and get their money back, PERIOD!

Who ever heard of a plane that gets halway there and then forces people to parachute from there and guess how to navigate from there and where to land.

Mac addicts of the world Unite...but get a PC cause it is after all cheaper, but you get what you pay for...GARBAGE!

I have Kodak software for my digital camera and vista home premiun does not recognize the software.

I also have ACDsee photo and photo editing programs which vista does not recognize.

Since I have just purchased a new notebook with vista, I wonder how many more surprises I will have. To say the least, prior to my purchase I should have been advised. I am very dissapointed.

I also have a desktop with XP pro that accepts all software.

Soooo, now what??

help i cant download any games from any sites

Our Brand new Latest Versions windows inspiron 1720 will run the the Sims Deluxe and all of it's expansion packs but can't run the Sims 2? does this computer not have the right software or what? THESE LAPTOPS ARE STUPID

I too have a relatively new Dell inspiron 531S with vista home as O/S, and I have had tons of problems. My webcom wouldn't send pictures over messenger live or whatever it is now, but that was fixed by update. So many of my 7 year old's programs won't work that she doesn't want to try anymore. My HP camera software won't load in, and altho the computer recognized the camera, it can't find any pictures to import. I fixed this by setting the camera to "disk Drive", but I really liked HP's software - it had some good layouts and I've already learned how to use it. This is not the first time this has happened, I went through 95, 98, (fortunately missed ME) and XP and I'm sick of it. So I guess I'll be really careful with new software purchases for now, but I think my next computer will be a Mac.

right my main thing is i cannot download anything to my new pc, second i had norton 360 in my pc i uninstalled it because i thought that it was norton that was messing with my pc but it isnt so i try to download a new internet security but it doesnt let me download it (it is actually my pc that wont let me download anything) it always says security settings will not allow me to download the specific download please can you give me answers thanks

right my main thing is i cannot download anything to my new pc, second i had norton 360 in my pc i uninstalled it because i thought that it was norton that was messing with my pc but it isnt so i try to download a new internet security but it doesnt let me download it (it is actually my pc that wont let me download anything) it always says security settings will not allow me to download the specific download please can you give me answers thanks