Before Upgrading to Vista

Everyone's curious to know whether their system is Vista capable or not. And

out of the different versions available, which one would suit their needs the

best: Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business or Ultimate. This tool from

Microsoft solves most of your curiosity and even tells you what you should do to

make your system Vista capable. The tool runs on all versions of Windows XP

32-bit machines and takes approximately 5 to 10 mins to scan, depending on your

hardware. A home user can run this tool and have a basic idea whether his system

is Vista compliant or not. If it's not then the hardware upgrade cost would be

added to the total system upgrade cost. Similarly, an enterprise can estimate

the total amount required to upgrade all of its systems. The tool is very easy

to install. Just download from the link provided in the specs box. After the

download, double click on the installation icon and follow the instructions.

While the tool scans your system, you can compare different Vista versions for features	The deficiencies are automatically categorized into three different sections: System requirements, devices and programs
It lists all the hardware devices in your system and warns you about devices that would not work after you upgrade	It lists names of the programs that would not be compatible with Vista. For eg, Nero 6 runs on XP but doesn't run on Vista