all I did for my aunt was set up her email, browsers {IE & FF} , make it look similar to her old laptop - xp home- classic look.
mainly the preferences and basic settings.
i didn't really use any programs other than a quick check to make sure they would open for her.
I'm pretty sure that Vista has a lot of the same things XP has plus more stuff.



found this-
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...XP&btnG=Search
one of the article says if pre loaded Vista will work fine but if you buy and install on a older machine that is when things will most likely be problematic.