I'm no computer expert, but if one right clicks once on a program icon, the down under properties,
the in the next window under the "compatibility" tag, one can set a program to run as windows XP,
and can run as an Administrator.  Not sure if you want to do this, but it's offered as a FWIW.

As I see an .EDU in your e-address, I'd assume that your University computer folks could help.
M (no computer expert, but a frustrated VISTA user)

--- Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>  since you can get to admin mode whenever you want.
>
> Sudhir
>
> On 8/21/07, Richard Golen <rgolen@umassd.edu> wrote:

> > I'm transferring files and loading programs on my new laptop
> > w/Microsoft Vista. I couldn't find anything on the archives about
> > using ETKA on a Vista machine. Has anyone tried it? If, so does it
> > work, and are there any special problems to watch out for?
> >

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