Carol Avoid Vista like the plague! Its short existence says it all! My guess is that the machine needs some tuning up. I suspect, like me, you don't have the expertise to dive into the registry. In view of this, I bought a utility called Tune Up utilities from a company called Clevergridge. I think it was about £20 as the UK conversion from Euros. ATB David W Wood -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 12:29 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] DELL LAPTOP VISTA READY or DUMP Hi All, I have an 8-year-old Del computer which was running XP and became very sluggish. Now that XP is no longer supported, I have to decide whether to ditch it completely or obtain a copy of VISTA and get it up and running again. It won't take Windows 7, unfortunately Is Vista really worth running and where might I obtain a cheap copy? If you have one to sell, please let me know. CAROL P ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq