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TechNet Webcast: Application Compatibility Considerations With Windows Vista (Level 200)
White Papers The focus of this webcast is on application compatibility issues that may be encountered when upgrading to the Windows Vista operating system, and shows how to address them. Finally, the webcast introduces some of the helpful tools Microsoft...
[August 28, 2007, 1:00]
Application Compatibility: Microsoft Shims
Blog I was doing some thinking about a central database of application compatibility shims. Shims are a Microsoft application compatibility technology that is "baked" into the Windows 7 operating system to assist with installation and run-time...
[October 7, 2009, 10:07]
Application-Compatibility-Cookbook
White Papers The presenter of this webcast takes the attendee on a tour of the Application Compatibility Cookbook. The Cookbook gives an in depth look at the common compatibility issues applications might face when running on Windows Vista.
[April 27, 2009, 1:21]
The Windows Vista Developer Story: Application Compatibility Cookbook
White Papers While Windows Vista is highly compatible with most of the applications written for Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, and their service packs, some amount of compatibility breaks are inevitable due to new innovations, security...
[November 15, 2006, 0:00]
Application Compatibility: A Starter for Ten
Blog OK, so we had a nice (but brief) Introduction to the problem of application compatibility on Windows XP and Windows 7. Microsoft has done a pretty good job of trying to manage application compatibility issues since Windows 2000 with the...
[September 21, 2009, 7:40]
Application compatibility and open source rendering issues
Blog So I’m all about ‘compatibility’ everywhere. But, in some senses, what they both appear to suffer from are compatibility issues arising from these significant upgrades. Both professional and hobbyist developers are now able to design these add ons...
[March 26, 2009, 7:00]
Will Windows 7 suffer the same application compatibility testing fate?
Talkback Windows 7 will deliver many of the same user experience, security and application compatibility issues that we experienced with Vista. But, with the positive reviews that Windows 7 is receiving, will people still feel the same "fear" of the...
[October 8, 2009, 17:51]
IE8: Another Application Compatibility Platform
Blog One additional "platform" that you may not have considered is the security and application compatibility restrictions that have introduced as part of the update Microsoft's Internet Explorer - IE8. Getting applications to work on Vista or Windows...
[October 12, 2009, 11:18]
Microsoft Windows Application Compatibility Toolkit
Downloads The Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) for Windows XP, including Service Pack 2, and Windows Server 2003 contains the tools and documentation you need to evaluate and mitigate application compatibility issues before deploying on...
[March 3, 2007, 1:27]
Managing Shims in the Enterprise: Practical Advice for Application Compatibility Mitigation
White Papers When addressing application compatibility issues in preparation for a deployment of Windows Vista, among the most flexible and powerful tools available are application compatibility fixes, or shims. In this white paper the author shares his...
[April 3, 2008, 1:02]
6 Laws of Application Compatibility
Blog Of prime concern is application compatibility which when simply put means getting applications to work on the target desktop or server environment. Application compatibility is not simply about getting applications to function or work correctly on...
[October 1, 2009, 7:11]
Dell ProConsult Application Compatibility Reporting Assessment
White Papers Dell Application Compatibility Reporting (ACR) Assessment provides a detailed compatibility analysis of your application portfolio. ACR includes extensive testing and investigation of each application to determine installation and functional...
[December 2, 2009, 14:00]
Getting Started: Common Application Compatibility Issues
Blog One of the most common (and yet rarely publicized) issues to affect almost all applications that are over two years old will be Help file compatibility. These files will be available in the future from the Microsoft download center to address...
[September 16, 2009, 7:54]
Application compatibility and open source rendering issues
Blog Comment A few of points - I know its a little fanboyish but I firmly believe DTP should never be done on Windows. I've *never* had a problem exporting PDFs from InDesign on OSX (I ditched Quark years ago and won't go back).
[March 26, 2009, 10:42]
Application compatibility and open source rendering issues
Blog Comment Oh don't get me wrong - I'm with you on DTP on OSX. I am on a MacBook Pro with Leopard. Did that not come across? It's the users who read content under Ubuntu that I need to cater for. KPDF - great, don't know that one, will look it up here: http...
[March 26, 2009, 10:59]
Application compatibility and open source rendering issues
Blog Comment Hi Adrian. I thought I'd give the open office PDF tool a go for my invoicing. Unfortunately this was incapable of drawing the logo that sits on the top right hand side of the document without creating an unwanted drop shadow.
[March 26, 2009, 9:34]
6 Laws of Application Compatibility
Blog Comment Among the biggest issues will be the shock change from XP, which is where most upgraders are likely to be coming from. With a different user file structure, custom-built apps in particular are likely either to break, or to install pieces of...
[October 1, 2009, 12:46]
6 Laws of Application Compatibility
Blog Comment I have heard of several large companies that have been using XP, and are flatly refusing to spend the money to upgrade to 7. The majority of them gave the reason that they were fairly sure that 7 would not run 100% of their current software.
[October 2, 2009, 11:26]
WINE and the importance of application compatibility
Blog Comment @bobdowne: I agree; Codeweavers is a better FOSS citizen, and I'd recommend them over Transgaming nowadays. However, when I originally penned this piece, which, due to the references to Windows 2000, you've probably guessed was a while back, only...
[May 20, 2009, 22:59]
WINE and the importance of application compatibility
Blog Comment CrossOver Games is probably a better bet than Transgaming's products. That and Transgaming don't really contribute much back to WINE (afaik), whereas Codeweavers does (e.g.the guy most in charge of WINE works for Codeweavers, as do various others).
[May 20, 2009, 14:28]
