I just got a new computer running Windows 8. My old one ran XP. After fighting the transfer program for several days I finally got things transferred. So far (fingers crossed) I'm not having too much trouble figuring it out. My old computer didn't have enough memory and I couldn't upgrade it any more plus XP wasn't going to be supported after April 2014. All my programs seem to be running OK. Some I've had since 2003 so I guess I won't have to buy new programs yet.