on your computer to see if the programs will work. There is also a list of programs that don't work with Vista at Microsoft.com. I have Office XP installed on my Vista notebook and it works fine.
I still use older programs like Office 2000, Quicken 2004 and a several year old calendar program on my 5 year old Pentium 4. I would like to get a new computer but don't want to have to upgrade and buy a bunch of new programs when these suit my purposes just fine. Will these programs run on the new Vista OS?

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