Hello,

Think about it, when you go through an upgrade which is innovative, the
companies are continuously upgrading premium class software to support
current innovations. But it seems you want to buy a new computer, new
hardware, and keep the existing 5+ year old application which has been
discontinued by the company who produced that.

If you really want to use your 5+ year old application, stay with Windows
XP, install Windows XP, or run a Virtual Machine that has Windows XP. Not
everything could run on compatibility mode, the developers should be aware
of that.

Since you cannot run your application, it is time to buy a new license if
you want to run it on Windows Vista. The same applies to anything. Stop
saying I hate Vista for a problem which isn't Vista's fault.

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Regards,
Mohamed Mansour
Microsoft Student Partner

"ninkaroo" <ninkaroo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D670A348-7FE1-4796-9366-6467E7CB12E0@microsoft.com...
> I agree with you - sadly
>
> "schafferde" wrote:
>
>> I don't suppose this will be allowed to stay on here, but I have to vent.
>> I
>> got Vista with my new Dell computer, and so far, I have had to replace 4
>> programs that don't run on vista, 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 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. Knowing what I know now, I would have never had
>> Vista,
>> and would have paid extra to have XP put on my new computer. Thank you
>> for
>> letting me vent.