hello well I finally took the step of getting windows vista. what I need to know or do is move my files and folders and contacts from my outlook express to my new computer windows vista. can someone tell me step by step if this is possible many thanks in advance. p.s. I have my out look express backed up on an external h.d. regards Vincent -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1504 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message