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    Windows Vista Compatibility/Incompatibility List

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Amol, Jan 24, 2007.

  1. Amol

    Amol APH! NBR Reviewer

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    Since I've had experience (not a lot, but not too little at teh same time) with Windows Vista, I've found that not all programs are completely compatible with Windows Vista.

    For example, Trillian. I had a friend transfer some work to me via Trillian, and it supposedly saved it in a folder, but when you navigate, the folder doesn't even exist there. On the other hand, if I save it somewhere else,for example, D:, it saves perfectly.

    Also, if you have Aero enabled, some programs force Vista to go back to the Vista Basic theme. Media Player Classic is an example. So is Adobe Photoshop CS2 (In my experience, at least)

    Others, such as CDBurnerXP Pro SE just won't work. AIM and Triton, too.

    Now, for the list. I shall add them here as I get more and more responses, or as I use more and more programs. I'll try to make it as expansive as possible.

    P.S.: I'm due for a hardware upgrade by the end of this week, and I'll be installing Vista 64-bit RC2. Once I do that, I'll try out random programs. Till there, this list is incomplete and an infant.

    Totally Incompatible

    CDBurnerXP Pro
    AIM Triton 6.0
    AIM
    3DMark06
    Nero 7 Ultimate (Won't Install on RC2 64-bit)

    Somewhat Compatible

    *Adobe Photoshop CS2 - Forces Windows Basic Theme Shift
    Trillian - Cannot Save In Default Save Folder
    Media Player Classic - Forces Windows Basic Theme Shift
    WinRAR - Needs Patches

    * - needs more input/varied results

    Completely Compatible

    DeepBurner
    Winamp
    NOD32 AntiVirus
    Azureus (now going under the code name Zudeo : shrug : )


    I can't seem to think of all the programs right now. This list will be constantly upgraded. I hope that it becomes useful to at least a handful, and that it won't be a wasted effort. I sincerely thank all of you who has and will be contributing to this thread in advance.

    -- Amol.

    http://www.iexbeta.com/wiki/index.php/Windows_Vista_RTM_Software_Compatibility_List

    AlexMagik made my thread completely useless by providing that link, lol. :D
     
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    Amol, Jan 24, 2007
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  2. Gofishus

    Gofishus Notebook Consultant

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    WinRAR needs some patches too...

    And btw, I have PSCS2 and it doesn't force me into windows basic? kinda weird
     
    Gofishus, Jan 24, 2007
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  3. Jalf

    Jalf Comrade Santa

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    Oooh, great idea. I hope lots of Vista users will contribute to this list. :)
     
    Jalf, Jan 24, 2007
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  4. madonion

    madonion Notebook Consultant

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    Yea awsome idea! Where do u find patches like for winrar?
     
    madonion, Jan 24, 2007
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  5. Amol

    Amol APH! NBR Reviewer

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    I think you'll have to wait for WinRAR.

    BTW, I tried installing 3DMark06 - installs only under compatibility mode. And won't run once it's done installing - it needs DX 9, but Vista comes with Dx10 so it's useless :p

    I was wondering how much I'd get on Vista, but whatever.
     
    Amol, Jan 26, 2007
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  6. AlexMagik

    AlexMagik Notebook Consultant

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    winrar 2.70 beta2 is working fine on vista.
    Photoshop CS2 (patch 3) works fine
    Golive CS2 (patch1) switch to basic theme
    Nero 7 (the last update) works fine on the 32 bit
    VS.NET 2005 -> need to install SP1 and then the beta of SP1 for vista
    SQL Server 2005 -> need to install the beta SP2
    Dreamweaver 8.02 works fine
    Firefox, skype, msn 8.1, icq6 works fine
    SecureCRT and SecureFX work fine

    here is a link with all the sw:
    http://www.iexbeta.com/wiki/index.php/Windows_Vista_RTM_Software_Compatibility_List
     
    AlexMagik, Jan 26, 2007
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