Thank you all.

The program, which is a clipart one, downloads to about 90% then stops each time. It requires 50MB disc space and although there's a possibility that my desktop could be running out of RAM, that would not be the case with my laptop which is new.

and....NO....I would not touch the BOOM button Moi! Murphy's Law reigns at my house, so if something could go wrong.... it will go wrong.

ahhh...vista...

well, unfortunately, Vista's compatibility gets a LOW rating in my personal very opinionated book...LOL

I am almost willing to bet that if you go to this program's website, they'll offer some sort of update to download this program to your laptop which runs vista...

is their website included on the box??? Go to their website and check their FAQ's on updates for windows vista and see if that resolves your problem.

In that case, it is a Window's compatibility issue...

btw, windows 7 will be out next year and we can all say buh-bye to vista....LOLOLOLOL

I have XP on my desktop and Vista on the laptop, and I agree with the Vista thing.

There is a website so I'll check it out. Thank you.

koala,


hello,

i will ask the obvious.

1. did you confirm before downloading this program would run on your computers. by checking the systems requirements for the software to make sure you can run it.

do you have enough disk space to run this program?

is your account on your computer set to allow downloads and install programs?



now for the un obvious.

1. you stated you installed one version but the second will not intall.

usually if this happens the program is stil running in the background.
hit ctrl-alt-del on keyboard and see if the program is running under processe. you can maximise the window and colums in here to see what the orgram is used for and where it is located. then click on the process and hit end process. this wil not harm your computer.

then once the process is stoped try to install the second program. i usually reccomend to create a seperate folder in your hard drive. then install it to that folder.

i hardley ever hit run for a program when it asks to download and hit run. i usually download it to a folder on my desktp then run it. that way if there is a problem i dont have to re download it again and again....


have fun.


roger.

Vista is not my favorite either...changing back to XP as soon as I back up all my files...just to be safe.

yes,,, windows vista has been given a bad rap. but dont be afraid.

widows vista is a definite difference between windows xp.

such as when windows 98 went to windows98 the millenium.

i stil have my original box with the windows 3.1 operating system disks in them.


vista has had some problems because the geeks over at microsoft decided to rename and relable things and puthem in other areas then folks were used to.

i personaly use vista ultimate 64 bit edition and have had my share of problems but learning on the computer is what makes computing fun.

i couldnt imagine going fishing and having someone under the water putting a fish on my hook every time i casted my line. i prefer to cast and wait. using a computer is like that. we should be ready to fight for each fish we try to reel in.



keep up your faith in windows and microsoft they are making a new os right now.



roger.