Yay for me! I have a brand new laptop with a gig of ram; an 80 gig hard drive and I'm sure to put RCT3 on hre soon. I hve to ay it's gonna take a bit of getting used to; but it looks great and my screen is crystal clear.

Oh yeah the forums look a bit weird in Vista; after a few days I'm sure that it will wear off.

Also does anyone know if I can run RCT3 I'm on Vista Home basic...? I hope so and if not I'm sure that the new gadgets on Vista will keep me happy.

Oh yeah does anyone else have vista? Perhaps if you have you can give me a link to a site hat tells me what software works on Vista IE Itune, Nvu, Photofiltre and word 2000.

Yay again !

I am running Vista Ultimate and it is great, it does take a little getting used to but I am glad I upgraded from XP Pro.

http://www.ntcompatible.com/compatos1-1-1.html
Might not be the most complete of lists but will give you an idea as to what should work under Vista.

Thanks for that! I m really enjoying vista so far and I hope I can get Word 2000 on in a bit; I'm not all too fond on the new version it looks a bit hard to use. Or maybe it's because I'm not used to it yet.

Mind you I can't belive how fastit loads up; I'm o the basic version and with XP I ued to load it up hear the XP noise and once I'd finished making a cup of tea I could then use my computer. Aaaaah fond memories!

I'll post a few more updates in a bit now I'm gonna try the new picture system.

Cool, sounds good

Im still stuck with XP! You got any screenshots/pics of your desktop, folders etc to show it off?

http://upload.coastermaster.com/deskvista1.jpg is a screenshot of my desktop showing a couple of things including multiple time zones displayed when mouse over the clock, the window picture in picture thing which will display animations, obviously the side bar, and new look for browsing folders, audio files now display album art as the icon.

If there is anything else you are wanting to see I can take a screenshot and upload it.

I haven't got any screens yet but I sure am enjoying Windows Media Player 11. It's much easier to use on Vista and alot better when putting your music onto your MP3 Player. Take for example the pictures of album art when using XP I could never put them o for some odd reason; but wirth vista they all go on easier and automatically.

Other nice touches is the gadgets pad which includes the notes system. I also love the way that web pages are displayed in the AOL Vista version.

Also my laptop's widescreen is amazing! lovely and clear.



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I have managed to find this: an A-Z of programs that work with Vista. I hope this is of some help to you:
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A
Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.06 - compatible
AOL Client 9.0.x - does not function correctly
AOL has released 9.0 VR (Vista Ready), which works with Vista
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 5.9.x - generally compatible but not supported by AOL
AOL Instant Messenger 6.1 will be compatible. 6.0 is generally compatible but not supported by AOL
Apple - see iTunes, QuickTime

Adobe - see Bridge, Dreamweaver, Flash Player, Photoshop, Reader

Allume - see StuffIt Expander

Assignments - compatible

B
BEN Deposits - compatible
BEN Financials - not compatible
Does not install properly; Service tickets are open with both Markview and Oracle
Markview indicates it will certify IE7 in 2007, but gives no date
BEN My Reimbursements - compatible
Business Objects - not compatible
Version 5.1 did not install during testing; more tests to be completed on version XI
Bridge (Adobe Bridge) - compatible

C
Calendar (Penn Web) - compatible
Classlists - compatible
Courses in Touch - compatible

D
DHCP - compatible
Dimension 4 5.0.35.0 - compatible
DNS - compatible
Dreamweaver MX 2004 and 8.0 - compatible
Some shortcut keys do not work because they are now reserved by Windows
KFtp proxy also functions and passes Kerberos tickets

E
EndNote X - compatible
Eudora 6.2.x and 7.0.x - compatible, with the following limitations:
Kerberos functionality is only enabled if the Kerberos for Windows client is open
Penn Online Directory (LDAP) searches do not work, because new search directories are unable to be defined
ewido security suite 4.0 - does not function correctly
ewido security suite is being replaced by AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5, which also currently does not work with Vista

F
FileMaker Pro 7.0 - 8.5 - compatible with some display refresh issues. See the FileMaker website for more information
Most of the issues with Filemaker Pro are on the development side
FileZilla 2.2.x - compatible
Firefox 1.5.0.x and 2.0.0.x - compatible
Flash Player 9.0 - compatible

G & H
Ghost 8.x - not compatible
Ghost Solution Suite 2.0 expected to be compatible (to be released mid-February 2007)
GRAM - compatible
HostExplorer 11.0.1.0 - compatible
Hummingbird - see HostExplorer

I
Interactive Intelligence Client (ACD)
Vista support expected in version 3.0 which is to be available quarter 2 of 2007
ISS Scanner - not compatible
Vendor is working on a solution; currently no release date published
iTunes 7.0.2 - (somewhat) compatible
note: Apple has released the recommendation on their website that iTunes users should wait to install Vista until the next version of iTunes is available "in the next few weeks." Those who have already installed iTunes on Vista and are running into problems can try un-installing and re-installing iTunes, then running the iTunes for Vista repair tool.

K & L
KITE - compatible
After authenticating, it is necessary to reauthenticate using ticket manager if you wish to use kerberized services
Leash32 2.6.5 - compatible
Kerberos for Windows 3.1 is also compatible, but is a significantly modified interface.

M
Mathematica 5.2 - compatible
Meeting Maker Calendar 8.5.3 - compatible
Meeting Maker Palm Conduits - compatible
Microsoft - see Office 2003, Windows Internet Explorer, Windows Mail, Windows Media Player

Mozilla - see Firefox and Thunderbird

N & O
Netreg - compatible
Novel Netware Client - does not install
Vista-compatible client due in "mid-2007."
Office 2003 - compatible, although Penn Online Directory (LDAP) searches are limited in Outlook 2003
Microsoft's web-based "Office Update" is not currently supported under Vista; install and run "Microsoft Update" to obtain Office 2003 updates automatically
Older versions of Office will not work, and thus will not be supported
Office 2007 - compatible

P
Palm Desktop 4.1.4 - compatible
Hotsync manager works, see Meeting Maker
PAS-GINA - not compatible
End of life service and not supported under Vista. Use KITE instead.
Payroll - compatible
Penn in Touch - compatible
Penn ERA - compatible
Requires Firefox. IE support expected in April 2007
PennNames Client and Web Client- compatible
PeopleCube - see Meeting Maker

PGP Desktop - not compatible
Does not install
Photoshop CS2 - compatible

Q
Qualcomm - see Eudora

QuickTime 7.1.x - compatible
Apple has announced that there will be a Vista-related update for QuickTime

R
Reader (Adobe Reader) 7.0.x and 8.0 - compatible
Due to security issues, only Reader 8.0 and above will be supported for Windows Vista
RealPlayer 10.5 Basic - compatible
Remedy 6.3 - doesn't function with normal installation
Installation under 'Compatibility Mode', as described here will allow Remedy to run normally. Additionally, the Remedy web interface functions in IE7 and Firefox

S
SecureCRT 5.1.1/5.2.x - compatible
SecureW2 3.1.2 - does not function on most supported hardware
ISC has been unable to get SecureW2 to connect reliably and consistently with AirPennNet. See Connecting to AirPennNet with Windows Vista.
Spybot Search & Destroy 1.4 - compatible
SRS - compatible
StuffIt Expander 8.5.x - compatible
Symantec AntiVirus 10.1.x - does not install
Symantec has released Symantec AntiVirus 10.2, which is compatible with Vista.

T, U & V
Thunderbird 1.5.0.x - compatible, although Penn Online Directory (LDAP) searches do not work
It is expected that authenticated LDAP searches will be fixed in the release versions of Thunderbird 2.x, though nightly builds as of late December 2006 remain non-functional
VanDyke - see SecureCRT

W
Washington Proxy (Dreamweaver/Kerberos) - compatible
Windows Internet Explorer 7 - integrated and compatible
Windows Mail (successor to Outlook Express) - integrated and compatible, although authenticated Penn Online Directory (LDAP) searches do not work (unauthenticated searches do work)
Windows Media Player 11.0 - integrated and compatible

You have to  play around with vista to notice all the new things. Everythings just easyier lol. The princaple is still the same its just more organised.
Only anoying thing is you have to give it perrmission for everything you want to run or install. Apart from that its all good.

I would highly suggest to research the version you want to get. Whilst the basic will only have limited featuers and wont have things like the areo effects ect whilst the ultimate edition has everything including the handy windows media centre.

Ive not had any problems with vista apart from it shows my pc as a dell when its a custom built machine. The install was easy and straight forward. I chose to do it as a clean install but you can run it along side xp. Only program i used before that wasnt compatible was mccafree firewall.

Looks sweet

I might have to upgrade

Your running basic? That sucks. Aren't you only allowed to run like 3 programs at a time or something crazy?

Oh and you don't get the "Areo" interface and lots of other stuff.

I've been running Vista RC1 for a few months now, and it's pretty good. RCT3 works fine on it.

Your running basic? That sucks. Aren't you only allowed to run like 3 programs at a time or something crazy?

Oh and you don't get the "Areo" interface and lots of other stuff.

I've been running Vista RC1 for a few months now, and it's pretty good. RCT3 works fine on it.

No I have been using tons of programmes; I'm a very messy PC user I have loads of windows open at once. At the moment I have Media Player, AOL (VR), Nvu, Photofiltre and Microsoft Word.

I am actualy pleased I don't have the ugly Aero interface. I detest it and I love the one that's included on the basic set up.

Mind you I have to ask; are you still running the Beta version of Vista?