On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:48:07 -0700, schafferde
<schafferde@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I don't suppose this will be allowed to stay on here, but I have to vent.


Your choice, but you would do better if you would ask for help with
your problems instead of venting. Complaining isn't usually the best
way to get your problems solved.


> I
> got Vista with my new Dell computer, and so far, I have had to replace 4
> programs that don't run on vista,


Did you run the free Microsoft Vista Upgrade Advisor before getting
Vista? It would have told you what you had on your computer that might
not be compatible.

What were the programs, by the way?


> and for which the companies "don't plan any
> upgrades in the near future". This has cost me a lot of money that I don't
> have. The computer was a large expense for me, and now it is getting
> rediculous.


I certainly understand that you are unhappy with the result, but
please realize that *you* didn't take the trouble to find out whether
they were compatible before getting Vista. You have nobody to blame
but yourself. As I said, Microsoft even made a tool available to help
you get this information.


> I am now looking unsuccessfully for a simple photo editing
> software program that will run that has the features my old program had, and
> I am very frustrated.


What was the old one? It's hard to recommend one with "the features
[your] old program" if you don't tell us what it was.



> Knowing what I know now, I would have never had Vista,


Once again, who do you want to blame for your not having taken the
trouble to get needed information *before* you bought? Would you buy a
car that way?


> and would have paid extra to have XP put on my new computer. Thank you for
> letting me vent.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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