new computer

[pheonix73]

Yes I know that it is quite a jump.The only thing I have yet to figure out is why some windows in explorer open to the fullest the monitor can hold and others only open partially.
The system I procurred is an Acer
5200+ Amd Athlon 64 dual core
500 gig SATA HD
3 gigs of ddr2 sdram
radeon HD2400Pro 128mb graphics card
and lots of other bells and whistles.

I still have to get everything I am going to use set up,and get a few old programs I used in the past reinstalled.Anyways I will check back in a few more days and see what other trouble I can get myself into.

Also forgot to add that the monitor I am using is an Acer 22" widescreen.

[jholland1964]

some windows in explorer open to the fullest the monitor can hold and others only open partially.

Are you talking about Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer?

I still have to get everything I am going to use set up,and get a few old programs I used in the past reinstalled.

A word of caution...be sure that each and every program is Vista compatible. If it is not, then it will not run properly or at all. Before you install these old programs check their websites to find out if the program without updates IS compatible with Vista OR if it has updates available that you can download once the program is installed to make the program run with Vista. This IS a very, very different operating system...especially jumping from ME to Vista. Many people just going from XP to Vista ... (that is actually just a "one system jump", you have gone 3 really since between ME and Vista there were also 2000 and XP) have found that many of their favorite software will NOT run on Vista at all OR at least do not run without updates installed. Going from ME to Vista is a HUGE jump so check on ALL first before installing. There may be some favorite programs that you will actually have to purchase a new copy instead of updating since you are going from ME to Vista.

[pheonix73]

As always I am once again talking about internet explorer.I seem to make the assumption that it is uderstood which one I am talking about.As for the programs I am installing they are all online downloaded programs,so I wll assume that they will be up to date to run with Vista.

[jholland1964]

As always I am once again talking about internet explorer.I seem to make the assumption that it is uderstood which one I am talking about.As for the programs I am installing they are all online downloaded programs,so I wll assume that they will be up to date to run with Vista.

Be sure to read all info on online downloaded programs...SOME do not run with Vista.