PDFCreator Letter Paper Default

The settings are hidden away in a different part of the Control Panel -> Printers & Faxes.

• Right click on the PDFCreator printer in the Control Panel.
• Go to General tab -> Printing Preferences button -> Advanced button
• Change Paper Size from A4 to Letter.
• These are Windows-based settings. You may need to follow previous posts' advice about setting the page size within PDFCreator's options.

Note: Confusingly there is an Advanced tab of the printer properties with a similar screen called Printing Defaults. Letter is already the default page size, but obviously that doesn't work!

Source: http://forums.pdfforge.org/discussion/4700/pdfcreat-ppd-changing-a4-default/p1

Getting Older Software Programs to Run in Windows Vista

Program Compatibility Wizard

Running the Vista Program Compatibility Wizard 1) Click on Start 2) Click on Control Panel 3) Click on Programs 4) Click on Use an older program with this version of Windows. 5) Then just follow the instructions in the Wizard.  http://www.sandiegobizmart.com/software/VISTA_USERS.htm#wizard

A number of tricks for improving Vista performance

http://www.nairaland.com/136195/windows-vista-tweaks-optimal-system