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RE: Program compatibility list for Vista

Jason — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 16:28:34 GMT

Games

NBA Live 06 100% | Beta 2

Tomb raider Legend 100% |Build 5456

Pro Evolution Soccer 5 100% |Build 5456

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 100% |Build 5456

The Sims 2 100% |Build 5456

Farcry ( Updated v1.33 ) 100% | Build 5456

Quake 3 100% | Build 5456

RE: Program compatibility list for Vista

Ranukano — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:49:14 GMT

Some do work, and some do not. I've played with settings on a few, such as winrar can't extract its .exe files because it does not have permission, you can set the winrar.exe to run as administrator but then the right-click does not work. But it seems to work when you right-click and manually select run as administrator on the winrar.exe itself. I'm still playing with it.

RE: Program compatibility list for Vista

Aranarth — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:28:37 GMT

I would expect that with build 5472 most of the peices of soaftware that are mentioned as not working will not work.
This latest version of Vista has much better compatibility support.
If you use the compatibility tab and turn on windows xp and run as administrator you will probably find a lot of things work.

RE: Program compatibility list for Vista

Ranukano — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:22:25 GMT

Thanks Jason, i'm trying to keep the list alphabetized and just to help i am trying to add the name of the file as well since some people have different names for the program, but the same program name. I have added your files to the list so i can keep it up to date on the first page.

RE: Program compatibility list for Vista

Jason — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:53:57 GMT

Drivers

ATI Mobil Radeon Express 200m Beta Drivers Work | Beta 2

Software

Live Messenger Works 100% | Beta 2

AIM Does not work at all | Beta 2

Photoshop CS 2 Works 100% | Beta 2

Games

Age of Empires III Workes 100% | Beta 2

Program compatibility list for Vista

Ranukano — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:24:49 GMT

I've noticed some other lists but they leave a little something to be obtained, so i figure we can write our own and try to make a more detailed list. When adding something to the list please include the name of the program and the file name, how you got it to work and the build you are using. If you find an updated file for vista leave a note.

Audio

Intel Motherboard Audio Drivers (AUD_ALLOS_5.10.0.5247_PV_REALTEK.exe) Does not work, wrong platform version. *Use Realtek's Vista Drivers* | 5472

Video

Drivers

Microsoft intellipoint (IP55_32Eng.exe) Does not work, wrong platform | 5472

Microsoft intellitype pro (ITP55_32Eng.exe) Does not work, wrong platform | 5472

ATI Mobil Radeon Express 200m Beta Drivers Work | Beta 2

Software

AIM Does not work at all | Beta 2

Bitlord (Bitlord.exe) Works but looks a bit awkward | 5472

Core Media Player (Coreplayer.exe) Gives an error, and the player comes up pure white, but still works with keyboard commands | 5472

Live Messenger Works 100% | Beta 2

Photoshop CS 2 Works 100% | Beta 2

Teamspeak 2 client (Teamspeak.exe) works 100%

Trillian (Trillian.exe) Works 100% | 5472

Xfire (Xfire.exe) Works 100% | 5472

Games

Age of Empires III Workes 100% | Beta 2

Steam (Steam.exe) Works 100% when you disable DPI under compatibility | 5472

Steam Installer (SteamInstaller.exe) Works 100% | 5472

Misc.

As you can tell my list is a little small as i'm not using to much, so i'm gonna need you guys to add to this list in posts so i can update. A community effort! Come on guys.