From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Gary Britt"  wrote in
message news:45b6e56d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
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> I tend to run older software, Sidekick 98, MS Office 2000, Ecco Pro 4.01,
> and a couple of ancient DOS apps.  I need my software more than I need
> Vista.  I don't know if any of these programs would have issues on Vista.
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