I have been using Nokia's neat fast utility PC Suite to synch my phone and Windows Calendar and to two Bluetooth devices. I have used it ever since I got the phone and it works like a treat under both XP and the demon Vista.

Today it suggested I "upgrade" to a new version (for some obscure reason now called Ovi, though I can see no connection to eggs). I did, I even got it working. And found how to synch my diary (for me the really vital part, the rest is icing, but for Ovi it is all about photos and audio files). It didn't look as easy to use as the old version, most useful tools being now hidden, and only the glitz showing. But never mind, I'd keep up to date...

Then the Vista effect kicked in. I can't synch my diary using Ovi, Vista decides the program has stalled and forcably closes it "for" me! Thank you Microsoft, since Ovi is unusable I have returned to nice simple PC Suite, and junked Ovi. PC Suite synched everything in seconds and kindly shows me on the OPC screen when there are TXTs to answer :)

I think I must now be a grumpy old Luddite, I remember with nostalgia the days when computers did what they were told, no more but no less, and GIGO ruled. Now the rule seems to be "No matter WHAT you put in, you still get garbage out!