....but I think, believe it or not, that the Vista on the laptop doesn't have the RAR program! (I'm not sure whether to be pissed at MS or HP). The files are showing as .RAR on the CD in the desktop but when the CD is inserted into the laptop they show as .7z (go figure). So, annoyingly, my laptop with Vista is changing the file extenstions of the .RAR files on the CD to .7z when reading the CD but Vista subsequently won't open them as it won't "recognize" the required utility. Kind of a 'chicken and egg' situation LOL.