Vista (Build 5456): Programs That Do and Don't Work
5456 has been released!!!This is the Programs List for Vista Build 5456. Please note this is not Vista Beta 2 and is only provided to those in the Beta Testing program. Note: The Previous List (5384) will remained stickied as Vista Beta 2 will remain in the hands of the public until RC1.
Please be sure to specify x86 and x64. Thanks 
Current As of: June 26, 2006
x86
Works:
Adobe Photoshop 7
Adobe CS 2
Adobe Macromedia Flash 8
Adobe Dreamweaver 8
Adobe Fireworks 8
Adobe Director 10
Adobe Image Ready 7
Avast 4.7
BitSpirit
Firefox 1.5.0.4
Ideal administration
Microsoft Office 2007 Beta 2
MS Office 2003
Nero 6.6.1.4
Nero Vision 6.x
NOD32
Roxio RecordNow
Trillian 3.21 (Pro and Basic)
Virtual CloneDrive 5.1.4.5
Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Beta (had to reinstall after upgrade, but works fine)
VistaBootPRO 2.0
VistaBootPRO 1.0
(you must replace the bcdedit.exe file in the Program Files\PROnetworks\VistaBoot folder with the one from 5456 located in the Windows\System32 Directory)
WinACE 2.6
WinISO 5.3
Winamp 5.24
Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0787
WinRAR 3.51
WinRar 3.60 Beta 5
WS_FTP Pro v9.01
Doesn't Work:
Nero 7
x64
Works:
Adobe Acrobat Reader 7
Adobe Photoshop CS2 serial numbers are broken due using MS update of Vista from 5384 to 5456
Ad Aware version 1.06
Avery Label Pro
Bryce 4
Corel Draw suite X3
Corel Painter 10
Citrix Presentation Server Client Packager - Version 9.200
eTrust Antivirus
Form Doc designer and filler version 7
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack
Lightwave 8.5
Nikon Capture 4.4
Nero 6.6.14
Office 2007 Beta 2
Opera 9
Omniform 5
Omni Page 12
Painter 8
Process Explorer
Premiere 1.5 (As long as sound card drivers work)
Qimage Pro (serial input not working and no startup menu entry made)
Skype 2.5.0.122
VistaBootPRO 2.0
VLC Media Player
Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0792.00
WinRAR 3.60 beta 4
UltraISO 8.8.0.1932
Doesn't Work:
Light wave 7.5
Nero 7
Nikon Capture 4.3
PowerDVD 6.0
SlySoft CloneCD 5.2.9.1
µTorrent
This is not the Programs List for 5384 (Beta 2). Changes to the list for Vista Beta 2 will be either ignored or moved.
NOTE: The top of the thread will be updated continuously, so watchout !
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