[robert.a.dybas]

On my XP Home main computer the connect software install would reset at 99%. dirty word.
I read somewhere in one of the threads that it did not like dual monitors. ^%$*

using the vista install message as a clue.

I copied the already updated software from a different xp machine that it did install on and updated ok, to the appropriate folders in "program files\common" "program files\sony".
the connect software would now run, but it did not recognize the reader plugged into a USB port.

after trying a few tricks, including going to the drivers folder under sony, right clicking on the ".inf" file and choosing install (this may be needed?) - the following worked.

1. right click on "my computer"
2. select properties
3. select the "hardware" tab
4. click on "device manager"
5. the sony reader device was listed with a "?" next to it
double click on it, choose reinstall driver
point it to the "C:\Program Files\Sony\CONNECT Reader\Data\drivers" folder
6. Click OK
close up everything.
started the "connect reader" and the reader was now there.

thanks for the vista install tip
r.a.d.