Software Compatability?

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Jeff Daly

I have Vista installed on a seperate hard drive. When I want to play with
it, I have pull out my everyday (XP) drive and plug the Vista one in. This
hasn't been much fun and I'd like to leave the Vista one in longer, but I
also want to try and USE it to get some work done.

Before I go through the time and effort to install my programs, I wonder if
there is a website where people report what programs currently work and
don't work.

I'm mainly interested in the following list:

Office 2007
Adobe CS2 Suite
Adobe Photoshop Elements 4
Windows Live Messenger
Serious Magic DV Rack
Serious Magic Visual Communicator 2
Sony Vegas 6 Video Editing

Thanks,

Jeff D.
Burbank, CA
 
Jeff Daly said:
I have Vista installed on a seperate hard drive. When I want to play with
it, I have pull out my everyday (XP) drive and plug the Vista one in. This
hasn't been much fun and I'd like to leave the Vista one in longer, but I
also want to try and USE it to get some work done.

Before I go through the time and effort to install my programs, I wonder
if there is a website where people report what programs currently work and
don't work.

I'm mainly interested in the following list:

Office 2007
Adobe CS2 Suite
Adobe Photoshop Elements 4
Windows Live Messenger
Serious Magic DV Rack
Serious Magic Visual Communicator 2
Sony Vegas 6 Video Editing
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Windows LIve Messenger works. Thats the only one I know from experience.
 
Why not set up a partition on a drive and use the dual boot method, will
save you having to keep swapping hard-drives all the time.
 
Software compatibility is a moving target and no list is ever quite right.
It is better to try your programs and report any problems to MS through the
feedback link. It is not time to buy programs for Vista anyway. Also you
will not be using this version very long and will be reinstalling Vista
sooner than you think.

As with all things here, Google is your friend. A search on "Vista
compatible software" turns up such sites as this:
http://www.iexbeta.com/wiki/index.php/Windows_Vista_Software_Compatibility_List

So use Google already!
 
Thanks for the reprimand, however I already went to Google and even to that
site, but I didn't find some of what I was looking for and I wanted to
utilize the collective wisdom of this group.

I'm not buying any software FOR Vista, I would be installing software that I
already have to USE on Vista.
 
I doubt that Microsoft would want Office 2007 to work on Vista, so you
can cross that off your list :-). Seriously though, compatibility of a
beta application suite with a beta O/S - that's just a VERY fast moving
target.
 
Mike Williams said:
I doubt that Microsoft would want Office 2007 to work on Vista, so you can
cross that off your list :-). Seriously though, compatibility of a beta
application suite with a beta O/S - that's just a VERY fast moving target.
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Agreed. Changes daily.
 
Which builds are you referring to? Both are in beta, and around 6 months
from release. By release time, there will be a reference version of
each, but before then you will have to be VERY precise about which
builds of each you are talking about.
 
Since I am not in the managed beta for either, my assumption in asking the
question is in regard to the lastest "public" build. Office 2007 Beta 2
hasn't had a new build released to the general public since it became
available, as far as I know and Vista *just* refreshed for the first time if
I'm not mistaken.
 
There have been at least 2 Vista builds made available to different
external audiences since Beta 2. This newsgroup has a mix of people from
all the different testing subgroups.

I've heard there are Windows Live Messenger issues with the 2nd of these
builds but not the first, which is a reminder that you can't assume that
things just get steadily better as new releases appear.
 
Windows Live Messenger, AWS Weather Bug, and Daemon Tools, are some of the
worst Windows Vista Offender's for messing up my Windows Vista OS, even with
Build 5472, Just FYI.
 
Beta 5384: I have Office 2007 Beta working with no problems, or at least no
serious ones. I can't vouch for your other applications, but I have quite a
few different apps installed and working. I couldn't get good compatibility
with Roxio 8 or Ulead Movie Factory 4. No sound in ULead editing and neither
connect to my DV camera, but Cyberlink's Power Director worked fine (trial
version). Picassa2 seems to work, also. Yahoo Messenger can't find my
webcam but an OLD program called Eyeball Chat finds it and works! Best thing
is to give programs a try and, as stated by others, report to MS.
 
Hello, Office 2007 works exellent with VISTA. But GetRight and Incredimail do
not want. I have informed those companies and they promised to solve this
problem shortly :). Regards
 
Jeff Daly said:
Since I am not in the managed beta for either, my assumption in asking the
question is in regard to the lastest "public" build. Office 2007 Beta 2
hasn't had a new build released to the general public since it became
available, as far as I know and Vista *just* refreshed for the first time
if I'm not mistaken.
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I had Office 2007 Beta working on 5384. Just tested Word a little. Haven't
installed it yet on any later versions.
 
You have reason to be "hyper paranoid." Symantec (can anyone say virus
protection?) recently documented that they "poked holes" in Vista's IP
stack. Poking holes in the IP stack is bad news, because the IP stack is
how everything gets in and out of your computer.

Be afraid, be very afraid. =)

Robert
 
I have been running RC1 and Office 2007 for over a week now and use it every
day with NO problems at all, I have had my troubles with sound drivers and
such, but overall RC1 has been very strong, and virtually glitch free. (knock
 
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