hi John


"John Barnett MVP" wrote in message
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Millennium was a failed version i don't think anyone would disagree with
that observation (he say's tentatively). NT wasn't. NT was more business
orientated and that was what it was built for. As for Vista, only time
will tell but, as i've said before in my posts, software development is a
two way street. Microsoft have developed Vista but other software
developer's have been too lax to update their software and driver's. Okay
it costs the software/hardware developer money to get Microsoft
accreditation for their product and, maybe, that is the reason. However,
Microsoft is blamed for everything; if the moon fell from the sky, it
would probably be Microsoft's fault. I'll say it again while Microsoft
'is' (in my opinion) to blame for some of the mishaps with Vista the
software/hardware developer's are equally to blame for not working fast
enough to ensure their products were ready for the release of Vista.

I am in regular contact with software developer's and it has been
intimated that updates to the software on my own machine are months away.
Luckily i dual boot with Windows XP so there is no real hardship for me,
but other people have to reply upon Vista and have no option but to wait
for the relevant updates.

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John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
Windows - Shell/User

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The OP was saying that she went from 98SE to Vista and is using an
old version of FTM. There have been 5 updates from FTM since v11.
v16 with the patch does work 100% with Vista so I would not have
thought that around $29 FTM was that expensive to update.

The OP would find many improvements to the program since her
version.

I have nothing to do with FTM apart from being happy user of it.