Introducing the Windows Vista Compatibility Center
At the Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 on July 8, in Huston, Texas, Brad Brooks, corporate vice president, Windows Consumer Product Marketing, announced that Microsoft was going to go live with the Windows Vista Compatibility Center.
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9.7.2008 Introducing the Windows Vista Compatibility Center
At the Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 on July 8, in Huston, Texas, Brad Brooks, corporate vice president, Windows Consumer Product Marketing, announced that Microsoft was going to go live with the Windows Vista Compatibility Center.
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9.7.2008 How To Manage Windows Vista Application Compatibility
Migrating to Vista means big changes in application support. Will your applications work in Vista? Here are some strategies and tools to mitigate the impact of moving to the new OS.
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17.4.2007 Vista Compatibility: What? When? Where?
Microsoft is launching a Windows Vista compatibility center in beta? Seventeen months after Vista shipped everywhere?
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8.7.2008 A Software Compatibility List for Microsoft Windows Vista RC 1
Iexbeta has a nic Wiki page with a huge list of software and its compatibility with Windows Vista.
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29.9.2006 MS Adds Vista Compatibility to Zune
Microsoft issued its second firmware update for its Zune music device on Tuesday, offering stability and performance improvements.
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21.12.2006 Vista Compatibility, Performance and Reliability Pack
Windows Vista Compatibility, Performance and Reliability Packs SP1 Preview - Microsoft offers fresh Vista updates to testers.
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31.7.2007 Compatibility, Reliability, and Stability of Vista Update
About 2 months ago Microsoft released a couple of hotfixes that improved the stability and reliability of Windows Vista, these were not made available on Automatic Updates.
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24.10.2007 Vista SP1 Has Driver Compatibility Problems? Do Tell!
Ever since February 4, 2008, the day Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 were released to manufacturing, Microsoft made a move indicating that it was not entirely comfortable to release Vista SP1.
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4.3.2008 Vista Compatibility and Reliability Update Available, Adjacent to SP1
Even though SP1 for Windows Vista was released to manufacturing in February 2008, and the gold bits of the service pack began being available to the general public in March, Microsoft is still issuing updates for the RTM version of its latest Windows client.
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22.5.2008 Vista SP1 Application Compatibility Update Fixes Black Screens of Death
With the release of the gold version of Service Pack 1, but also with the maturing of the software and hardware environment orbiting around the Windows client, Windows Vista's compatibility level has continually increased.
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14.8.2008 Download Free Vista and XP SP3 via IE App Compatibility VPC Images
Since 2007, Microsoft has been offering free copies of Windows XP and Windows Vista for download, in order to make up for a handicap specific to the Windows client, namely the fact that two different versions of Internet Explorer cannot be installed and run simultaneously on the same operating system.
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30.12.2008 First Looks at Windows Vista Media Center
Microsoft's Media Center Edition of Windows XP has had a hard time. Though it's hard to call it a poor seller, MCE certainly has a market penetration that represents only a tiny fraction of the many millions of computers running Windows XP. And why should it? Most users don't have nice hi-def TVs hooked up to their PCs, or TV tuners, or really any need to enjoy their music, video, and TV stored on their PC via a 10-foot user interface. It doesn't help that the first edition of Media Center wasn't very good, either. Then again, Microsoft bounced back with its second effort, Media Center Edition 2005, one of the most improved software products ever.
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1.12.2005 Windows 7 Beta Critical to Compatibility
In another example of the fact that Windows 7 will be everything that Windows Vista was not, Microsoft indicated a strong commitment to ensure a high level of compatibility for the next iteration of the Windows client from the get go.
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30.5.2008 More Application Compatibility Resources for Windows 7
There are a number of efforts going on to help organize application compatibility for Windows 7, in or ongoing effort to improve in this space.
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14.9.2009 More Windows 7 Compatibility Program Details
There are only two weeks left until the latest operating system from Microsoft becomes available on the market, and the Redmond-based company has just unveiled some details on the Windows 7 compatibility programs it is running.
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2.10.2009 Windows Vista Media Center Now with Netflix
The latest step in the evolution of Windows Media Center in Windows Vista is synonymous with the integration of the Netflix service directly into the default component of Windows.
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20.5.2009 How to check software or hardware for Windows 7 compatibility
Microsoft has put up an extremely useful site that will allow you to check your software and hardware for Windows 7 compatibility.
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27.10.2009 IE8 compatibility and reliability update for Windows 7 beta
Microsoft has released an update for Internext Explorer build 8.0.7000.0, fixing many bugs that were fixed with the release of IE8 RC1 for Vista and XP.
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25.2.2009 Free Online Windows 7 Compatibility Technical Support
Having learned the incompatibility lesson the hard way with Windows Vista, Microsoft is pouring a consistent amount of efforts into ensuring that the next iteration of the Windows client will work smoothly from the get go with as many applications as possible.
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15.6.2009 Microsoft starts Windows Vista Media Center Beta applications
Microsoft recently began surveying current beta testers of Windows Vista to see which testers qualify for an upcoming Windows Vista Media Center Beta. The survey, which only current Vista testers can take, is located at Microsoft Connect.
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Position Changer Add-In updated for Media Center in Windows Vista
Stephen Toub : Back in early 2005, I wrote an article for MSDN on implementing add-ins for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.
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5.1.2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Vista Available
This update addresses issues with Media Center for Microsoft Vista. For complete listing of issues included in this cumulative update, see KB941229. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer. Thanks to pacpis for this news.
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2.10.2007 Microsoft Booed Over Backwards Compatibility
Having numerous advantages over other consoles, one of the most important being the backwards compatibility, Xbox 360 has all the cards to become the most popular gaming platform in the world.
But since good things don?t last forever, Microsoft is about to commit a grave error and cancel their biggest advantage.
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2.6.2006 Vista Media Center update "Fiji" delayed
Fiji, the suspected codename for the next version/upgrade of Media Center might be held up by a lack of frequent flyer miles. The beta program, which many of you may have registered for isnt exactly moving along.
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19.6.2007 Vista Media Center takes over the living room
In June, I recounted my out-of-the-box experience with a new Dell PC running Windows Vista, starting with a failed BIOS upgrade, undergoing a successful repair, and establishing that the basic hardware and software setup was rock-solid.
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24.8.2007 IE8 RTW Compatibility View Design
The Beta version of Internet Explorer 8 shipped with a big Emulate IE7 button next to the Home button on the Command Bar.
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22.6.2009 Vista RTM and SP1 Windows Fiji Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008
Developed under the codename Windows Fiji, and released to manufacturing under the label Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008, the first major update to the Windows Media Center component included by default in the Home Premium and Ultimate SKUs of Windows Vista RTM and SP1, is right on track to be a disappointment.
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11.8.2008 Windows Mobile Device Center Beta 3 for Windows Vista Out
The Microsoft Windows Mobile Device Center Beta enables you to set up new partnerships, synchronize content and manage music, pictures and video with any Windows Mobile 2003 or Windows Mobile 5.0 powered device.
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8.10.2006 Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 for Windows Vista
The Windows Mobile Device Center enables you to set up new partnerships, synchronize content and manage music, pictures and video with Windows Mobile powered devices (Windows Mobile 2003 or later).
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7.6.2007Vista Compatibility: What? When? Where?
Am I missing something? Microsoft is launching a Windows Vista compatibility center in beta? Seventeen months after Vista shipped everywhere? Oh,
yeah, and the Windows Vista Compatibility Center is one of the big announcements from Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston.
Isn't this the kind of thing you do before an operating system ships? Release compatibility tools for real, not in beta?
I planned to
write about what's in the beta. But I went to the Windows Vista Compatibility Center and all I got was this lousy screenshot. That sounds like a
T-Shirt slogan, doesn't it? There's nothing there. Poof. Pure vaporware.
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09.07.2008Vista Compatibility Center up and running
Ina Fried: I've certainly
given them a hard time about it, so it's only fair to point out that as of Friday
morning,
Microsoft's Vista Compatibility Center Web site is
now live.
The site, in beta form,
lists about 9,000 hardware and software products and their Vista readiness. Microsoft
had planned on launching it on Tuesday, but encountered some unspecified issues.
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11.07.2008Compatibility, Reliability, and Stability of Vista Update
About 2 months ago Microsoft released a couple of hotfixes that improved the stability and reliability of Windows Vista, these were not made available
on Automatic Updates. That aside, Microsoft has released an update to the compatibility, reliability, and stability of Windows Vista fix that
further improves the reliability of your system.
The original fix improved annoyances such as file copy calculation & speed from within
windows to other (local or network) drives.
This update improves the compatibility, reliability, and stability of Windows Vista. This
update includes the following improvements ->
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24.10.2007Vista Gets New App
Compatibility Tool
With any major new Windows
release such as Vista,
application compatibility
becomes a critical concern for
businesses and individuals
considering an upgrade. No
matter how much Microsoft
promotes the new version,
users aren't going to make
the switch unless their
applications continue to
function seamlessly...
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18.04.2006Windows Vista Application Compatibility Downloadable List for IT Professionals
The Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals is a Microsoft Office Excel-based spreadsheet containing software applications which have
earned the status of Certified for Windows Vista or Works with Windows Vista.
Additionally, this list contains applications
with a status of Compatible. "Compatible means that the application has been reported by the publisher as compatible with, or supported on,
Windows Vista. These applications have not gone through the Microsoft Windows Vista Logo Program.
The Application Compatibility
List for IT Professionals is current as of July 31,2008 and published as of the Date Published, noted in Quick Details, above.
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09.10.2008Vista Application Compatibility Kit Out
Although Windows Vista
officially launched for
businesses back in November,
Microsoft waited until today
to release the final version
of its Application
Compatibility Toolkit for the
new operating system. The
software is designed to
diagnose any potential
problems that may arise from
upgrading...
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31.01.2007Microsoft reassures partners on Vista compatibility
Microsoft has used its annual
Worldwide Partner Conference
(WPC) to stress that it's
working to solve stubborn
compatibility problems between
Windows Vista and partner
products.
Chief
operating officer Kevin Turner
told 8,000 WPC delegates that
management had "rallied the
team" and worked "very
hard" after partners and
customers made it clear
application compatibility for
Windows Vista "needed to be
better."
Turner
joined with vice president of
Microsoft's Windows business
group Mike Sievert to claim
that 1,900 applications are
now converted, with 10,000
devices certified either
Windows Vista Ready or Windows
Vista Capable (a weaker
designation).
Using
the kinds of well-worn
corporate qualifiers that call
for a good coachman and a team
of healthy thoroughbreds,
Sievert claimed device
coverage for Windows Vista is
"nearly complete" and "the
packaged applications are now
largely in place."..
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12.07.2007Upcoming Vista Application Compatibility Webcasts
I wanted to let everyone know that we are putting on bunch of application compatibility webcasts over the next few months and this is a great way to
learn how to resolve some of the application compatibility issues you might be seeing in your Vista testing...
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27.03.2008Partners helping fix Vista Software Compatibility Issues
James Senior: 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.
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24.10.2007Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.5 (for Windows 7 RC and Windows Vista)
The Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) 5.5 helps customers understand their application compatibility situation by identifying which
applications are compatible with the Windows 7 RC and Windows Vista® operating system and which require further testing. ACT helps customers lower
their costs for application compatibility testing, prioritize their applications, and deploy Windows more quickly.
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04.04.2009Try Windows Media Center - you may already have it!
Ben Reed: If your PC is running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate, you have a great feature set you may not even know about:
Windows Media Center.
Windows Media Center can turn your PC from a plain vanilla computer into something pretty powerful and
impressive: the hub of your entertainment system. Surprised? Well (if you ask nicely), Ill tell you more.
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04.12.2007New Windows Vista Media Center mail, RSS and videophone applications from OABSoftware
Aaron Stebner from
Microsoft's Media Center team
recently noticed a few posts
on the
http://thegreenbutton.com/foru
ms>Green Button forums
announcing some new and
updated Windows Vista Media
Center applications from
http://www.oabsoftware.nl/>OAB
Software. He posted some
information about them in case
you didn't see those forum
posts. This information is
summarized from the product
information pages for each
product and the forum posts.
Media Center Outlook
1.0
Media Center Outlook
is a new application for
Windows Vista Media Center.
It allows you to read email,
view your calendar and task
list, view information about
your contacts, read your
notes. It retrieves this
information from Microsoft
Outlook and displays it within
Windows Vista Media Center.
One important note -
Media Center Outlook cannot be
used on a Media Center
extender because it is not
possible to configure
Microsoft Outlook for the user
account that is used by the
extender...
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16.06.2007Windows 7: Action Center Overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following, along with a quick Windows 7 Beta review: Windows 7: User Account Control
(UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated SearchOver the next few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows
7 including Touch, Internet Explorer 8, Windows 7 networking and media enhancements. Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net. Here
is an overview on the new Windows 7 Action Center. Windows Vista Security Center Microsoft introduced the Security Center in Windows Vista where
users can find information about the system security and also troubleshoot security problems if any.
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09.01.2009Vista SP2 RC image goes live
Download Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Release
Candidate from Fileforum now.
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04.03.2009Windows 7: Application Compatibility Testing -- Overview
Steven Sinofsky: Delivering a new release of Windows includes a major effort to insure that applications continue to function as well on the new
release as they have on the previous release. At the PDC we talked about some of the new areas of Windows Vista that reduced this level of
compatibility, such as changes we made around the OS security model. With Windows 7 we renewed our engineering efforts to maintain compatibility. As
with device testing, compatibility testing is an effort that spans the entire engineering organization, though we also have a group that is dedicated
to this effort. This post was authored by a set of folks and coordinated by Grant George, the corporate vice president for testing in the Windows
Experience team.
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03.03.2009Don't wait for Windows 7: realize the benefts of Vista now
Some customers are considering whether to deploy Windows Vista or whether to skip in anticipation of Windows 7.
The discussion is often phrased
as one of balancing costs and timing of releases. By not deploying Windows Vista, it means missing out on the proven benefts such as better security,
productivity, search, mobility, manageability, and infrastructure optimization. Windows Vista works with more applications and devices than ever
before and can be signifcantly less expensive to support than Windows XP SP3.
There is no need to wait for Windows 7. It is a goal of the
Windows 7 release to minimize application compatibility for customers who have deployed Windows Vista since there was considerable kernel and device
level innovation in Windows Vista. The Windows 7 release is expected to have only minor changes in these areas. Customers who are still using Windows
XP when Windows 7 releases will have a similar application compatibility experience moving to Windows 7 as exists moving to Windows Vista from Windows
XP.
Historically, mainstream deployment occurs not when Microsoft releases a product but 18 months later. While the mainstream deployment
cycle is beginning for Windows Vista now, it isn’t expected to begin for Windows 7 until at least mid-2011
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06.06.2008Nvidia ForceWare 96.33 For
Windows Vista RC1 now
available
NVIDIA has released the
following Beta drivers for use
with Windows Vista RC1 that
will enable you to test the
basic features and
capabilities of the new
operating system.
Release Highlights:
* These drivers are only
compatible with Windows Vista
RC1 build
5600.16384.060829-2230 and
higher, and should not be used
with other versions of Windows
Vista.
* Includes the
new NVIDIA Control Panel.
Please visit the NVIDIA
Control Panel website for more
information.
*
Includes OpenGL driver for
compatibility testing.
* Improved application
compatibility and
performance.
* For a
full list of fixes issues,
please view the Release Notes...
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04.09.2006Dell touts Windows 7 Beta experience
According to a blog entry in Dell's website, Dell has tested hundreds of Dell systems with Windows 7 Beta and has found the results to be
promising. Dell notes that the following results were observed when testing Windows 7 Beta on Dell PCs. Noticeable improvements in boot to desktop
times (versus Vista) in many systemsAlmost all existing Vista drivers are compatibleGood Vista Application compatibility (including the IE 8
compatibility mode)Transcoding (ripping) media files is faster than VistaDell also plans to test the later builds of Windows 7 and share the
experiences with users.
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05.04.2009Windows 7 Compatibility Issues May Mar Enterprise Adoption
eWEEK Labs' early tests of Windows 7 RC 1 show that the operating system installs and runs quickly and efficiently; is highly polished for this stage
of development; already supports a wide array of hardware; and is obviously rich with security, connectivity and usability features when compared with
either Windows Vista or XP. However, Microsoft's method for dealing with application compatibility--Windows XP Mode for Windows 7, or XPM--leaves
something to be desired.
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01.05.2009Compatibility View Improvements to come in IE8
The next public update of IE8 (for Windows Vista- and Windows XP-based operating systems as well as the Windows 7 Beta) includes improvements to
Compatibility View that help end-users when they visit web sites that are not yet ready for IE8s new, more standards-compliant defaults. This blog
post describes the technical background and how this new functionality works...
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