Hi Walter

Right click your start buttonControl PanelRegional settings
It sounds as though they are different on your laptop.
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Regards
Roger Govier

Walter wrote:
Update to previous!!!! It is the date I am having trouble with? the
previous formatting offered the diplay option of Tuesday March 9, 2010 and
would display upon entering 3/9. The Vista version does not offer that
option and displays Mar. 9 10 and only if you enter 9/3. Entering 3/9 gives
me March 1 2009?