For some folks this will be a trip down memory lane, a reminder of things you have already done. For some it will be a reminder of things you know you should do, but haven't quite gotten around to. And for some it will be a cheat sheet you can print out and save if you're planning to move to Vista in the near future.

With that said, our programs do need a bit of adjustment to get them working up to snuff in Windows Vista. The programs are divided up between Club Accounting and Everything Else. Since this is StockCentral let me put in the steps for all of the non-accounting programs first. Now, these steps assume that you don't have anything you want to save already in the program. If you do want to save your information, make sure to make a backup before diving in: 

• With the program closed, click the WINDOWS button in the lower left corner of your screen; this will show the Start menu, and a list of programs.
• If the program does not appear in the initial list on the Start menu, type its name in the START SEARCH box until you find the program.
• Right-click the program icon, then click PROPERTIES.
• On the properties window, click the COMPATIBILITY tab. If you do not see a compatibility tab, make sure that you have selected the program, and not a file or folder with the same name.
• On this tab, click RUN THIS PROGRAM IN COMPATIBILITY MODE.
• Make sure the selection under this shows Windows XP (Service Pack2)
• Also on this tab, click RUN THIS PROGRAM AS ADMINISTRATOR.
• Click APPLY, then OK.
• If this is successful, Windows will add a small multi-colored shield to the program icon.
• If you have the User Account Control (also called UAC) active, Windows will now ask you to Cancel or Allow the program when you open it. Click ALLOW to let the program run as normal.

Now Club Accounting runs a little bit differently in that it doesn't need you to make a backup first. So if you are using Club Accounting 3 on Windows Vista, take the following steps to set Club Accounting to run as Administrator:

• With the program closed, click the WINDOWS button in the lower left corner of your screen.
• Go to COMPUTER > C:\ > PROGRAM FILES > ICLUBcentral > CLUB ACCOUNTING 3
• Once inside the Club Accounting 3 folder, right-click on the Club Accounting 3 program icon (it will have the same green visor on a yellow and blue back ground as the shortcut that appears on the desktop or Start menu), then click PROPERTIES.
• On the properties window, click the COMPATIBILITY tab.
• On this tab, click RUN THIS PROGRAM IN COMPATIBILITY MODE.
• Make sure the selection under this shows Windows XP (Service Pack2)
• Also on this tab, click RUN THIS PROGRAM AS ADMINISTRATOR.
• Click APPLY, then OK.
• If this is successful, Windows will add a small multi-colored shield to the program icon.
• If you have the User Account Control (also called UAC) active, Windows will now ask you to Cancel or Allow the program when you open it. Click ALLOW to let the program run as normal.

And for all those folks out there on a Mac, thank you for reading this far; please consider yourselves deputized to point anyone using our programs with Vista towards this message board.