windows vista team blog : partners helping fix vista software compatibility issues

windows vista team blog : partners helping fix vista software compatibility issues sign in | join | help subscribe partners helping fix vista software compatibility issues posted by james senior on tuesday, october 23, 2007 5:43 pm 20 comments tags: business deployment, featured news, works with windows vista when chatting with people about the deployment of windows vista within their organisation, one of the topics that comes up is software compatibility.  it's a no brainer that their business applications continue to work whilst they are enjoying the benefits and features of windows vista.  microsoft have worked hard to ensure  we had a large number of software vendors ready to offer their software as "certified for windows vista" or "works with windows vista".  these certifications mean that either software is designed specifically to take advantage of new features in windows vista or is compatible with windows vista. whilst these certifications go along way to answer questions about software compatibility, there are still bespoke software solutions or legacy applications that might not have been tested by microsoft to gain the certification.  for businesses in this situation there are a range of tools that will help test the compatibility of applications on windows vista.  microsoft provide a great toolset, for instance, called the application compatibility toolkit which is worth checking out for the analysis of your software portfolio. our partners have also taken the initiative when it comes to application compatibility testing and fixing of issues.  changebase, a company based in london, england have recently launched their new software "aok" which analyses applications and then fixes any issues that might cause problems, leaving you with the green light to get on with your deployment.  they recently published a press release highlighting the great work they have been doing with astrazeneca who have roughly 70,000 desktops across 60 countries.  you can find out more information about changebase and the application compatiblity software at their website. oct 23   posted by fresh vista news » partners helping fix vista software compatibility issues pingback from http://www.artofbam.com/vistanews/?p=1483 oct 23   posted by windows vista news new post at windowsvistablog.com oct 23   posted by good_bytes actually that program skipped some software that are not compatible with vista. i use a program called wavelab from steinberg and the save/open dialog boxes makes the application crash when it appears. the company says it's all a vista bug, anyway i don't see plans for them to fix it, so i stick with winxp for now, as the program cost for me a lot of money, in the hope that vista compatibility will resolve this issue soon also, have a look at this: http://www.iexbeta.com/wiki/index.php/windows_vista_rtm_software_compatibility_list oct 25   posted by jsh361 i am having a problem downloading adobe flash player.  i keep visiting sites that says i need it and don't have it but when i try to install it, it never activates.  adobe's website says they are working with microsoft on the problem but that has been going on for a long time.  does anybody have any solutions for me? oct 25   posted by borisnyc hope to see more partners in future oct 26   posted by jchrist problem when installing windows security update kb939653 on vista home basic. after installing i can not access the internet. after removing i am fine again.  windows again installed the update with the same results. i removed the update with the same results. what gives with this update. oct 27   posted by dentaku they're going to have to fix divx sometime soon because it causes vista dvd maker and media center to crash instantly whenever you access a divx or xvid encoded file. the only alternative is to uninstall it and use ffdshow instead. i have a feeling the divx people just don't care. oct 28   posted by mahdi1944 it's nice :) http://www.centralclubs.com oct 28   posted by bryaniselement i lost my vista key and don't have the money to buy  a new one, now vista stopped working. i have my xp media center cd and i want to install that instead. the cd isn't working in the system recovery though... it aborts after the 3rd % any ideas of how to get vista off my computer and go back to xp please help! oct 29   posted by cquirke app compat is a killer, speaking from my experience as a pc builder.  after an initial rush of folks waiting for vista, the demand for new pc builds slumped to inescapable replacements for lost pcs etc. and of these, around half had to be reverted to xp to keep lob apps alive. the problem isn't always unavailability of new compat versions of these apps; often the cost of these is prohibitive.  in some cases, apps have been carried forward from win9x to xp pcs over the years.  virtual pc is hindered by licensing issues for vista home, and lack of physical legacy ports on modern pcs for dongles etc. executive summary: app compat is a killer. oct 29   posted by cquirke dark matter there's a "dark" facility in vista that automatically applies compat settings for wobbly apps.  this can be a problem when these settings are applied inappropriately, e.g. to regedit after some race condition etc. triggers a spurious "compat" issue and response. we do need a "window" to manually manage these settings, or at least reset them on a per-app basis.  as it is, i now have a pc out there with a possibly bent regedit, and no insight as to what the impact might be. oct 29   posted by tegler27 quicktime! please put a .mov codec into the vista media center!  what a pain that it's not there! oct 30   posted by kwdaves i have been told by an adobe "insider" that there is a bug in vista's color management that printer manufacturers in particular are trying to get microsoft to fix. is that true and, if so, is any fix in sight? oct 30   posted by kwdaves whoops, forgot to say that the "bug" purportedly involves double color management when printing. any truth to that? nov 01   posted by greg54 wanted to let you know that "myrefresher.com" a pretty cool tool that works great with xp will crash vista after about 4 hours or so of running, such as to refresh a blog, etc.  windows icons disappear, clock stops, start button won't bring up start menu and the task bar at the bottom disappears. fun fun fun. finally figured out that is what was doing it. please send to whoever is working on service pack 1 or the appropriate dept. thanks. nov 01   posted by greg54 also was wondering if anyone knows why occasionally my speakers make a crackly electrical sound. running new system with vista 32 bit home premium. this is a replacement system, speakers and the tower totally replaced by dell because they thought as did i , that my operating system was bad, but it turned out when i got the 2nd system when it did the same bizarre stuff, i figured out it was the refresher, within the first 21 days so they replaced it all. the speakers also replaced still make that cracklin noise even when not playing music. actually never jeard it while playing music. have the dell xps 720 nov 02   posted by greg54 was just looking at other posts, seems there are no answers to any questions. oh well guess this may of been a waste of time. nov 04   posted by the_thunderdog found a good site for vista compatible software. gets right to the point & provide some good advice. bought some stuff with coupon codes and specials from adobe, mcafee, etc. http://www.vista-software.info nov 06   posted by greengirl my topic wasn't premade for me- so here i am possibly in the wrong area for help. pc will not stay asleep while monitor does. does anyone out there in vistaland know how to correctly activate the 'sleep' and or 'hibernation' features so that not only the monitor accepts the command? nov 09   posted by mick emmett since i installed vista ultimate on my system i have to put in the password for my e-mail account every time i want to check for; or send a message (yes i tick remember password every time i use it). also a few programs are coming up as unregistered every time i use them, i'll put in the reg code; the program accepts it and it comes up as a registered product but the next time i use it; it comes up again as unregistered. presumably these faults are related in some way.  not holding out much hope of any assistance here; as greg54 rightly says, there's not many answers on here! anonymous comments are disabled about james senior i work for microsoft in the uk as a vista technical specialist. i bring to this blog a different perspective on vista, one from the field rather than the product group. i also write a solo blog here: http://blogs.technet.com/james where i talk about vista, office, exchange and other cool technology that catches my attention. feel free to get in contact with me if you've got any questions or feedback. © copyright 2007 microsoft corporation. all rights reserved.

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