If you are upgrading on Vista then you should probably do a backup, un-install the older version and then install this version, and restore the backup. POS Pizza should be installed in C:\POS Pizza (instead of C:\Program Files\POS Pizza). If you do this, you will need to manually create a folder called POSPZ_BACKUPS on the root of your C: drive. Then copy the backup file to this folder. After v5.50 is installed just select C: as your source drive.
The screens in the Main POS, Driver Console, and Dine-In Module now automatically re-size to your current screen size. They even work with the new wide-screen monitors. If you are running LCD you can now boost the resolution to make things look a lot sharper. The fonts sizes also automatically adjust depending on the screen height pixels. Below is a snippet of the whatsnew.txt file from v5.50. It has everything that POS Pizza 5.1 + Update Pack 6a + Dine-In Module + KPrint had with a few other additions. Below is the short list.
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Version 5.5 (11/28/2008)
* No longer supports Windows 95, 98, or ME, as a result many new features are now supported.
* Full Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) support added and UAC compliant. (If not installed
in \Program Files folder, this will effect upgrades, new installs are no longer installed
in Program Files).
* Dine-In Module now included in base package instead of selling separately. Shares node licenses
with Main POS module.
* KPrint Module now included in base package with better integration than add-on version supported.
* Main Module, Driver Console, and Dine-In modules now automatically resize and adjust font heights
to support any screen resolution of at least 800x600. Wide-Screens are also supported.
* Quick-Add module now supports 34 fully customizable buttons (2-pages). Used by Main POS module,
and Dine-In module.
* ListView for end-day reports is now sortable by date, etc..
* Backup / Restore module now no longer uses root folder for Vista UAC.
* Category changer now supports all 10 categories.
* Adding Groups in Main POS module is now a list format like the Dine-In module.
* Stand-Alone Purge Make-Line utility added.
* All Documentation has been integrated into 4 primary document files.
* All Reports, Utility and Update Pack Items are now part of the base package.
This should be installed only when things are slow in your shop, since it will require that the server reboots, which will in-turn require the clients to be rebooted as well.
Scott