It's possible that the differences between the old Windows operating system and Vista have changed the way the software works. Did you have to install other software by Olympus on Windows? Is the Camedia Master s/w for the camera, or it is a general photo capture s/w? It sounds like you are trying to run a program that worked on old Windows on Vista, and the s/w has not been upgraded to Vista yet. Check if the Camedia Master s/w runs on Vista, or if there is a new driver for the camera?
A general card reader should solve your problems - just make sure that the s/w for the reader has a Vista version. Also, you may wish to partition your hard drive, and install your old Windows s/w on it, and run all your non-Vista programs on that part of the hard drive since many programs will not have a Vista version available. If you still have your older PC, put your photos on that, burn a CD, and then move them over.
Good Luck.
TooHotinAZ
August 2007