Vista and software don't mix

Today I had two topics that needed my attention. My car has a bad noise under the bonnet and get everything installed on my laptop that I need so that I can start working on it.

First my car. I tried to figure out what the problem was myself but no success, so I took it to a workshop I know. They also can't say for sure but think is something with the distributor. The first open spot they have to open it and see what is what is in a few day so now i must try and drive around as little as possible. :( Hopefully it is not something that is going to empty the bank account, will have to wait and see.

When I got home from the workshop I fired up my laptop and started installing all the stuff. One of the important software that must work without trouble is matlab and it gives trouble some times. The version I have is bit old thus don't know something like vista. When matlab start up it give out error messages, that it could not load certain directx components. I thought lets see what happens if I just continue anyway. Normal calculations is fine as far as I know but in some situation a plot is lock and I can not get it close or anything.
Now I could just forget about Vista and install XP and most software trouble would go away, or I could get a newer matlab. Or struggle on as is and find solution to problems later.

I also went cycling in majik forest this afternoon. It was fun. Although I push it hard today I did not fall. Now I'm tired and fed up with windows after it gave me a BSOD while typing this and I need sleep.