System Up and Ready

I've got Windows Vista all up and running on my system, including all of my Web services, and the Kurt Family Photo Gallery. Getting Apache, PHP, Perl and mySQL up and going were a little painful with the new extreme security measure that Windows takes. In trying to make windows more immune from Spyware and viruses, they've got the environment locked down tightly, which is nice, but all of the warning messages and approvals

I've got all of my hardware going - all without having to download any custom drivers. I'm continuing to learn some of the nuances of the OS, but so far I like it a lot. On this system, I'm not able to access some of the cooler functionality that goes with Vista. The system ranks your hardware and figures out what you can do and what you can't accordingly. The OS is designed to be very dynamic, letting you upgrade the OS on the fly and buy new add-ons very easily. In terms of compatibility, I haven't found anything that I can't run yet except for anti-virus applications for XP.