Vista 7 and office 97 with 2002 upgrade

Not all system come with Vista 7 -- you should be able to find a good pc with Windows 7, which is much better than Vista.

I´d advise you to open a new thread asking for recommendation on a new computer, as as people in this forum are qualified to help you. Just tell your budget and what is the PC for.

Would u like to try a free solution, fully compatible office suite, LibreOffice and OpenOffice

http://www.libreoffice.org/ and http://www.openoffice.org/

Those are old programs now, and if u use them with Win7, they wont work properly.

U can check if it is compatible here.

Windows 7 Compatibility Center


http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-...

Yes, I am running QuickBooks 2000 Pro on Windows 7 with no problems so far. You'll need your registration number from your old computer, which you get by clicking on Help>About QB. I installed CD and clicked on "Open to view files." I then right clicked Setup.exe>Properties and selected the bar at bottom thats says "Change set up for all users." The, I choose the "compatibility" tab and checked the box that said run in compatibility mode and choose run as "windows 2000" from the lists. Then, I think I hit "apply" and then "close." Then, with the original "open to view files" list, I clicked on "setup.exe" and let itbegin installing. It worked perfectly. When it opened, I clicked on "restore" and added my old files from an external hard drive (your may be on a saved CD). After I used it a few times, a window popped up asking me to register within 25 uses. The internet registration option showed an error, so I clicked on "register by phone" and typed in my registration number (saved from old computer) and clicked okay it accepted it and returned a thank you message. I did have to reload my logo for the custom invoice template...all other files appear intact and complete. Done and working without an upgrade.
http://forums.quickbooksusers.com/showthread.php?t=3316...
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All should know - THERE IS A FIX for this problem.

Microsoft has addressed it, and makes it easy.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978591
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/officev...

Thanks for the answer on Quick Books 2000

I made an error in my intial quesiton saying I had VIsta as my operating system, it is Windows 7.

My computer will arrive in a few days and I will attempt to load Qucikbooks as suggested. I still have the registration number and when purchased, it was for 5 users.

Did anyone else have similar success?

Thanks in advance for your help

Marty