For some reason, the Freedom Scientific website makes it rather difficult to find this crucial information, but here are operating systems supported by JAWS 8: Windows 2000, Windows XP Pro, Windows XP Home, Windows Media Center, and Windows 2003 Server. http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws80fea.asp#OS Another page explains what versions of JAWS to use with earlier versions of Windows: JAWS 7.10.452 or earlier with Windows 98 or Windows ME, and Jaws 6.20 or earlier with Windows NT or Windows 95: http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_downloads/jaws.asp Freedom Scientific and GW-Micro have said they will release free patches for Vista support in JAWS 8 and Window-Eyes 6 when Windows Vista is shipped: http://www.quantech.com.au/newsletters/jawsbytes007.html#newfeatures http://www.gwmicro.com/News_&_Events/Latest_News/?newsNo=49 -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-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:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq