I installed cream, which automatically gives you gvim as well on an XP:

  http://cream.sourceforge.net/home.html

Pretty painless install, though putting in additional plug-ins has taken 
some research.

Glad to hear that things should work if I ever need Vista.

-- Mark

--- On Tue, 10/7/08, Paul Somerville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

 > Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 8:27 AM
 > Trying to install vim 7.1 or vim 7.2 on an XP PC.  (I have
 > 7.1 on my
 > vista laptop).
 >
 > I now get the message "vim is not recognizable
 > ..." when I ty to use it
 > in a directory.
 >
 > Need help.  Could try a new download.
 >
 > (I have used vi and now use vim on my laptop.  I am not a
 > sophisticated
 > user!!)
 >
 > Paul Somerville
 >


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