I agree, normally I do a clean OS  install, but was very curious to see how Vista was going to treat legacy devices and software.  I never saw so many redirects in so many folders you cannot open.  And, if you delete one of these folders, you just lost the pointers to files you may need.  

Actually I found Vist did an overall good install, with the exception that it failed to flag MS programs that use the old installer.  The other bugs I encounterd were again MS drivers for the most part that are not compatible, yet.  Microsoft is aware of the problem and is working on new drivers.  

So far there is no problem with Vue 5 in Vista.  However, with the new installer and its new permissions key, I am going to do a clean install now and then see how Vue will reacte when I try to uninstall the prog.  The new MS installer/uninstaller is the only program that can install and remove these registry key. So, unless someone comes up with a reg cleaner that can take care of the junk, it's going to be a headache for most.  

I do however, backup my data with Ghost on DVD's, even though it is on another drive.  As I work my drives preyty hard and it is not uncommon for one to fail from time to time.

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