(Services in about a week when the new computer gets here to hear the eulogy. Since the new one had to be Vista to get the hardware I need, it probably won't get the message.)

John

This is off topic, or at least a tangent. I don't know about anyone else, but I'd like to see a blow by blow from John as he hammers out the kinks in his lovely new operating system.

I am not exaggerating when I say that I have had more trouble with this %&$^##/blessed Vista than my previous five machines put together (3.1/95, 95, ME/XP, XP, XP) and have struggled every step of the way over the last few months. Every turn seems to bring new nasty surprises that I have difficulty coping with.

So if you have the inclination and the time to do so, John, I would certainly make time to read what you have to say on the subject in a dedicated thread. Perhaps something you (and others who stop by) have to say on the subject will make life easier for the new Vista owners, however reluctantly they have joined the New World Order.

I always read with interest what you and the other knowledgeable writers have to say on various tech subjects and I thank you for those many, many generous contributions to our forum.