Yeehah! I got Fractint working in Vista under dosbox with lots of help from D-Fend Reloaded. Go to http://maxitersfractalfollies.blogspot.com to see a sample fractal. Her's the par fract001.gif { ; Volcanic Lace ; firey ; calctime 0:05:28.18 ; created Mar 29, 2010 ; Fractint Version 2004 Patchlevel 9 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=_c.frm formulaname=complexnewton_01 passes=1 center-mag=0.585056/1.21469/4.219409 params=13/5 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=0 colors=000000000000000000000000000000000100100200400500700900B00D00G00I0\ 0L00O10Q10T10W10Z10a10e10h20k20o20r20v20y20z30z50z60z80z90zB0zC0zE0zF0zH\ 0zI0zK0zL0zN0zO0zQ0zR0zT0zU0zW0zX0zZ0z_0za0zb0zd0ze0zg0zh0zj0zk0zm0zn0zp\ 0zq0zs0zt0zv0zw0zy0zz1zz3zz4zz6zz7zz7zy7zx7zx7zw7zv7zv7zu7yt7ys7ys7yr7yq\ 6yq6yp6yo6yo6xn6xm6xl6xl6xk6xj6xj6xi5xh5wh5wg5wf5we5we5wd5wc5wc5vb5va5va\ 5v`4v_4vZ4vZ4vY4vX4uX4uW4uV4uV4uU4uT4uS3uS3uR3tQ3tQ3tP3tO3tO3tN3tM3tL3sL\ 3sK3sJ2sJ2sI2sH2sH2sG2sF2rE2rE2rD2rC2rC2rB1rA1rA1r91q81q71q71q61q51q51q4\ 1q31p20p20o20n20m20m20l20k20j20j20i20h20g20g20f20e20d20d20c20b20a20a20`2\ 0_20Z20Z20Y20X20W20W20V20U20T20T20S20R20Q20Q20P20O20N20N20M20L20K20K20J2\ 0I20H20H20G20F20E20E20E20D20D20C20C20C20B20B20A20A20A2092092092082082072\ 0720720620620520520520420420420320320220220220120120010 } ;ComplexNewton_01 {; Jon Horner (ex-CAL) [ not sure about this one ] ; ; modified by Jo Weber, 6/1996 ; ; modified by Sylvie Gallet, runs 40% faster ; pr = 1/p1, pm1 = 1-pr, pm2 = 1-p1, z = pixel : ;oldz = z ; z = pm1 * z + pr * z^pm2 ; |(z-oldz)|>=0.000001 ;SOURCE: jowe29.frm ;} _________________________________________________________________ Take your contacts everywhere http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712959