Keith To answer your first question, you do need the right version of JAWS in order to use Vista. If you have an earlier version than 8 I don't think it will work. However, I have seen on some computer sites that there is the option to downgrade to XP on many computers sold at present. If you check about this on your new laptop, you may find the solution to your problem. Wendy _____ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Keith Jones Sent: 27 July 2008 11:28 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Can anyone help? Hi all, I've got two queries, i hope someone's got the answers; First I'm about to get a new laptop. Until now I've only used XP but apparently all new PC's and laptops have vista as standard. I'm told vista isn't very user-friendly for jaws users. Can anyone confirm or correct this? Can you use jaws on a computer with vista? Second I've hit a problem; i can play CD;s and DVD;s, i can read and copy files from CD's and DVD's, but i can't write to CD or DVD either via the send to submenu or by copy and paste, the drives don't even appear on the send to submenu. I've put new CD and DVD writers on my computer. Any ideas? Thanks in anticipation; Keith Jones Tel; 01495309485 Internet phone; 02921112813 Mobile; 07981529856 Fax; 08712642336 Email: keith.a.jones@xxxxxxxxxx